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Result of AGM

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Hays PLC
09 November 2016
 

HAYS PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016

 

RESULTS OF THE POLL

 

Hays plc held its twenty ninth Annual General Meeting today, 9 November 2016, at the offices of UBS, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS at 12 noon. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The results are shown below.

 

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 issued share capital (ISC) at the close of business on 7 November 2016 was 1,464,096,566 (1,442,535,578 excluding shares held in Treasury).

 

POLL RESULTS

 

The results of the poll are as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Total

Votes Withheld

No.

%

No.

%

No.

% ISC

No.

1.

To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016

1,147,118,840

98.96

12,094,881

1.04

1,159,213,721

80.36%

93,559

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

1,121,184,706

96.72

38,040,863

3.28

1,159,225,569

80.36%

81,710

3.

To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016

1,159,279,147

100.00

3,833

0.00

1,159,282,980

80.36%

24,300

4.

To re-elect Alan Thomson as a director of the Company

1,075,286,841

97.75

24,757,687

2.25

1,100,044,528

76.26%

59,262,751

5.

To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company

1,159,179,899

99.99

82,590

0.01

1,159,262,489

80.36%

44,791

6.

To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company

1,159,168,942

99.99

87,747

0.01

1,159,256,689

80.36%

50,591

7.

To re-elect Paul Harrison as a director of the Company

1,134,334,109

97.85

24,937,179

2.15

1,159,271,288

80.36%

35,991

8.

To re-elect Victoria Jarman as a director of the Company

1,155,973,736

99.72

3,300,752

0.28

1,159,274,488

80.36%

32,791

9.

To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company

1,154,021,438

99.55

5,252,106

0.45

1,159,273,544

80.36%

33,736

10.

To re-elect Pippa Wicks as a director of the Company

1,153,958,043

99.54

5,314,246

0.46

1,159,272,289

80.36%

34,991

11.

To re-elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company

1,157,986,049

99.89

1,279,640

0.11

1,159,265,689

80.36%

41,591

12.

To elect MT Rainey as a director of the Company

1,154,568,643

99.60

4,693,842

0.40

1,159,262,485

80.36%

44,795

13.

To appoint PwC LLP as auditor of the Company

1,155,442,246

99.67

3,831,311

0.33

1,159,273,557

80.36%

33,723

14.

To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

1,151,271,097

99.31

7,980,083

0.69

1,159,251,180

80.36%

56,100

15.

To authorise the Company to make political donations

1,101,275,959

95.03

57,643,282

4.97

1,158,919,241

80.34%

388,039

16.

To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company

1,111,041,613

95.84

48,220,315

4.16

1,159,261,928

80.36%

45,352

17.

To authorise the directors to disapply

pre-emption rights *

1,158,423,070

99.93

817,263

0.07

1,159,240,333

80.36%

66,947

18.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares *

1,145,456,262

98.81

13,815,731

1.19

1,159,271,993

80.36%

35,286

19.

To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice *

1,077,205,173

92.92

82,043,105

7.08

1,159,248,278

80.36%

59,001

20.

To authorise the directors to approve the DAB

1,152,141,508

99.48

5,994,003

0.52

1,158,135,511

80.28%

1,171,769

21.

To authorise the directors to approve the US ESPP

1,155,199,899

99.75

2,948,261

0.25

1,158,148,160

80.29%

1,159,120

 

Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at 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 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at morningstar.co.uk

 

 

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

 

9 November 2016

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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