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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 GBP69,867.28    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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