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: +44 (0)114 349 3131

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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