SSP Group PLC

AGM Information • Jan 28, 2025

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SSP Group PLC

28 January 2025

28 January 2025                                                                                                                         LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

SSP Group plc (the "Company")

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 28 January 2025

The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 10.00am on 28 January 2025 at Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL was successfully concluded.

All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll.  The voting results are below and will also be available on the Company's website ( www.foodtravelexperts.com ).

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1. To receive the Company's annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those accounts	573,076,987	100.00%	24,477	0.00%	573,101,464	71.59%	464,163
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2024 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy)	479,054,214	83.52%	94,495,329	16.48%	573,549,543	71.64%	16,084
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30 September 2024	548,455,174	95.62%	25,095,480	4.38%	573,550,654	71.64%	14,973
4. To approve the final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.3 pence per share for the financial year ended 30 September 2024 and to declare it payable on 27 February 2025	573,484,013	99.99%	74,783	0.01%	573,558,796	71.64%	6,831
5. To re-elect Mike Clasper as a Director of the Company;	550,283,515	95.95%	23,249,736	4.05%	573,533,251	71.64%	32,375
6. To re-elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company	569,925,830	99.37%	3,607,317	0.63%	573,533,147	71.64%	32,480
7. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company	559,270,785	97.51%	14,262,468	2.49%	573,533,253	71.64%	32,374
8. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company	553,599,674	96.52%	19,938,673	3.48%	573,538,347	71.64%	27,279
9. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company	556,501,932	97.03%	17,031,215	2.97%	573,533,147	71.64%	32,479
10. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company	558,398,723	97.36%	15,139,729	2.64%	573,538,452	71.64%	27,174
11. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company	558,417,225	97.36%	15,121,122	2.64%	573,538,347	71.64%	27,279
12.To elect Karina Deacon as a Director of the Company	569,981,157	99.38%	3,555,391	0.62%	573,536,548	71.64%	29,079
13. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	523,801,671	91.55%	48,351,153	8.45%	572,152,824	71.47%	1,412,803
14. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	567,014,681	98.86%	6,517,589	1.14%	573,532,270	71.64%	33,357
15. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure	569,738,968	99.34%	3,756,901	0.66%	573,495,869	71.64%	69,758
16. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	532,941,373	92.92%	40,615,691	7.08%	573,557,064	71.64%	8,563
17. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (General)	562,304,944	98.04%	11,231,550	1.96%	573,536,494	71.64%	29,133
18. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital Investment)	520,552,477	90.76%	52,996,086	9.24%	573,548,563	71.64%	17,064
19. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares	571,267,187	99.61%	2,236,327	0.39%	573,503,514	71.64%	62,113
20. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	524,076,405	91.37%	49,481,327	8.63%	573,557,732	71.64%	7,895

Notes:

(1)   Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 December 2024 (which is available on the Company's website at: Shareholder centre | SSP (foodtravelexperts.com) ) .

(2)   Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 20 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

(3)   Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

(4)   There were 800,576,196 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue all of which had the right to vote. 263,499 ordinary shares were held in treasury which do not carry voting rights.

(5)   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

(6)   Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for inspection at data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information contact:

Fiona Scattergood

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Investor and analyst enquiries

Sarah John

Corporate Affairs Director

E-mail: sarah.john@ssp-intl.com

Sarah Roff

Group Head of Investor Relations

Email: sarah.roff@ssp-intl.com

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