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Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
Halfords Group PLC: Result of AGM
16-Sep-2020 / 09:30 GMT/BST
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Halfords Group plc
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Halfords Group plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed on a poll at its Annual General Meeting held on 15 September 2020. The results are detailed below. As at the close of business on 11 September 2020, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,116,632.
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Resolution
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For**
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Against
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Total votes validly cast
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% of shares on register at 11.30 am on 11 September 2020
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No. of Votes Withheld***
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No. of Votes
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%
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No. of Votes
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%
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1
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Receive the Audited Financial Statements
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150,986,784
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99.83
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255,020
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0.17
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151,241,804
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75.96
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272,487
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2
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Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
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150,977,543
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99.66
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507,790
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0.34
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151,485,333
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76.08
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28,958
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3
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Approve the 2020 Directors' Remuneration Policy
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147,815,808
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97.58
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3,658,105
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2.42
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151,473,913
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76.07
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40,378
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4
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Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director
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147,757,730
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97.54
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3,729,592
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2.46
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151,487,322
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76.08
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26,969
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5
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Re-elect David Adams as a Director
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140,778,045
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93.91
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9,122,715
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6.09
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149,900,760
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75.28
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1,613,531
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6
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Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director
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150,156,639
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99.12
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1,330,711
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0.88
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151,487,350
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76.08
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26,942
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7
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Re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director
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150,145,328
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99.11
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1,352,542
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0.89
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151,497,870
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76.08
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16,421
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8
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Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director
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150,202,182
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99.14
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1,302,654
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0.86
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151,504,836
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76.09
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9,456
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9
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Re-elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director
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149,432,354
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98.63
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2,072,009
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1.37
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151.504.363
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76.09
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9.929
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10
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Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor
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151,264,988
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99.84
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239,375
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0.16
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151,504,363
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76.09
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9,929
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11
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Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
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151,264,204
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99.84
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240,159
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0.16
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151,504,353
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76.09
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9,929
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12
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Authorise the Company to make political donations
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142,816,889
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94.27
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8,685,938
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5.73
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151,502,827
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76.09
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11,465
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13
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Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities
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147,395,405
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97.28
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4,114,238
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2.72
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151,509,643
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76.09
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4,649
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14
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Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*
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151,433,067
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99.95
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70,296
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0.05
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151,503,363
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76.09
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10,929
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15
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Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*
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151,014,328
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99.96
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53,309
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0.04
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151,067,637
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75.87
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446,654
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16
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Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*
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144,927,894
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95.65
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6,583,222
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4.35
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151,511,116
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76.09
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3,176
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17
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Adopt new Articles of Association*
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151,498,497
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100.00
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1,077
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0.00
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151,499,574
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76.09
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14,718
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Notes
* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
**Includes discretionary votes.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
These results will also be made available on the Company's website, and in accordance with LR 9.6.2 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of resolutions passed as special business together with the new Articles of Association will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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