Result of AGM

Released : 10 Jul 2023 17:00

RNS Number : 5501FNational Grid PLC10 July 2023

10 July 2023

National Grid plc ('National Grid' or 'the Company')

Publication of AGM Results

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2023 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 11.00am at Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution

Votes For

For (% of shares voted)

Votes against

Against (% of shares voted)

Votes Withheld**

1

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

2,498,017,473

99.50

12,598,521

0.50

3,413,648

2

To declare a final dividend

2,481,895,654

98.75

31,445,932

1.25

688,376

3

To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds

2,408,302,147

95.87

103,695,942

4.13

2,027,919

4

To re-elect John Pettigrew

2,490,376,958

99.13

21,829,705

0.87

1,818,913

5

To re-elect Andy Agg

2,496,291,167

99.37

15,720,316

0.63

2,155,948

6

To re-electThérèseEsperdy

2,446,531,486

97.39

65,537,913

2.61

2,100,886

7

To re-elect Liz Hewitt

2,497,485,429

99.44

14,100,862

0.56

2,433,995

8

To re-elect Ian Livingston

2,425,991,804

96.58

85,834,931

3.42

2,193,188

9

To re-elect Iain Mackay

2,491,125,345

99.18

20,663,018

0.82

2,231,766

10

To re-elect Anne Robinson

2,490,384,836

99.16

21,096,259

0.84

2,539,207

11

To re-elect Earl Shipp

2,447,925,347

97.47

63,622,803

2.53

2,470,971

12

To re-elect Jonathan Silver

2,221,714,895

88.45

290,075,736

11.55

2,229,122

13

To re-elect Tony Wood

2,466,041,556

98.18

45,805,613

1.82

2,169,786

14

To re-elect Martha Wyrsch

2,491,509,227

99.20

20,032,659

0.80

2,482,448

15

To re-appoint the auditor

Deloitte LLP

2,502,370,029

99.89

2,703,078

0.11

8,952,229

16

To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration

2,509,518,809

99.89

2,875,920

0.11

1,636,287

17

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

2,348,830,038

93.62

159,965,175

6.38

5,230,075

18

To authorise the Company to make political donations

2,446,867,357

97.76

55,966,471

2.24

11,199,292

19

To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares

2,438,918,449

97.09

73,188,621

2.91

1,923,244

20*

To disapply pre-emption rights

2,477,810,843

98.82

29,689,465

1.18

6,524,048

21*

To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions

2,466,495,151

98.29

42,817,390

1.71

4,700,478

22*

To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares

2,484,643,806

98.96

26,225,648

1.04

3,151,802

23*

To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

2,329,627,785

92.72

182,977,015

7.28

1,416,090

*Special resolution

**A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 68.26%.

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 20-23 (inclusive) have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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