15th May 2025 14:45
Bridgepoint Group plc
("Bridgepoint" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
Bridgepoint announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11:30 a.m. today.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For1 | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld3 | ||||
| No. of Shares | % of Shares Voted | No. of Shares | % of Shares Voted | No. of Shares | % of Issued Capital2 | ||
1 | To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements | 702,255,577 | 100.00% | 1,934 | 0.00% | 702,257,511 | 85.09% | 144,807 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 690,086,472 | 98.26% | 12,243,235 | 1.74% | 702,329,707 | 85.10% | 72,611 |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 698,577,524 | 99.46% | 3,815,878 | 0.54% | 702,393,402 | 85.11% | 8,916 |
4 | To re-appoint Forvis Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid | 702,329,652 | 100.00% | 53 | 0.00% | 702,329,705 | 85.10% | 72,613 |
5 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 702,329,637 | 99.99% | 63,750 | 0.01% | 702,393,387 | 85.11% | 8,931 |
6 | To declare a final dividend of 4.6 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 702,393,351 | 100.00% | 53 | 0.00% | 702,393,404 | 85.11% | 8,914 |
7 | To re-elect Raoul Hughes as a Director | 702,393,307 | 100.00% | 95 | 0.00% | 702,393,402 | 85.11% | 8,916 |
8 | To elect Ruth Prior as a Director | 702,393,307 | 100.00% | 95 | 0.00% | 702,393,402 | 85.11% | 8,916 |
9 | To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director | 695,113,581 | 99.71% | 2,051,301 | 0.29% | 697,164,882 | 84.47% | 5,237,436 |
10 | To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director | 692,062,393 | 99.64% | 2,492,221 | 0.36% | 694,554,614 | 84.16% | 7,847,704 |
11 | To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director | 695,149,357 | 99.71% | 2,015,525 | 0.29% | 697,164,882 | 84.47% | 5,237,436 |
12 | To re-elect Tim Score as a Director | 700,584,013 | 99.74% | 1,809,389 | 0.26% | 702,393,402 | 85.11% | 8,916 |
13 | To re-elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director | 695,166,267 | 99.71% | 1,998,615 | 0.29% | 697,164,882 | 84.47% | 5,237,436 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 690,360,843 | 99.87% | 924,558 | 0.13% | 691,285,401 | 83.76% | 11,116,917 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 629,347,820 | 91.10% | 61,494,405 | 8.90% | 690,842,225 | 83.71% | 11,560,093 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights further for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment | 636,294,927 | 90.85% | 64,117,850 | 9.15% | 700,412,777 | 84.87% | 1,989,541 |
17 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 687,904,854 | 99.99% | 99,424 | 0.01% | 688,004,278 | 83.36% | 14,398,040 |
18 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 700,382,872 | 99.71% | 2,010,532 | 0.29% | 702,393,404 | 85.11% | 8,914 |
1 | Includes discretionary votes. |
2 | The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 825,300,942 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 825,300,942. |
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 UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy 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.
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