EX-99.1 2 a2020-07x272020publica.htm EX-99.1 Document
Exhibit 99.1
27 July 2020

National Grid plc (‘National Grid’ or ‘the Company’)

Publication of AGM Results

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company’s 2020 Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) which was held today at 1.45pm at National Grid’s Office, 35 Homer Road, Solihull B91 3QJ.

Resolutions 1 to 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
ResolutionVotes ForFor (% of shares voted)Votes againstAgainst (% of shares voted)Votes Withheld**
1


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts2,370,239,91199.902,364,3410.102,520,206
2

To declare a final dividend2,352,146,57799.0921,655,3680.911,325,997
3

To re-elect Sir Peter Gershon2,350,837,97799.1021,465,1380.902,824,828
4

To re-elect John Pettigrew2,364,206,04099.658,274,4210.352,647,482
5

To re-elect Andy Agg2,335,511,56698.4536,860,6181.552,745,071
6

To re-elect Nicola Shaw2,363,642,19099.716,887,4430.294,597,366
7

To re-elect Mark Williamson2,361,625,78999.629,093,5220.384,402,872
8

To re-elect Jonathan Dawson2,351,511,76299.1919,209,6950.814,400,726
9

To re-elect Therese Esperdy2,363,815,14599.707,139,3530.304,167,685
10

To re-elect Paul Golby2,362,346,44299.667,952,2220.344,823,519
11

To elect Liz Hewitt

2,354,019,34199.3116,377,9320.694,724,910
12

To re-elect Amanda Mesler2,363,523,12299.716,963,7890.294,635,272
13

To re-elect Earl Shipp2,362,999,50499.697,369,5360.313,349,143
14

To re-elect Jonathan Silver2,360,068,00999.5610,334,5940.444,718,384
15

To re-appoint the auditors
Deloitte LLP
2,369,468,94599.853,467,4230.152,185,434



16



To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration2,366,006,82799.824,257,5270.184,854,201
17



To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report2,273,916,54496.9272,165,5183.0829,038,913
18


To authorise the Company to make political donations2,300,577,17797.6256,040,1392.3818,503,670
19


To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares
2,314,485,550
97.5558,233,6412.452,401,796
20


Reapproval of the National Grid plc Share Incentive Plan2,355,628,50499.3615,119,0830.644,380,356
21


Reapproval of the National Grid Sharesave Plan2,299,020,69996.9871,697,0823.024,410,162
22


Approval of increased borrowing limit2,346,865,37898.9524,970,6671.053,284,639
23*

To disapply pre-emption rights2,347,855,46199.0721,937,8890.935,328,833
24*


To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions2,317,456,17997.7952,483,0672.215,177,064
25*



To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares2,335,095,45698.3938,139,7621.611,880,085
26*



To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice2,178,231,51991.81194,339,6418.192,549,043
* Special resolution
** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 19 and 23-26 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority 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

The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company’s website https://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-information/agm/2020