At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on
10 May 2012 all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice
of Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll
vote. The votes cast were as follows:
Resolution
For/Discretionary
Against
Withheld
Total
1.
To receive the reports of the Directors and the
financial statements for the year ended 31 December
2011.
440,422,220
125,690
54,284
440,547,910
2.
To approve the Remuneration Report for the year
ended 31 December 2011.
434,590,033
3,379,761
2,633,703
437,969,794
3.
To declare a final dividend of 6.5 pence per
ordinary share.
440,524,797
51,259
27,127
440,576,056
4.
To re-elect John Devaney as a director.
326,072,483
3,884,273
110,638,754
329,956,756
5.
To re-elect Dean Finch as a Director.
438,747,379
1,755,261
93,625
440,502,640
6.
To re-elect Jorge Cosmen as a Director.
429,484,973
9,285,391
1,824,813
438,770,364
7.
. To re-elect Sir Andrew Foster as
a Director.
438,170,810
2,299,454
126,353
440,470,264
8.
To re-elect Jez Maiden as a Director.
438,665,490
1,788,797
142,948
440,454,287
9.
To re-elect Tim Score as a Director.
437,250,828
3,241,734
102,282
440,492,562
10.
To elect Joaquin Ayuso as a Director.
437,585,861
2,158,666
849,661
439,744,527
11.
To elect Lee Sander as a Director.
436,622,857
3,065,609
905,722
439,688,466
12.
To elect Chris Muntwyler as
a
Director.
438,635,914
1,827,451
131,749
440,463,365
13.
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the
Company.
430,105,480
470,417
10,021,357
430,575,897
14.
To authorise the Directors to fix the
Auditor's remuneration.
430,437,880
95,022
10,028,352
430,568,902
15.
To confer on the Directors a general authority
to allot shares.
437,655,605
1,091,722
1,849,927
438,747,327
16.*
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights
relating to ordinary shares allotted under the
authority granted by resolution 15.
440,220,214
200,359
176,880
440,420,573
17.*
To authorise the Company to make market
purchases of its own shares.
439,323,044
415,283
862,745
439,738,327
18.
To authorise political donations under the
Companies Act 2006.
438,263,470
2,203,504
134,288
440,466,974
19.*
To renew authority to hold general meetings
other than AGMs on not less than 14 clear days'
notice.
432,640,025
7,890,450
73,107
440,530,475
* Special Resolution
The number of shares in issue at the date of this
announcement was 511,732,603.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of
the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will
shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage
Mechanism, which is located atwww.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
.
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the
Notice of Meeting which is also available on the National
Express Group website (www.nationalexpressgroup.com/investors/agm
).
Chairmanship of Remuneration Committee
As announced on 13 March 2012, following Miranda
Curtis's decision to stand down from the Board at the
conclusion of today's Annual General Meeting,
non-executive Director, Sir Andrew Foster, has agreed to
replace Miranda as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
with immediate effect.
Michael Hampson
Company Secretary
Telephone 0207 805 3808
10 May 2012
This information is provided by RNS
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RNS news service provided by Hemscott Group Limited.
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