13 May 2022
Bridgepoint Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Bridgepoint Group plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 12 May 2022.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each resolution was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
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Resolutions |
Votes For1 |
Votes Against |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes Withheld3 |
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|
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No. of Shares |
% of Shares Voted |
No. of Shares |
% of Shares Voted |
No. of Shares |
% of Issued Capital2 |
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1 |
To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements |
751,343,474 |
99.95% |
340,971 |
0.05% |
751,684,445 |
91.30 |
57,623,920 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
744,090,250 |
99.68% |
2,379,353 |
0.32% |
746,469,603 |
90.67 |
62,838,762 |
|
3 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
747,619,996 |
99.74% |
1,975,439 |
0.26% |
749,595,435 |
91.05 |
59,712,930 |
|
4 |
To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid |
751,394,216 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
751,394,216 |
91.27 |
57,914,149 |
|
5 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor |
751,862,116 |
100.00% |
1,429 |
0.00% |
751,863,545 |
91.33 |
57,444,820 |
|
6 |
To declare a final dividend of 3.64 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
751,806,524 |
99.99% |
56,450 |
0.01% |
751,862,974 |
91.33 |
57,445,391 |
|
7 |
To elect William Jackson as a Director |
746,719,833 |
99.52% |
3,609,860 |
0.48% |
750,329,693 |
91.14 |
58,978,672 |
|
8 |
To elect Adam Jones as a Director |
747,556,066 |
99.99% |
85,914 |
0.01% |
747,641,980 |
90.81 |
61,666,385 |
|
9 |
To elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director |
751,399,024 |
100.00% |
20,407 |
0.00% |
751,419,431 |
91.27 |
57,888,934 |
|
10 |
To elect Carolyn McCall as a Director |
751,323,503 |
99.99% |
95,928 |
0.01% |
751,419,431 |
91.27 |
57,888,934 |
|
11 |
To elect Archie Norman as a Director |
751,383,772 |
100.00% |
35,659 |
0.00% |
751,419,431 |
91.27 |
57,888,934 |
|
12 |
To elect Tim Score as a Director |
750,801,514 |
99.92% |
617,917 |
0.08% |
751,419,431 |
91.27 |
57,888,934 |
|
13 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
746,548,348 |
99.35% |
4,869,939 |
0.65% |
751,418,287 |
91.27 |
57,890,078 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
748,168,743 |
99.57% |
3,248,687 |
0.43% |
751,417,430 |
91.27 |
57,890,935 |
|
15 |
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment |
748,070,110 |
99.55% |
3,345,034 |
0.45% |
751,415,144 |
91.27 |
57,893,221 |
|
16 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
751,784,211 |
99.99% |
62,520 |
0.01% |
751,846,731 |
91.32 |
57,461,634 |
|
17 |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
749,591,566 |
99.70% |
2,270,858 |
0.30% |
751,862,424 |
91.33 |
57,445,941 |
1 Includes discretionary votes.
2 The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on 10 May 2022 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 823,268,774 ordinary shares of £0.00005 each. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury, and so the total voting rights in the Company were 823,268,774.
3 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
ENQUIRIES
Bridgepoint
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Analysts and investors Adam Key adam.key@bridgepoint.eu +44 7833 748010
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Media Christian Jones / James Murray christian.jones@bridgepoint.eu james.murray.bridgepoint.eu +44 (0)20 7034 3500
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Finsbury Glover Hering (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)
Charles O'Brien / 020 7251 3801 / 07825 043 656
Anjali Unnikrishnan / 020 7251 3801 / 07826 534 233
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