Important information
Attending in person and getting to the venue
The 2025 AGM will be held on Thursday 6, February 2025 at 12 noon.
The doors of the Live Room, Rugby House, Allianz Stadium (formerly Twickenham Stadium) will open at 10.30 a.m. and the Meeting will start promptly at 12 noon. If you are planning to attend the AGM, the Allianz Stadium is located in Twickenham in South-West London. You can find a map on page 20 of the Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting (the Notice). Tea and coffee and light refreshments will be served before the Meeting, and a light lunch will be served after the Meeting.
The Board is looking forward to welcoming shareholders to the AGM. To help ensure your safety and manage the numbers attending the AGM, we are asking that only shareholders or their duly nominated proxies attend the Meeting in person. Persons who are not shareholders or their duly nominated proxies should not attend the Meeting unless arrangements have been made in advance with the Group Company Secretariat. Anyone accompanying a shareholder in need of assistance will be admitted to the Meeting. If any shareholder has any questions regarding attendance at the AGM, please contact the Group Company Secretariat at Compass Group PLC, Compass House, Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 9BQ, by email: company.secretarial@compass-group.com, or telephone +44 1932 573000 by 27 January 2025.
If you are coming to the Meeting by car, parking is available for shareholders as indicated on the map on page 20 of the Notice. You will need to access the designated parking area through entry point E, Gate 3 on Whitton Dene. If you intend to park at the Allianz Stadium (formerly Twickenham Stadium), you will need to pre-register your vehicle registration details. Failure to register your vehicle may result in a penalty charge. Please contact the Group Company Secretariat before the Meeting on +44 1932 573000 to pre-register your vehicle.
Shareholders travelling to the Meeting by car are advised that the RFU may make alternative parking arrangements at the venue on the day of the Meeting if considered necessary to protect the health and safety of visitors parking at the venue. This is because of construction work in and around the car parking areas to accommodate temporary structures used for sporting events taking place at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham in February 2025. Stewards will be on hand to direct shareholders to a parking space.
For more information of how to get to the venue, click here.
How to vote
Your vote is important to us. At the Meeting, all proposed resolutions will be put to a vote on a poll. This is the most democratic way of voting and results in a more accurate reflection of shareholders’ views by ensuring that every vote cast is recognised. If you are unable to attend the AGM in person, we strongly encourage you to vote in advance by appointing the Chair of the Meeting or another duly nominated person as your proxy.
You may appoint another person as your duly appointed proxy; however, please bear in mind if your proxy is unable to attend the Meeting, they will not be able to vote your shares.
Our registrar, Link Group, must receive your online or postal proxy appointment and voting instructions by 12 noon on Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at the latest to ensure that your vote is counted. Details of how to submit a proxy and how to obtain a paper proxy are set out on page 16 of the Notice, to find out more click here.
Important note
While we expect the AGM will go ahead as planned. However, if due to unforeseen circumstances the Company is required to change the arrangements for the Meeting at short notice, we will publish the relevant information here, and make an announcement to the London Stock Exchange via the regulatory information service.
Please check this website in advance of the Meeting in case there are any changes made to the arrangements for the AGM.
Important documents
- Notice of Annual General Meeting 2025
- Proxy Card
- Annual Report 2024 (including ESEF Reporting Package and .xHTML)
For details of previous AGMs please click here.
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