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Halfords Group plc
Results of 2015 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 30 July 2015. The results are detailed below.
As at 6pm on 28 July 2015, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,063,222.
Resolution | For** | Against | No. of Votes Withheld*** | Total votes validly cast | % of shares on register at 6pm on 28 July 2015 | |||
No. of Votes | % | No. of Votes | % | |||||
1 | Receive the Audited Financial Statements | 143,483,092 | 98.41 | 120,466 | 0.08 | 2,196,705 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
2 | Declare a final dividend of 11 pence | 145,656,125 | 99.90 | 1,000 | 0.00 | 143,138 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
3 | Approve the annual report on remuneration | 144,370,592 | 99.02 | 1,271,130 | 0.87 | 158,541 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
4 | Elect Jill McDonald as a Director | 141,873,684 | 97.31 | 3,779,817 | 2.59 | 146,762 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
5 | Re-elect Dennis Millard as a Director | 145,234,923 | 99.61 | 418,824 | 0.29 | 146,516 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
6 | Re-elect David Adams as a Director | 145,363,909 | 99.70 | 289,838 | 0.20 | 146,516 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
7 | Re-elect Claudia Arney as a Director | 145,459,657 | 99.77 | 194,090 | 0.13 | 146,516 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
8 | Re-elect Andrew Findlay as a Director | 145,275,441 | 99.64 | 378,351 | 0.26 | 146,471 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
9 | Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director | 145,464,521 | 99.77 | 189,271 | 0.13 | 146,471 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
10 | Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor | 143,771,378 | 98.61 | 10,875 | 0.01 | 2,018,010 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
11 | Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor | 145,651,395 | 99.90 | 3,518 | 0.00 | 145,350 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
12 | Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities | 144,904,351 | 99.39 | 744,266 | 0.51 | 151,646 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
13 | Disapply statutory pre-emption rights* | 145,602,647 | 99.87 | 48,272 | 0.03 | 149,344 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
14 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 145,571,348 | 99.84 | 80,203 | 0.06 | 148,712 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
15 | Renew the Company Performance Share Plan | 143,598,349 | 98.49 | 2,045,863 | 1.40 | 156,051 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
16 | Authorise the Company to make political donations | 143,118,966 | 98.16 | 836,287 | 0.57 | 1,845,010 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
17 | Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice* | 137,485,201 | 94.30 | 8,168,004 | 5.60 | 147,057 | 145,800,263 | 73.24 |
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