At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Stagecoach Group plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, 28 August 2015, shareholders duly passed all of the resolutions proposed. Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The votes received in respect of each of the resolutions were as follows. +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |Resolution | Votes For |% For | Votes | % | Total votes |Total | Votes | | | | | Against |Against| |votes |Withheld | | | | | | | | as % | | | | | | | | | of | | | | | | | | |total | | | | | | | | |voting| | | | | | | | |rights| | +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |1. To receive the | | | | | | | | |2015 Annual Report and| | | | | | | | |the reports of the | | | | | | | | |directors and auditors| |99.96 | | | | | | |thereon |440,463,258| | 179,736| 0.04|440,642,994 |76.74%| 305,013| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |2. To approve the | | | | | | | | |Directors' | | | | | | | | |remuneration report | | | | | | | | |(other than the | | | | | | | | |summary of the | | | | | | | | |Directors' | | | | | | | | |remuneration policy) |438,012,056| 99.43| 2,518,347| 0.57|440,530,403 |76.72%| 417,604| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |3. To declare a | | | | | | | | |final dividend |440,652,064| 99.99| 21,754| 0.01|440,673,818 |76.74%| 274,189| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |4. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Gregor Alexander as a | | | | | | | | |Director |439,550,530| 99.84| 711,279| 0.16|440,261,809 |76.67%| 686,198| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |5. To re-elect Sir | | | | | | | | |Ewan Brown as a | | | | | | | | |Director |437,207,056| 99.23| 3,409,871| 0.77|440,616,927 |76.73%| 331,080| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |6. To re-elect Ann | | | | | | | | |Gloag as a Director |437,797,081| 99.36| 2,835,950| 0.64|440,633,031 |76.74%| 314,976| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |7. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Martin Griffiths as a | | | | |440,631,327 | | | |Director |439,677,851| 99.78| 953,476| 0.22| |76.74%| 316,680| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |8. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Helen Mahy as a | | | | | | | | |Director |440,007,549| 99.86| 604,318| 0.14|440,611,867 |76.73%| 336,140| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |9. To re-elect Ross| | | | | | | | |Paterson as a Director|439,665,150| 99.78| 958,672| 0.22|440,623,822 |76.74%| 324,185| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |10. To re-elect Sir| | | | | | | | |Brian Souter as a | | | | | | | | |Director |436,961,129| 99.20| 3,510,941| 0.80|440,472,070 |76.71%| 475,937| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |11. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Garry Watts as a | | | | | | | | |Director |429,347,319| 97.49|11,076,436| 2.51|440,423,755 |76.70%| 521,252| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |12. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Phil White as a | | | | | | | | |Director |430,992,398| 97.85| 9,449,268| 2.15 |440,441,666 |76.70%| 506,341| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |13. To re-elect | | | | | | | | |Will Whitehorn as a | | | | | | | | |Director |437,951,958| 99.44| 2,486,903| 0.56|440,438,861 |76.70%| 509,146| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |14. To re-appoint | | | | | | | | |PricewaterhouseCoopers| | | | | | | | |LLP | | | | | | | | | as auditors |433,066,047| 98.32| 7,381,844| 1.68|440,447,891 |76.70%| 500,116| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |15. To authorise the | | | | | | | | |Audit Committee to | | | | | | | | | determine the | | | | | | | | |auditors' remuneration|435,283,446| 98.79| 5,318,176| 1.21|440,601,622 |76.73%| 346,385| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |16. To authorise | | | | | | | | |political donations |435,606,904| 98.91| 4,783,456| 1.09|440,390,360 |76.69%| 557,647| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |17. To authorise the| | | | | | | | |Directors to allot | | | | | | | | |shares |433,452,366| 99.12| 3,850,969| 0.88|437,303,335 |76.16%|3,644,672| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |18. To dis-apply | | | | | | | | |statutory pre-emption | | | | | | | | |rights |435,393,503| 98.84| 5,107,720| 1.16|440,501,223 |76.71%| 446,784| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |19. To authorise the | | | | | | | | |Company to purchase | | | | | | | | |its | | | | | | | | | ordinary shares |439,874,463| 99.83| 731,669| 0.17| 440,606,132 |76.73%| 341,875| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+ |20. To approve the | | | | | | | | |notice period for | | | | | | | | |calling | | | | | | | | | general meetings |428,911,342| 97.34|11,727,709| 2.66|440,639,051 |76.74%| 308,956| +----------------------+-----------+------+----------+-------+-------------+------+---------+
Notes:
The percentages of votes 'For' and 'Against' each resolution are expressed as a percentage of the total of the votes 'For' and votes 'Against' the resolution (together the 'Total Votes'). A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
The 'Total votes as % of total voting rights' column shows the percentage that the Total Votes on that resolution represent of the total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM. The total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM excluding shares held in treasury was 574,210,256.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authorities Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted today to the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information, please contact:
Stagecoach Group plc www.stagecoach.com
Mike Vaux, Company Secretary 01738 442111
28 August 2015
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