Result of AGM

THG PLC
24 June 2024
 

THG PLC

(the "Company")

24 June 2024

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following its annual general meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today at 2:00 p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by poll.

Total votes received for each ordinary resolution and special resolution proposed at the AGM were as follows:

Resolution

*Votes for

%age of votes cast

Votes against

%age of votes cast

Total votes cast

**%age of ISC voted

***Votes withheld

1.     To receive the Report & Accounts

808,193,288

99.59%

3,302,029

0.41%

811,495,317

60.97

12,709,844

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)

772,314,044

95.12%

39,651,037

4.88%

811,965,081

61.01

12,240,080

3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

770,924,395

94.97%

40,859,699

5.03%

811,784,094

61.00

12,421,067

4.     To elect Helen Jones as a Director

775,823,010

95.57%

35,989,387

4.43%

811,812,397

61.00

12,392,764

5.     To re-elect Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, as a Director

748,585,836

90.75%

76,333,544

9.25%

824,919,380

61.98

243,781

6.     To re-elect Sue Farr as a Director

774,871,347

95.44%

36,993,671

4.56%

811,865,018

61.00

12,340,143

7.     To re-elect John Gallemore as a Director

769,353,775

94.71%

43,003,340

5.29%

812,357,115

61.04

11,848,046

8.     To re-elect Gillian Kent as a Director

723,112,990

89.07%

88,753,528

10.93%

811,866,518

61.00

12,338,643

9.     To re-elect Edward Koopman as a Director

773,093,046

95.24%

38,599,104

4.76%

811,692,150

60.99

12,513,511

10.  To re-elect Dean Moore as a Director

770,427,179

94.92%

41,233,553

5.08%

811,660,732

60.99

12,544,929

11.  To re-elect Matthew Moulding as a Director

767,765,775

94.53%

44,397,750

5.47%

812,163,525

61.02

12,011,636

12.  To re-elect Damian Sanders as a Director

774,325,867

95.41%

37,261,258

4.59%

811,587,125

60.98

12,618,036

13.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company

796,888,165

98.17%

14,855,461

1.83%

811,743,626

60.99

12,461,735

14.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration

797,297,072

98.18%

14,769,785

1.82%

812,066,857

61.02

12,138,304

15.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares

767,622,543

94.55%

44,219,098

5.45%

811,841,641

61.00

12,363,520

16.  To authorise political donations

688,011,316

96.23%

26,945,835

3.77%

714,957,151

53.72

109,248,010

17.  To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights

768,909,126

94.78%

42,350,390

5.22%

811,259,516

60.96

12,945,645

18.  To authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

770,272,373

94.88%

41,557,492

5.12%

811,829,865

61.00

12,375,496

19.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

789,975,200

97.37%

21,375,805

2.63%

811,351,005

60.96

12,854,156

20.  To authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

803,692,173

99.12%

7,133,106

0.88%

810,825,279

60.92

13,379,882


*The votes of any proxy giving the Chair discretion as to how to vote have been included in the votes "For" a resolution.

**The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,330,878,728.

***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentage of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, a copy of all resolutions, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website at https://www.thg.com/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting-documents.

If you require further information, please contact:

James Pochin
General Counsel & Company Secretary         
THG PLC
Telephone No.: 020 7250 1446

 

 

 

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