Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5607H

Halfords Group PLC

01 August 2019

 

Halfords Group plc

Results of 2019 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 31 July 2019. The results are detailed below.

As at the close of business on 29 July 2019, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,116,632.

Resolution		For**		Against		Total votes validly cast	% of shares on register at 11.30 am on 29 July 2019	No. of Votes Withheld***
		No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%
1	Receive the Audited Financial Statements	164,851,437	99.98	33,545	0.02	164,884,982	82.81	742,974
2	Declare a final dividend of 12.39 pence	165,254,957	100.00	0	0.00	165,254,957	82.99	373,000
3	Approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration	163,500,732	99.38	1,020,662	0.62	164,521,394	82.63	1,106,561
4	Elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director	163,728,113	99.08	1,524,154	0.92	165,252,267	82.99	375,690
5	Elect Jill Caseberry as a Director	163,976,455	99.23	1,269,979	0.77	165,246,434	82.99	381,523
6	Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director	163,810,370	99.13	1,443,370	0.87	165,253,740	82.99	374,217
7	Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director	161,796,826	97.91	3,454,241	2.09	165,251,067	82.99	376,890
8	Re-elect David Adams as a Director	104,799,072	84.16	19,729,281	15.84	124,528,353	62.54	41,099,602
9	Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director	164,657,990	99.64	594,277	0.36	165,252,267	82.99	375,690
10	Appoint BDO LLP as Auditor	165,132,848	99.93	121,090	0.07	165,253,938	82.99	374,019
11	Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	165,246,246	100.00	5,677	0.00	165,251,923	82.99	376,034
12	Authorise the Company to make political donations	156,131,815	94.48	9,119,713	5.52	165,251,528	82.99	376,429
13	Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities	162,660,740	98.43	2,590,887	1.57	165,251,627	82.99	376,330
14	Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*	165,195,605	99.97	55,873	0.03	165,251,478	82.99	376,479
15	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*	163,876,927	99.26	1,219,352	0.74	165,096,279	82.91	531,677
16	Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*	156,539,887	94.73	8,715,051	5.27	165,254,938	82.99	373,019

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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