14 July 2026
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 2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which was held today at 11.00 am at King's High School, Venues & Events Warwick, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6YE.
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 3,805,022,852 99.81 7,234,098 0.19 16,591,357 | 2 To declare a final dividend 3,820,745,696 99.82 6,927,650 0.18 1,137,707 | 3 To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds 3,812,186,517 99.63 14,168,541 0.37 2,406,110 | 4 To elect Zoë Yujnovich 3,803,770,482 99.41 22,610,508 0.59 2,390,947 | 5 To re-elect Andy Agg 3,790,880,428 99.08 35,289,181 0.92 2,612,994 | 6 To re-elect Jacqui Ferguson 3,813,851,401 99.68 12,160,582 0.32 2,754,670 | 7 To re-elect Ian Livingston 3,813,611,962 99.68 12,418,466 0.32 2,720,430 | 8 To re-elect Iain Mackay 3,814,838,770 99.71 11,212,492 0.29 2,712,056 | 9 To re-elect Anne Robinson 3,797,502,936 99.26 28,453,890 0.74 2,815,301 | 10 To re-elect Earl Shipp 3,806,026,070 99.48 19,989,056 0.52 2,764,232 | 11 To re-elect Tony Wood 3,664,790,200 95.79 161,161,152 4.21 2,821,616 | 12 To re-elect Martha Wyrsch 3,805,543,243 99.47 20,407,392 0.53 2,817,853 | 13 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor 3,817,180,643 99.75 9,605,580 0.25 2,070,620 | 14 To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to set the auditor's remuneration 3,809,230,812 99.56 16,944,738 0.44 2,666,856 | 15 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 3,634,891,850 95.53 169,916,775 4.47 23,993,222 | 16 To authorise the Company to make political donations 3,747,435,637 98.38 61,814,089 1.62 19,643,395 | 17 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 3,663,550,810 95.73 163,261,711 4.27 1,999,569 | 18* To disapply pre-emption rights 3,753,765,294 98.22 68,080,214 1.78 6,980,065 | 19* To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions 3,779,174,618 98.86 43,762,740 1.14 5,880,949 | 20* To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3,808,767,006 99.68 12,214,892 0.32 7,836,006 | 21* To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice 3,563,362,876 93.13 262,989,837 6.87 2,472,955 | 22* To adopt the Updated Articles 3,817,179,359 99.83 6,419,297 0.17 5,192,112 |
*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 76.92%
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the FCA 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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