22 May 2018

GoCompare.com Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

GoCompare.com Group plc (the 'Company') announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Tuesday 22 May 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

Resolution

For

Against

Total Votes

Votes Withheld*

Votes

%

Votes

%

Ordinary Resolutions

1.

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

322,536,596

99.99

24,833

0.01

322,561,429

8,394

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

311,064,818

96.49

11,303,170

3.51

322,367,988

204,020

3.

To declare a final dividend of 0.7 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2017

322,553,617

100.00

7,628

0.00

322,561,245

10,764

4.

To elect Joe Hurd as a director

322,548,596

100.00

12,585

0.00

322,561,181

10,828

5.

To elect Dr. Ashley Steel as a director

322,330,546

99.93

230,635

0.07

322,561,181

10,828

6.

To re-elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a director

306,262,899

94.95

16,298,626

5.05

322,561,525

10,484

7.

To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a director

322,223,432

99.90

338,093

0.10

322,561,525

10,484

8.

To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director

312,491,088

96.92

9,943,661

3.08

322,434,749

137,259

9.

To re-elect Adrian Webb as a director

310,458,179

96.25

12,103,345

3.75

322,561,524

10,484

10.

To re-elect Sir Peter Wood as a director

318,268,159

98.67

4,293,365

1.33

322,561,524

10,484

11.

To re-elect Nick Wrighton as a director

321,990,620

99.82

570,305

0.18

322,560,925

11,084

12.

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

321,850,035

99.82

589,215

0.18

322,439,250

132,758

13.

To authorise the directors and the Audit and Risk

Committee to determine the

Remuneration of the Auditor

322,500,868

99.98

59,619

0.02

322,560,487

11,522

14.

To authorise the

Company and its

subsidiaries to make

political donations

320,964,477

99.51

1,588,444

0.49

322,552,921

19,088

15.

To authorise the directors to allot shares

322,047,517

99.84

506,618

0.16

322,554,135

17,874

Special Resolutions

16.

To dis-apply pre-emption rights

322,446,563

99.97

93,066

0.03

322,539,629

32,380

17.

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments

321,758,556

99.76

781,072

0.24

322,539,628

32,380

18.

To authorise the

Company to purchase

its own shares

321,826,924

99.78

697,779

0.22

322,524,703

47,305

19.

To authorise the

Company to call a

general meeting other

than an annual general

meeting on not less than

14 clear days' notice

319,213,641

98.96

3,347,032

1.04

322,560,673

11,336

As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 418,353,623.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

Enquiries:

Nick Edwards

Company Secretary

01633 654 060

Registered Office: Imperial House, Imperial Way, Newport, Gwent NP10 8UH

Registered in England and Wales with registered number: 6062003

LEI: 213800DUUN4C47JEL561

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