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National Grid PLC AGM Information 2024

Jul 10, 2024

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National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 9101V

National Grid PLC

10 July 2024

10 July 2024

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 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which was held today at 11.00am at The Slate, Warwick Conferences, The University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Coventry, CV4 7SH.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution Votes For For (% of shares voted) Votes against Against (% of shares voted) Votes Withheld**
1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 3,265,192,456 99.64 11,808,563 0.36 3,635,434
2 To declare a final dividend 3,276,241,107 99.87 4,115,354 0.13 280,243
3 To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds 3,165,558,984 96.51 114,361,420 3.49 710,938
4 To re-elect John Pettigrew 3,220,577,902 98.19 59,380,025 1.81 678,756
5 To re-elect Andy Agg 3,219,289,553 98.15 60,655,331 1.85 691,762
6 To elect Jacqui Ferguson 3,277,766,456 99.94 2,118,799 0.06 745,969
7 To re-elect Ian Livingston 3,232,349,650 98.55 47,525,067 1.45 760,958
8 To re-elect Iain Mackay 3,275,996,527 99.88 3,857,093 0.12 782,374
9 To re-elect Anne Robinson 3,275,223,662 99.86 4,679,360 0.14 732,982
10 To re-elect Earl Shipp 3,221,573,782 98.22 58,299,295 1.78 762,917
11 To re-elect Jonathan Silver 3,189,879,551 97.55 79,976,697 2.45 10,770,437
12 To re-elect Tony Wood 3,230,645,484 98.50 49,253,491 1.50 737,106
13 To re-elect Martha Wyrsch 3,265,300,758 99.56 14,595,402 0.44 739,919
14 To re-appoint the auditor

Deloitte LLP
3,269,095,883 99.97 947,290 0.03 10,592,513
15 To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration 3,277,640,388 99.93 2,359,189 0.07 634,244
16 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 3,172,752,905 96.74 106,925,290 3.26 954,574
17 To approve the Climate Transition Plan 3,088,067,262 98.95 32,842,335 1.05 159,724,101
18 To authorise the Company to make political donations 3,203,372,750 98.39 52,339,464 1.61 24,920,811
19 To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares 3,176,146,668 96.83 103,872,859 3.17 612,209
20* To disapply pre-emption rights 3,186,679,738 97.19 92,273,605 2.81 1,677,822
21* To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions 3,184,219,130 97.09 95,480,366 2.91 930,611
22* To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares 3,262,733,115 99.55 14,787,488 0.45 3,089,826
23* To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice 3,071,490,760 93.65 208,357,966 6.35 760,783

*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.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 68.17%

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 20-23 (inclusive) 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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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