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HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc (the "Company") announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 12:00pm today, Wednesday 9 November 2022. The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in the Notice of AGM published on 3 October 2022, which is available on the Company's website at: www.haysplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/agm.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % of ISC Votes | Votes Witheld | |
1. To receive the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 | 1,404,129,179 | 100.00 | 51,304 | 0.00 | 1,404,180,483 | 87.53% | 5,265,084 | |
2. To approve the
| 1,359,585,839 | 97.90 | 29,178,638 | 2.10 | 1,388,764,477 | 86.57% | 20,681,090 | |
3. To declare a final dividend | 1,409,378,672 | 100.00 | 55,246 | 0.00 | 1,409,433,918 | 87.86% | 10,497 | |
4. To declare a special dividend | 1,409,366,280 | 100.00 | 67,638 | 0.00 | 1,409,433,918 | 87.86% | 10,497 | |
5. To elect James Hilton as a director of the Company | 1,402,041,067 | 99.48 | 7,364,580 | 0.52 | 1,409,405,647 | 87.86% | 38,768 | |
6. To elect Joe Hurd as a director of the Company | 1,402,652,850 | 99.52 | 6,725,779 | 0.48 | 1,409,378,629 | 87.86% | 65,786 | |
7. To re-elect Andrew Martin as a director of the Company | 1,386,785,276 | 98.40 | 22,601,578 | 1.60 | 1,409,386,854 | 87.86% | 57,561 | |
8. To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company | 1,403,173,870 | 99.56 | 6,240,267 | 0.44 | 1,409,414,137 | 87.86% | 30,278 | |
9. To re-elect Cheryl Millington as a director of the Company | 1,350,257,218 | 95.81 | 59,120,415 | 4.19 | 1,409,377,633 | 87.86% | 66,782 | |
10. To re-elect Susan Murray as a director of the Company | 1,348,359,368 | 95.75 | 59,898,808 | 4.25 | 1,408,258,176 | 87.79% | 1,186,239 | |
11. To re-elect MT Rainey as a director of the Company | 1,349,092,072 | 95.80 | 59,198,301 | 4.20 | 1,408,290,373 | 87.79% | 1,154,042 | |
12. To re-elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company | 1,392,075,026 | 98.77 | 17,304,407 | 1.23 | 1,409,379,433 | 87.86% | 64,982 | |
13 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company | 1,405,605,144 | 99.73 | 3,814,756 | 0.27 | 1,409,419,900 | 87.86% | 24,515 | |
14. To authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 1,409,357,539 | 100.00 | 62,142 | 0.00 | 1,409,419,681 | 87.86% | 24,734 | |
15. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 1,399,629,804 | 99.31 | 9,787,418 | 0.69 | 1,409,417,222 | 87.86% | 27,193 | |
16. To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company | 1,191,074,677 | 84.51 | 218,353,384 | 15.49 | 1,409,428,061 | 87.86% | 16,354 | |
17. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights* | 1,190,968,172 | 84.51 | 218,331,601 | 15.49 | 1,409,299,773 | 87.85% | 144,642 | |
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 1,405,638,785 | 99.73 | 3,791,364 | 0.27 | 1,409,430,149 | 87.86% | 14,266 | |
19. To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice* | 1,327,586,557 | 94.19 | 81,833,888 | 5.81 | 1,409,420,445 | 87.86% | 23,970 |
Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.
The issued share capital (ISC) at the close of business on 07 November 2022 was 1,616,469,100 (1,604,182,300
excluding shares held in Treasury). The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the percentage of votes for or against a resolution.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at www.haysplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/agm
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Hannah Shepherd
Deputy Company Secretary
9 November 2022