26 May 2016 15:07
26 May 2016
Huntsworth plc (the Company)
Results of AGM
The Board of Huntsworth plc, the healthcare communications and public relations group, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions were passed, with the exception of resolution 8, being the re-election Mr Terence M. Graunke as a Director, which was withdrawn with the consent of the meeting due to Mr Graunke's resignation with effect from 14 May 2016. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
For & Discretionary | Against | Total votes cast | Votes Withheld | ||||
Resolution | No. of shares | % Votes cast | No. of shares | % Votes cast | |||
1 | To receive the 2015 Annual Report and Accounts | 257,449,846 | 100.00 | 11,715 | 0.00 | 257,461,561 | 6,354 |
2 | To approve the 2015 Remuneration Report | 232,846,387 | 90.44 | 24,626,302 | 9.56 | 257,472,689 | 6,026 |
3 | To approve the new Remuneration Policy | 254,893,932 | 99.00 | 2,578,757 | 1.00 | 257,472,689 | 6,026 |
4 | To approve The Long Term Incentive Plan 2016 | 253,660,797 | 98.52 | 3,811,053 | 1.48 | 257,471,850 | 6,865 |
5 | To approve The Huntsworth 2016 Deferred Share Bonus Plan | 257,323,484 | 99.94 | 146,565 | 0.06 | 257,470,049 | 8,666 |
6 | To reappoint Neil Jones | 257,257,946 | 99.92 | 212,405 | 0.08 | 257,470,351 | 8,364 |
7 | To reappoint Pat Billingham | 257,381,653 | 99.97 | 88,698 | 0.03 | 257,470,351 | 8,364 |
8 | To reappoint Terence M. Graunke - WITHDRAWN | ||||||
9 | To reappoint Ernst & Young as auditor | 257,361,004 | 99.96 | 111,847 | 0.04 | 257,472,851 | 5,864 |
10 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 257,449,388 | 99.99 | 23,453 | 0.01 | 257,472,841 | 5,874 |
11 | To declare a final dividend | 257,465,819 | 100.00 | 4,108 | 0.00 | 257,469,927 | 8,788 |
12 | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 255,170,410 | 99.14 | 2,203,849 | 0.86 | 257,374,259 | 104,276 |
13 | To renew the directors authority to allot shares | 257,329,536 | 99.95 | 133,477 | 0.05 | 257,463,013 | 15,702 |
14 | To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 257,354,936 | 99.96 | 96,271 | 0.04 | 257,451,207 | 27,508 |
15 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 257,322,521 | 99.95 | 138,596 | 0.05 | 257,461,117 | 17,598 |
16 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice* | 254,950,651 | 99.02 | 2,520,092 | 0.98 | 257,470,743 | 7,972 |
17 | To adopt new Articles of Association* | 257,447,922 | 100.00 | 4,374 | 0.00 | 257,452,296 | 26,419 |
*Special Resolution | |
NOTES: 1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.2. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 329,998,740 of which 1,686,681 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of issued shares with voting rights in the Company is currently 328,312,059 | |
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com .
In compliance with the LR9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 14 to 17 is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism. This document will shortly be available for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information please contact:
Enquiries to:
Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0)20 7638 9571
Simon Rigby
Georgia Colkin