Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6381V

Halfords Group PLC

25 July 2018

 

Halfords Group plc

Results of 2018 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 24 July 2018. The results are detailed below.

As at the close of business on 20 July 2018, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,116,632.

Resolution		For**		Against		No. of Votes Withheld***	Total votes validly cast	% of shares on register at 11.30 am on 20 July 2018
		No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%
1	Receive the Audited Financial Statements	168,608,923	99.93	113,796	0.07	104,792	168,722,719	84.74%
2	Declare a final dividend of 12.03 pence	168,826,016	100.00	1,495	0.00	0	168,827,511	84.79%
3	Approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration	162,816,973	97.53	4,119,645	2.47	1,890,893	166,936,618	83.84%
4	Elect Graham Stapleton as a Director	167,541,098	99.24	1,279,244	0.76	7,169	168,820,342	84.78%
5	Elect Keith Williams as a Director	163,733,303	96.99	5,085,679	3.01	8,529	168,818,982	84.78%
6	Re-elect Jonny Mason as a Director	163,588,999	96.90	5,231,461	3.10	7,051	168,820,460	84.78%
7	Re-elect David Adams as a Director	151,425,089	89.70	17,391,146	10.30	11,276	168,816,235	84.78%
8	Re-elect Claudia Arney as a Director	168,457,143	99.79	357,228	0.21	13,140	168,814,371	84.78%
9	Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director	168,458,555	99.79	356,123	0.21	12,833	168,814,678	84.78%
10	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	167,516,767	99.93	118,225	0.07	1,192,519	167,634,992	84.19%
11	Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	168,814,339	100.00	6,907	0.00	6,265	168,821,246	84.79%
12	Authorise the Company to make political donations	162,699,953	96.37	6,123,278	3.63	4,280	168,823,231	84.79%
13	Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities	167,342,651	99.13	1,475,783	0.87	9,077	168,818,434	84.78%
14	Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*	168,575,666	99.86	236,872	0.14	14,973	168,812,538	84.78%
15	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*	167,254,374	99.17	1,401,823	0.83	171,314	168,656,197	84.70%
16	Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*	159,831,992	94.67	8,992,565	5.33	2,954	168,824,557	84.79%

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, 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

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