Go-Ahead Group PLC Outcome of AGM and Directorate Change (9882Y)
January 19 2022 - 7:14AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9882Y
Go-Ahead Group PLC
19 January 2022
THE GO-AHEAD GROUP PLC
(THE "COMPANY")
Outcome of AGM and Directorate change
The Company has been informed by its registrar, Equiniti, that
they have discovered an error in the collection of certain proxy
votes submitted in relation to the resolutions put to shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 21 December 2021. As
a result of Equiniti's error, approximately 3.2 million proxy votes
validly submitted by shareholders were not included in the vote
count produced by the registrar.
Had these votes been included in the vote count, Resolution 4 to
re-elect Adrian Ewer as a director of the Company would have
received fewer than 50% of votes in favour and, therefore, he would
not have been re-elected as a director of the Company. The outcomes
in relation to the other resolutions put to the AGM would not have
been affected by this error and those resolutions would still have
been approved by the requisite majority of shareholders.
In light of this, Adrian Ewer will step down from the Board with
immediate effect. In line with previously announced succession
plans, Dominic Lavelle and David Blackwood, who were appointed to
the roles of Audit Committee Chair Designate and Senior Independent
Director Designate respectively on 1 January 2022, will now assume
the roles of Audit Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director
respectively with immediate effect.
The person responsible for arranging the release of this
announcement on behalf of the Group is Carolyn Ferguson, Company
Secretary.
For further information, please contact:
Media - Andrew Clark, Go-Ahead 07977 343 846 / communications@go-ahead.com
Investor Relations - Holly Gillis, Citigate Dewe Rogerson 07940 797 560
Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead is a leading public transport operator, connecting
communities through bus and rail services. Our purpose is to be the
local partner taking care of journeys that enhance the lives and
wellbeing of our communities across the world.
We employ more than 27,000 people across our bus and rail
businesses in the UK, Singapore, Ireland, Norway and Germany. In
addition to the travelling public, our customers include
governments and local authorities. We are committed to tackling
climate change, poor air quality and social isolation.
Bus
Go-Ahead is one of the UK's largest bus operators. We run a
fleet of more than 6,000 buses across England and run a quarter of
London's buses for Transport for London. Outside London, we serve
high-density commuter markets in the North East, Greater
Manchester, East Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, East Anglia, the South
East and the South West of England. We also operate a bus contract
in Singapore and two bus contracts in Ireland.
Rail
We operate rail franchises in the UK, Germany and Norway. In the
UK, we run the country's largest passenger franchise, GTR
(Southern, Gatwick Express, Great Northern and Thameslink). This is
managed through our 65 per cent owned subsidiary Govia, which is 35
per cent owned by Keolis. In Germany and Norway, our contracts are
run exclusively by Go-Ahead.
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