RNS Number : 0637U
Driver Group plc
23 March 2023
 

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

simon.nayyar@acuitascomms.com

Arthur Dingemans

arthur.dingemans@acuitascomms.com

 


 

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