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HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its twenty sixth Annual General Meeting today, 13 November 2013, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE at 12 noon. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The results are shown below.
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | |||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | ||
1. | To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2013 | 1,033,829,390 | 100.00 | 12,083 | 0.00 | 21,363 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 971,001,593 | 94.85 | 52,754,923 | 5.15 | 10,106,320 |
3. | To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2013 | 1,033,844,997 | 100.00 | 8,172 | 0.00 | 9,667 |
4. | To elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company | 1,031,395,531 | 99.77 | 2,392,873 | 0.23 | 74,432 |
5. | To re-elect Alan Thomson as a director of the Company | 1,019,161,181 | 98.59 | 14,626,788 | 1.41 | 74,867 |
6. | To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company | 1,033,695,995 | 99.99 | 60,299 | 0.01 | 106,542 |
7. | To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company | 1,033,709,729 | 99.99 | 74,540 | 0.01 | 78,567 |
8. | To re-elect William Eccleshare as a director of the Company | 1,030,200,147 | 99.65 | 3,579,194 | 0.35 | 83,495 |
9. | To re-elect Paul Harrison as a director of the Company | 1,031,398,602 | 99.77 | 2,385,667 | 0.23 | 78,567 |
10. | To re-elect Victoria Jarman as a director of the Company | 1,031,401,208 | 99.77 | 2,394,697 | 0.23 | 66,931 |
11. | To re-elect Richard Smelt as a director of the Company | 1,031,375,435 | 99.77 | 2,408,634 | 0.23 | 78,767 |
12. | To re-elect Pippa Wicks as a director of the Company | 1,031,398,044 | 99.77 | 2,402,413 | 0.23 | 62,379 |
13. | To reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company | 1,012,341,647 | 98.41 | 16,336,662 | 1.59 | 5,184,527 |
14. | To authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 1,022,035,576 | 98.86 | 11,779,640 | 1.14 | 47,620 |
15. | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 997,336,719 | 96.49 | 36,299,543 | 3.51 | 226,574 |
16. | To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company | 1,026,215,619 | 99.27 | 7,584,536 | 0.73 | 62,681 |
17. | To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights * | 1,033,076,956 | 99.93 | 716,286 | 0.07 | 69,594 |
18. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares * | 1,033,243,935 | 99.94 | 577,879 | 0.06 | 41,022 |
19. | To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice * | 901,704,999 | 87.22 | 132,123,392 | 12.78 | 34,445 |
Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.
The total number of votes cast was 1,033,862,836 which represents 70.61% of the Company's issued share capital (73.53% excluding shares held in Treasury in respect of which no votes were cast). 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 total number of shares in issue at the close of business on 11 November 2013 was 1,464,096,566 (1,406,131,316 excluding shares held in Treasury).
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at hays.com/investors.
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 Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Chris Winters
Deputy Company Secretary
13 November 2013