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National World PLC

24 May 2023

National World plc

Result of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Declaration

The Annual General Meeting of National World plc was held via videoconference on 24 May 2023 at 11.00 a.m.

All 12 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 1 1 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 12 was passed as a special resolution.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:

 
  Resolution                            Votes for     %        Votes against   %      Votes withheld 
 Resolution 1 ( Ordinary 
  ) 
  To receive the Annual Report 
  and Accounts for the 52 
  weeks ending 31 December 
  2022.                                 125,219,488   100.00   0               0.00   0 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 2 ( Ordinary 
  ) 
  To approve the directors' 
  remuneration report contained 
  on pages 50 to 65 of the 
  Annual Report .                       123,601,237   98.71    12,250          0.01   1,606,001 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 3 (Ordinary) 
  To declare a final dividend 
  of 0.5p per ordinary share 
  which will be paid on 5 
  July 2023 to all Shareholders 
  who are on the register 
  of members of the Company 
  on 2 June 2023.                       125,217,238   100.00   0               0.00   2,250 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 4 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Mr. David 
  Montgomery as a director.             125,219,488   100.00   0               0.00   0 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 5 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Mr. Mark Hollinshead 
  as a director.                        125,219,488   100.00   0               0.00   0 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 6 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Mr. John Rowe 
  as a director.                        125,217,238   100.00   2,250           0.00   0 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 7 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Mr. Daniel 
  Cammiade as a director.               125,217,238   100.00   0               0.00   2,250 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 8 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Mr. David 
  Fordham as a director.                73,216,813    58.47    2,250           0.00   52,000,425 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 9 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To appoint Mr. David Lindsay 
  as a director.                        125,217,238   100.00   0               0.00   2,250 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 10 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To reappoint Crowe U.K. 
  LLP as auditors from the 
  conclusion of the AGM until 
  the conclusion of the next 
  general meeting before 
  which accounts are laid 
  and to authorise the directors 
  to fix the auditors' remuneration.    125,217,238   100.00   0               0.00   2,250 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 11 (Ordinary 
  ) 
  To authorise the Directors 
  to allot relevant securities 
  pursuant to section 551 
  of the Companies Act 2006, 
  as set out in the Notice 
  of the Meeting.                       123,611,237   98.72    1,606,001       1.28   2,250 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 Resolution 12 (Special 
  ) 
  To authorise the limited 
  disapplication of pre-emption 
  rights pursuant to section 
  570 of the Companies Act 
  2006 as set out in the 
  Notice of the Meeting.                112,866,589   90.14    12,352,899      9.86   0 
                                       ------------  -------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 

As above Resolution 3 for a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share has been passed by Shareholders, this will be paid on 5 July 2023 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 2 June 2023. The ex-dividend date for these purposes is 1 June 2023.

As at 23 May 2023, there were 267,663,987 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.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

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