Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2351G

Headlam Group PLC

25 May 2017

 

  25 May 2017

Headlam Group plc

('Headlam' or the 'Company')

Result of AGM

Headlam Group plc (LSE: HEAD), Europe's largest distributor of floorcoverings, announces that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today.

Details of the proxy votes received prior to the AGM will be made available later today at the Company's website www.headlam.com.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The items of special business approved at the AGM were:

Resolution 13 - Disapplication of pre-emption rights

Resolution 14 - Authority to purchase own shares

Resolution 15 - Notice period for general meetings

Enquiries:

Headlam Group plc
Steve Wilson, Chief Executive Catherine Miles, Director of Communications		Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Investec Bank plc (Joint Corporate Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Garry Levin / David Flin / Alex Wright
Arden Partners plc (Joint Corporate Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Jonathan Keeling / Steve Douglas
Buchanan (Financial PR and IR)		Tel: [phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Cowles / Catriona Flint

Notes for Editors:

Headlam is Europe's largest distributor of floorcoverings having grown significantly via organic growth and acquisition since 1992.

Headlam provides the distribution link between suppliers and customers of floorcoverings, providing suppliers with the greatest coverage and customer penetration for their products across the UK and Continental Europe, and customers with the broadest range of products supported by next day delivery.

The Company is engaged with suppliers across 16 countries whose products cover a significant proportion of the floorcoverings market (including carpet, residential vinyl, wood, laminate, luxury vinyl tile, underlay and commercial flooring). The Company's customers are within the residential and commercial sectors and comprise principally independent retailers and flooring contractors.

The Company currently comprises 61 wholly-owned businesses in the UK and Continental Europe each operating under their own trade brand and utilising their individual sales team which achieves a greater reach into the customer base.

Each of the businesses is supported by the Company's centralised and financial resources and extensive distribution network across the UK and Continental Europe that comprises four distribution hubs, 18 distribution centres, 55 service centres and a corporate showroom.

 

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