Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5813P

Harworth Group PLC

29 May 2018

 

29 May 2018                                                                                                                                     LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday 29 May 2018 all resolutions in the notice of annual general meeting dated 24 April 2018 were passed by the necessary majority on a show of hands.  

Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.harworthgroup.com.

Res. No.	Brief Description	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes (ex. withheld)	Votes withheld
01	To adopt Annual Report and Financial Statements for FYE 31 December 2017	184,566,895	100%	1,048	0.00%	184,567,943	18,373
02	To approve final dividend	184,581,023	100%	4,503	0.00%	184,585,526	790
03	To elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company	184,558,345	100%	3,082	0.00%	184,561,427	24,889
04	To re-elect Owen Michaelson as a director of the Company	184,535,103	99.99%	26,932	0.01%	184,562,035	24,281
05	To re-elect Andrew Kirkman as a director of the Company	184,557,442	100%	3,486	0.00%	184,560,928	25,388
06	To re-elect Lisa Clement as a director of the Company	184,538,814	99.99%	26,126	0.01%	184,564,940	21,376
07	To re-elect Anthony Donnelly as a director of the Company	184,534,812	99.99%	23,173	0.01%	184,557,985	28,331
08	To re-elect Andrew Cunningham as a director of the Company	184,557,995	100%	2,933	0.00%	184,560,928	25,388
09	To re-elect Steven Underwood as a director of the Company	175,689,467	95.19%	8,873,395	4.81%	184,562,862	23,454
10	To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company	184,212,721	99.81%	351,471	0.19%	184,564,192	22,124
11	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	184,146,824	99.78%	405,369	0.22%	184,552,193	34,123
12	To re-appoint  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	184,218,397	99.81%	356,246	0.19%	184,574,643	11,673
13	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	184,540,552	99.98%	30,247	0.02%	184,570,799	15,517
14	To authorise the Company to make political donations	184,366,028	99.90%	189,482	0.10%	184,555,510	30,806
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	184,482,722	99.95%	85,496	0.05%	184,568,218	18,098
16	To amend the articles of association	184,508,991	99.98%	44,417	0.02%	184,553,408	32,908
17	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	172,597,319	93.51%	11,981,940	6.49%	184,579,259	7,057
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	184,181,709	99.78%	401,258	0.22%	184,582,967	3,349
19	To authorise the Company to call general meetings at short notice	184,504,734	99.96%	76,189	0.04%	184,580,923	5,393

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 29 May 2018 was 321,496,760 ordinary shares.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.  They will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 

-ENDS-

Enquiries

Harworth Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Chris Birch, Company Secretary

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Harworth Group

Listed on the main market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of approximately 21,000 acres of land on around 140 sites located throughout the Midlands and North of England. The Company specialises in the regeneration of former coalfield sites and other former industrial land into new residential developments and employment areas.

http://www.harworthgroup.com/

 

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