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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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