AGM Statement

RNS Number : 6987G

Hansard Global plc

07 November 2018

 

07 November 2018

Hansard Global plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 7^th November 2018

Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 7 November 2018, Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 13 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 2018 Directors' Report and Accounts and the auditor's report thereon.	99,486,759	99.97	25,600	0.03	99,512,359	72.34	0
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30th June 2018.	98,330,133	98.81	1,181,631	1.19	99,511,764	72.34	595
3.	To declare a final dividend of 2.65 pence per share.	99,512,359	100.00	0	0	99,512,359	72.34	0
4.	To re-appoint Mr M Dyson as a director.	98,262,932	98.74	1,249,427	1.26	99,512,359	72.34	0
5.	To re-appoint Mr P P C Gregory as a director.	99,475,615	99.96	36,744	0.04	99,512,359	72.34	0
6.	To re-appoint Mr G S Marr as a director.	99,483,864	99.97	28,495	0.03	99,512,359	72.34	0
7.	To re-appoint Mr A C Frepp as a director.	99,475,615	99.96	36,744	0.04	99,512,359	72.34	0
8.	To re-appoint Mr T N Davies as a director.	99,483,864	99.97	28,495	0.03	99,512,359	72.34	0
9.	To appoint Mr M A L Polonsky as a director.	99,473,715	99.96	38,644	0.04	99,512,359	72.34	0
10.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Isle of Man as auditor.	99,471,846	99.96	40,285	0.04	99,512,131	72.34	228
11.	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.	99,484,795	99.97	27,564	0.03	99,512,359	72.34	0
12.	To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.	98,350,392	98.83	1,161,967	1.17	99,512,359	72.34	0
13.	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares and disapply pre-emption rights.	99,027,025	99.51	485,334	0.49	99,512,359	72.34	0

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
4.	31,108,905	1,249,427	0
7.	32,321,588	36,744	0

Notes:

1.   Proxy Results are taken from the 37 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 7^th November 2018 was 137,557,079 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 4 & 7) 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 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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