AGM Statement

RNS Number : 6162U

Halfords Group PLC

30 July 2015

 



Halfords Group plc

Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Halfords Group plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed on a poll at its Annual General Meeting held on 30 July 2015. The results are detailed below.

As at 6pm on 28 July 2015, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,063,222.

Resolution		For**		Against		No. of Votes Withheld***	Total votes validly cast	% of shares on register at 6pm on 28 July 2015
		No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%
1	Receive the Audited Financial Statements	143,483,092	98.41	120,466	0.08	2,196,705	145,800,263	73.24
2	Declare a final dividend of 11 pence	145,656,125	99.90	1,000	0.00	143,138	145,800,263	73.24
3	Approve the annual report on remuneration	144,370,592	99.02	1,271,130	0.87	158,541	145,800,263	73.24
4	Elect Jill McDonald as a Director	141,873,684	97.31	3,779,817	2.59	146,762	145,800,263	73.24
5	Re-elect Dennis Millard as a Director	145,234,923	99.61	418,824	0.29	146,516	145,800,263	73.24
6	Re-elect David Adams as a Director	145,363,909	99.70	289,838	0.20	146,516	145,800,263	73.24
7	Re-elect Claudia Arney as a Director	145,459,657	99.77	194,090	0.13	146,516	145,800,263	73.24
8	Re-elect Andrew Findlay as a Director	145,275,441	99.64	378,351	0.26	146,471	145,800,263	73.24
9	Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director	145,464,521	99.77	189,271	0.13	146,471	145,800,263	73.24
10	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	143,771,378	98.61	10,875	0.01	2,018,010	145,800,263	73.24
11	Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	145,651,395	99.90	3,518	0.00	145,350	145,800,263	73.24
12	Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities	144,904,351	99.39	744,266	0.51	151,646	145,800,263	73.24
13	Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*	145,602,647	99.87	48,272	0.03	149,344	145,800,263	73.24
14	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*	145,571,348	99.84	80,203	0.06	148,712	145,800,263	73.24
15	Renew the Company Performance Share Plan	143,598,349	98.49	2,045,863	1.40	156,051	145,800,263	73.24
16	Authorise the Company to make political donations	143,118,966	98.16	836,287	0.57	1,845,010	145,800,263	73.24
17	Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*	137,485,201	94.30	8,168,004	5.60	147,057	145,800,263	73.24

Notes

* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.

**Includes discretionary votes.

***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

These results will also be made available on the Company's website, and in accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

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