Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3254T

Hays PLC

13 November 2019

 

HAYS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019

RESULTS OF THE POLL

Hays plc held its thirty second Annual General Meeting today, 13 November 2019, at the offices of UBS, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS at 12 noon.  All resolutions were duly passed on a poll.  The results are shown below.

The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the percentage of votes for or against a resolution.

The issued share capital (ISC) at the close of business on 11 November 2019 was 1,471,590,458 (1,467,162,562 excluding shares held in Treasury).

POLL RESULTS

The results of the poll are as follows:

Resolution		Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Total		Votes Withheld
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	% ISC	No.
1.	To receive the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019	1,266,338,587	99.81	2,432,295	0.19	1,268,770,882	86.48%	3,068,406
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,204,738,129	96.32	46,015,367	3.68	1,250,753,496	85.25%	21,085,791
3.	To approve a final dividend	1,271,828,368	100.00	4,330	0.00	1,271,832,698	86.69%	6,590
4.	To approve a special dividend	1,271,812,689	100.00	10,401	0.00	1,271,823,090	86.69%	16,198
5.	To re-elect Andrew Martin as a director of the Company	1,264,138,162	99.40	7,659,375	0.60	1,271,797,537	86.68%	41,750
6.	To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company	1,269,416,135	99.81	2,372,903	0.19	1,271,789,038	86.68%	50,250
7.	To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company	1,267,117,252	99.64	4,628,268	0.36	1,271,745,520	86.68%	93,768
8.	To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company	1,265,272,806	99.49	6,515,103	0.51	1,271,787,909	86.68%	51,379
9.	To re-elect Susan Murray as a director of the Company	1,256,405,049	98.79	15,385,460	1.21	1,271,790,509	86.68%	48,779
10.	To re-elect MT Rainey as a director of the Company	1,265,290,804	99.49	6,494,509	0.51	1,271,785,313	86.68%	53,975
11.	To re-elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company	1,267,728,867	99.68	4,063,109	0.32	1,271,791,976	86.68%	47,312
12.	To elect Cheryl Millington as a director of the Company	1,271,604,951	99.99	131,494	0.01	1,271,736,445	86.68%	102,843
13.	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	1,264,000,691	99.96	526,947	0.04	1,264,527,638	86.19%	7,311,649
14.	To authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration	1,271,359,844	99.97	431,047	0.03	1,271,790,891	86.68%	48,397
15.	To authorise the Company to make political donations	1,173,187,092	92.26	98,382,080	7.74	1,271,569,172	86.67%	270,116
16.	To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company	1,131,680,259	88.98	140,137,422	11.02	1,271,817,681	86.69%	21,607
17.	To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights*	1,132,462,414	89.05	139,273,666	10.95	1,271,736,080	86.68%	103,208
18.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	1,263,309,491	99.37	7,986,847	0.63	1,271,296,338	86.65%	542,949
19.	To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice*	1,236,650,541	97.23	35,176,837	2.77	1,271,827,378	86.69%	11,910
20.	To authorise the directors to approve the UK Sharesave Plan	1,261,388,811	99.18	10,419,731	0.82	1,271,808,542	86.68%	30,745
21.	To authorise the directors to approve the International Sharesave Plan	1,261,376,721	99.18	10,425,631	0.82	1,271,802,352	86.68%	36,935

Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at haysplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/agm.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at morningstar.co.uk.

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

13 November 2019

 

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