GOVERNANCE INVESTOR ENGAGEMENT S SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MAIN METHODS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH TR The Board is committed to maintaining good communications with A existing and potential shareholders. Shareholders play a valuable role in SHAREHOLDERS IN 2023 TE G Shareholder consultation I safeguarding the Group’s governance through, for example, the annual C re-election of Directors, monitoring and rewarding their performance and The Executive Chairman, Chief Executive OfÏcer and Chief R Financial OfÏcer met a large number of shareholders after each E engagement and constructive dialogue with the Board. The Group aims to P financial results announcement. The Executive Chairman has also O be as transparent as possible with the information it provides to investors engaged with institutional shareholders to discuss the Company’s R and welcomes face-to-face interaction, as well as virtual meetings and performance and Board governance matters and communicated T conferences. their views to the Board. The Company will always seek to engage with shareholders when considering material changes to either our Board, strategy or remuneration policies. G The Board’s primary contact with existing and prospective institutional O shareholders is through the Head of Investor Relations who is responsible Investor meetings VE The Company held almost 230 investor meetings with almost 170 R for all primary contact with shareholders, potential investors and equity individual existing and potential investors and analysts. These were a NAN research professionals. The Executive Chairman, Chief Executive OfÏcer blend of physical and virtual meetings. The meetings were attended by a combination of the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive C and Chief Financial OfÏcer provide regular engagement support together E with other executive management team members. Details of shareholder OfÏcer, Chief Financial OfÏcer and Investor Relations team and engagement activities in 2023 are set out in the table opposite. some members of the Executive Committee. The Head of Investor Relations was a regular Board attendee to provide feedback from F I these meetings and updates on other market matters. In June a NAN There is a regular programme of meetings with major institutional number of investors and analysts met the management team at a shareholders to consider the Group’s performance and prospects. The Capital Markets Day at Gaydon, to see at first hand the Company’s C Group’s investor reach is global, and the Company liaised with investors in progress towards its medium-term targets, and progress on its IAL the UK, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, the product and electrification strategy. For further information about S this investor visit, please see page 91. T Netherlands, Norway, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa A Investor presentations T and Australia during the last financial year. E The Group hosted virtual webcasts for all reported results and M E market updates and took questions from investors and analysts N ensuring an open dialogue with the market. In addition, investor T roadshows were held following the full year and half year results. S Investor conferences The Investor Relations team presented to investors at six conferences F GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION % U during 2023, with the Chief Financial OfÏcer attending five of them, R T leading group and 1 on 1 meetings about the Company. H UK 10.8 E General meetings R Europe (ex UK) 16.3 The AGM provides an opportunity for private shareholders in INF North America 38.0 particular to question the Directors and the Chairs of each of the Asia 34.0 Board Committees. Information on the 2024 AGM is on page 208. OR Rest of World 0.1 The Notice of AGM is issued at least 20 working days in advance M A Unknown 0.8 of the AGM date, to provide shareholders with the appropriate T I time to consider matters, as set out in the FRC’s Guidance on Board ON Effectiveness. A further General Meeting was held in September 2023 to approve the related party transaction and issue of shares to Lucid. Annual Report The Company’s Annual Report is available to all shareholders. Through our electronic communication initiatives, we look to make our Annual Report as accessible as possible. Shareholders can opt to receive a hard copy in the post or PDF copies via email or from our website. SHAREHOLDER TYPES % Corporate website The corporate website, www.astonmartinlagonda.com, has a Corporate stakeholders 53.8 dedicated Investors section which includes our Annual Reports, Foreign institutions 30.2 results presentations (which are made to analysts and investors at Private stakeholders/ the time of the interim and full year results) along with all results and other regulatory announcements as well as further information for investors 0.1 investors including our financial calendar for the upcoming year. Domestic institutions 6.3 Senior Independent Director Hedge funds 0.7 If shareholders have any concerns, which the normal channels of Domestic brokers 4.4 communication to the Chief Executive OfÏcer, Chief Financial OfÏcer Foreign brokers 3.8 or Executive Chairman have failed to resolve, or for which contact is Employees etc 0.2 inappropriate, then our Senior Independent Director is available to Unknown 0.5 address them. ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2023 90