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Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
Halfords Group PLC: Result of AGM
08-Sep-2022 / 10:30 GMT/BST
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Halfords Group plc
Results of 2022 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 7 September 2022. The results are detailed below. As at the close of business on 5 September 2022, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 218,928,736.
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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 3.00 pm on 5 September 2022
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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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172,404,998
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100.00
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4,954
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0.00
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172,409,952
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78.75%
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134,621
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2
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Declare a final dividend
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172,540,171
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100.00
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1,773
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0.00
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172,541,944
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78.81%
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2,629
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3
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Approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report
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156,545,528
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90.75
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15,953,797
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9.25
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172,499,325
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78.79%
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45,248
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4
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Elect Jo Hartley as a Director
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172,131,385
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99.77
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390,909
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0.23
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172,522,294
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78.80%
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22,279
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5
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Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director
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168,274,878
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97.54
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4,249,111
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2.46
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172,523,989
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78.80%
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20,584
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6
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Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director
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169,530,339
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98.27
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2,993,150
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1.73
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172,523,489
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78.80%
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21,084
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7
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Re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director
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163,881,885
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98.31
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2,821,041
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1.69
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166,702,926
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76.14%
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5,841,647
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8
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Re-elect Tom Singer as a Director
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171,247,955
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99.26
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1,276,034
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0.74
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172,523,989
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78.80%
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20,584
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9
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Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director
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172,489,481
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99.98
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28,228
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0.02
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172,517,709
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78.80%
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26,864
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10
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Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor
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172,425,430
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99.94
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107,886
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0.06
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172,533,316
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78.81%
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11,257
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11
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Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
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172,524,667
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100.00
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6,955
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0.00
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172,531,622
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78.81%
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12,951
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12
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Authorise the Company to make political donations
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159,725,401
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92.58
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12,810,143
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7.42
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172,535,544
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78.81%
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9,029
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13
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Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities
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140,270,870
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81.30
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32,261,912
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18.70
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172,532,782
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78.81%
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11,791
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14
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Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*
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140,466,216
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81.42
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32,064,612
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18.58
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172,530,828
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78.81%
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13,745
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15
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Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*
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172,458,915
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99.97
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55,439
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0.03
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172,514,354
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78.80%
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30,219
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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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170,415,850
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98.77
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2,126,075
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1.23
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172,541,925
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78.81%
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2,648
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17
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Authorise the establishment of the Halfords Group Deferred Bonus Plan 2022
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172,444,503
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99.96
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75,147
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0.04
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172,519,650
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78.80%
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24,923
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Notes
* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
**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 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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