Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group PLC

20 May 2024

 

20 May 2024                                                                                                                               LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 20 May 2024 all resolutions in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 10 April 2024 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.

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 20 May 2024 was 324,787,751 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Res. No.	Brief Description	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes (ex. withheld)	Votes withheld
Ordinary resolutions
1.	To adopt the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the  year ended 31 December 2023	261,526,637	100.00%	11,427	0.00%	261,538,064	16,354
2.	To declare a final dividend of 1.022 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2023	261,541,700	100.00%	12,212	0.00%	261,553,912	506
3.	To re-elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company	260,199,746	99.56%	1,146,630	0.44%	261,346,376	208,042
4.	To re-elect Lynda Shillaw as a director of the Company	260,198,669	99.56%	1,153,477	0.44%	261,352,146	202,272
5.	To re-elect Katerina Patmore as a director of the Company	261,255,013	99.96%	97,713	0.04%	261,352,726	201,692
6.	To re-elect Angela Bromfield as a director of the Company	260,187,094	99.55%	1,167,549	0.45%	261,354,643	199,775
7.	To re-elect Ruth Cooke as a director of the Company	260,270,502	99.59%	1,075,367	0.41%	261,345,869	208,549
8.	To re-elect Lisa Scenna as a director of the Company	259,818,300	99.41%	1,533,846	0.59%	261,352,146	202,272
9.	To re-elect Patrick O'Donnell Bourke as a director of the Company	261,329,138	99.99%	22,626	0.01%	261,351,764	202,654
10.	To re-elect Marzia Zafar as a director of the Company	261,305,285	99.99%	38,819	0.01%	261,344,104	210,314
11.	To re-elect Steven Underwood as a director of the Company	261,331,488	99.99%	14,421	0.01%	261,345,909	208,509
12.	To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company	261,331,463	99.99%	14,446	0.01%	261,345,909	208,509
13.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023	261,369,447	99.95%	140,078	0.05%	261,509,525	44,893
14.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the Company	261,432,978	99.97%	88,550	0.03%	261,521,528	32,890
15.	To give authority to the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	261,508,508	99.99%	23,051	0.01%	261,531,559	22,859
16.	To authorise political donations	258,626,255	98.89%	2,905,320	1.11%	261,531,575	22,843
17.	Authority to allot shares	261,221,160	99.95%	133,045	0.05%	261,354,205	200,213
Special resolutions
18.	Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights	261,172,551	99.93%	176,158	0.07%	261,348,709	205,709
19.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	261,305,007	99.98%	53,657	0.02%	261,358,664	195,754
20.	To reduce notice of general meetings (other than AGM) to 14 clear days	261,277,686	99.90%	271,973	0.10%	261,549,659	4,759

-ENDS-

Enquiries

Harworth Group plc
Chris Birch, General Counsel and Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]
Luke Passby, Head of Investor Relations & Communications

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Listed on the Premium Segment of the Main Market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and the Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.

 

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