23 March 2023
Driver Group Plc
Annual General Meeting
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Driver Group Plc was held at 110 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU, United Kingdom on 23 March 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
All nine resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 and 9 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution |
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the reports of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2022 |
37,026,521 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 0.75 pence per share |
37,026,521 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To re-elect Peter Collini as a Director |
35,946,300 |
97.08 |
1,080,221 |
2.92 |
0 |
|
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To elect Charlotte Parsons as a Director |
35,944,855 |
97.08 |
1,081,666 |
2.92 |
0 |
|
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To re-appoint Kreston Reeves LLP as auditor of the Company |
37,024,634 |
99.99 |
1,887 |
0.01 |
0 |
|
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor |
37,018,936 |
99.98 |
7,585 |
0.02 |
0 |
|
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £69,867.28 |
35,940,602 |
97.07 |
1,085,919 |
2.93 |
0 |
|
Resolution 8 (Special) To disapply pre-emption rights in the circumstances set out in the Notice of AGM |
35,889,859 |
96.94 |
1,131,662 |
3.06 |
5,000 |
|
Resolution 9 (Special) To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases in the circumstances set out in the notice of AGM |
37,020,073 |
99.98 |
6,448 |
0.02 |
0 |
As at 23 March 2023, there were 53,962,868 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, published on our website.
ENDS
Enquiries:
Driver Group plc |
020 7377 0005 |
Mark Wheeler (CEO) |
|
Charlotte Parsons (CFO) |
|
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Broker) |
020 7496 3000 |
Sandy Fraser |
|
Jen Boorer |
|
Alex Emslie |
|
Acuitas Communications |
020 3745 0293 / 07799 767676 |
Simon Nayyar |
|
Arthur Dingemans |
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