AGM Statement

RNS Number : 1106W

Hansard Global plc

09 November 2017

 

09 November 2017

Hansard Global plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 8^th November 2017

Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 8 November 2017, Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 14 as a special resolution, were duly passed on a show of hands and the results of the proxy votes are as follows:

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	% OF VOTES CAST	VOTES AGAINST	% OF VOTES CAST	VOTES CAST IN TOTAL	TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	To receive the 2017 Directors' Report and Accounts and the auditor's report	100,931,163	99.96	35,996	0.04	100,967,159	73.46	335,324
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30th June 2017	97,552,458	96.31	3,742,025	3.69	101,294,483	73.70	8,000
3.	To declare a final dividend of 5.30 pence per share	101,302,483	100	0	0	101,302,483	73.70	0
4.	To re-elect Dr L S Polonsky CBE as a director	100,626,422	99.33	676,061	0.67	101,302,483	73.70	0
5.	To re-elect Mr M Dyson as a director	97,313,587	96.25	3,790,724	3.75	101,104,311	73.56	198,172
6.	To re-elect Mr P P C Gregory as a director	99,823,215	98.54	1,479,268	1.46	101,302,483	73.70	0
7.	To re-elect Mr G S Marr as a director	101,277,152	99.97	25,331	0.03	101,302,483	73.70	0
8.	To re-elect Mr A C Frepp as a director	101,002,418	99.7	300,065	0.3	101,302,483	73.70	0
9.	To re-elect Mr T N Davies as a director	101,268,903	99.97	33,580	0.03	101,302,483	73.70	0
10.	To re-appoint Mr M A L Polonsky as an Alternate Director (alternate to Dr L S Polonsky CBE)	73,893,606	72.96	27,388,630	27.04	101,282,236	73.69	20,247
11.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Isle of Man as auditor	100,916,569	99.61	396,777	0.39	101,313,346	73.71	217
12.	To approve the Hansard Global Sharesave Option Plan 2017	101,255,603	99.95	46,580	0.05	101,302,183	73.70	300
13.	To authorise the Company  to buy back its own ordinary shares	100,277,112	98.99	1,025,371	1.01	101,302,483	73.70	0
14.	To give the directors authority to allot shares	100,684,286	99.41	599,117	0.59	101,283,403	73.69	8,000

Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on election and re-election of independent non-executive directors

RESOLUTION	VOTES For	VOTES AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
5.	30,991,001	3,790,724	198,172
8.	34,679,832	300,065	0

Notes:

1.   Proxy Results are taken from the 70 valid Forms of Proxies received. 

2.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total. 

3.   A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. 

4.   The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 8^th November 2017 2017 was 137,449,611 ordinary shares of 50 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held. 

5.   As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Dr Polonsky CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, each resolution to elect an independent non-executive director (resolutions 5 & 8) have under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by: 

(a) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and

(b) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution, excluding the controlling shareholder. 

6.   In respect of resolution 10, the Board notes that a significant proportion of votes have been cast against the reappointment of Mr Polonsky as an alternate director to Dr Polonsky CBE.  This appointment is part of a long term succession plan for the Polonsky family and the Polonsky Foundation holdings. 

7.   In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2, a copy of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800ZJ9F2EA3Q24K05

 

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