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SSP Group plc announced that its Annual General Meeting was successfully concluded on 23 January 2026. Shareholders passed all 18 proposed resolutions by way of a poll, with votes representing between 67.30% and 67.46% of the issued share capital. This included approving a final dividend of 2.8 pence per share for the financial year ended 30 September 2025, payable on 27 February 2026, and the re-election or election of multiple directors.
| Date | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Time | 12:59:13 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 2049Q |
23 January 2026 LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24
SSP Group plc (the "Company")
Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 23 January 2026
The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 10.00am on 23 January 2026 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 2025 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those accounts |
532,944,750 |
100.00% |
18,574 |
0.00% |
532,963,324 |
67.39% |
545,131 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2025 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy) |
529,438,102 |
99.24% |
4,062,469 |
0.76% |
533,500,571 |
67.46% |
7,884 |
|
3. To approve the final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.8 pence per share for the financial year ended 30 September 2025 and to declare it payable on 27 February 2026 |
533,477,367 |
100.00% |
18,401 |
0.00% |
533,495,768 |
67.46% |
5,079 |
|
4. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company; |
518,599,357 |
97.21% |
14,887,853 |
2.79% |
533,487,210 |
67.46% |
21,245 |
|
5. To re-elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company |
532,026,340 |
99.95% |
260,135 |
0.05% |
532,286,475 |
67.30% |
1,221,980 |
|
6. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company |
522,529,833 |
97.95% |
10,957,377 |
2.05% |
533,487,210 |
67.46% |
21,245 |
|
7. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company |
522,573,218 |
97.95% |
10,913,992 |
2.05% |
533,487,210 |
67.46% |
21,245 |
|
8. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company |
522,586,615 |
97.96% |
10,900,463 |
2.04% |
533,487,078 |
67.46% |
21,377 |
|
9.To re-elect Karina Deacon as a Director of the Company |
522,598,213 |
97.96% |
10,888,865 |
2.04% |
533,487,078 |
67.46% |
21,377 |
|
10.To elect Geert Verellen as a Director of the Company |
522,864,359 |
98.01% |
10,619,903 |
1.99% |
533,484,262 |
67.46% |
24,193 |
|
11. To appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor of the Company |
526,332,423 |
98.66% |
7,156,757 |
1.34% |
533,489,180 |
67.46% |
19,245 |
|
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor |
526,322,245 |
98.65% |
7,179,406 |
1.35% |
533,501,651 |
67.46% |
6,774 |
|
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure |
532,236,166 |
99.76% |
1,263,938 |
0.24% |
533,500,104 |
67.46% |
8,321 |
|
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 |
523,457,050 |
98.12% |
10,044,644 |
1.88% |
533,501,694 |
67.46% |
6,731 |
|
15. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (General) |
512,178,980 |
96.01% |
21,309,872 |
3.99% |
533,488,852 |
67.46% |
16,518 |
|
16. 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) |
501,123,825 |
93.93% |
32,368,142 |
6.07% |
533,491,967 |
67.46% |
16,518 |
|
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares |
533,111,772 |
99.99% |
43,096 |
0.01% |
533,154,868 |
67.41% |
353,557 |
|
18. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
524,919,854 |
98.39% |
8,578,860 |
1.61% |
533,498,714 |
67.46% |
9,711 |
Notes:
(1) Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 10 December 2025 (which is available on the Company's website at: Shareholder centre | SSP (foodtravelexperts.com)).
(2) Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 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) As at close of business on Wednesday 21st January 2026, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 790,873,649 ordinary shares in issue (including shares which had been bought back by the Company and were pending cancellation). Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
(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 Roff
Group Head of Investor Relations
Email: sarah.roff@ssp-intl.com