25 May 2017 14:22
Huntsworth plc
(the Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting
25 May 2017
The Board of Huntsworth plc, the international 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. 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 Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016 together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor | 247,502,384 | 100.00 | 488 | 0.00 | 247,502,872 | 8,899 | |
2 | To approve the Report of the Directors on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2016 | 213,918,161 | 86.44 | 33,563,571 | 13.56 | 247,481,732 | 30,039 | |
3 | To reappoint Derek Mapp as a Director | 247,071,565 | 99.82 | 435,806 | 0.18 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
4 | To reappoint Paul Taaffe as a Director | 247,505,003 | 100.00 | 2,368 | 0.00 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
5 | To reappoint Neil Jones as a Director | 247,505,925 | 100.00 | 1,446 | 0.00 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
6 | To reappoint Andy Boland as a Director | 247,505,995 | 100.00 | 1,376 | 0.00 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
7 | To reappoint Tim Ryan as a Director | 247,496,934 | 100.00 | 1,446 | 0.00 | 247,498,380 | 13,391 | |
8 | To reappoint Nicky Dulieu as a Director | 247,503,925 | 100.00 | 3,446 | 0.00 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
9 | To reappoint Pat Billingham as a Director | 247,505,995 | 100.00 | 1,376 | 0.00 | 247,507,371 | 4,400 | |
10 | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company | 247,507,338 | 100.00 | 3,539 | 0.00 | 247,510,877 | 894 | |
11 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 247,506,468 | 100.00 | 125 | 0.00 | 247,506,593 | 5,178 | |
12 | In respect of the year ended 31 December 2016, to declare a final dividend of 1.25 pence per ordinary share | 247,510,799 | 100.00 | 203 | 0.00 | 247,511,002 | 769 | |
13 | To authorise the Company to make political donations up to a maximum aggregate amount of £75,000 | 245,772,004 | 99.30 | 1,736,823 | 0.70 | 247,508,827 | 1,468 | |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 247,400,108 | 99.96 | 107,820 | 0.04 | 247,507,928 | 5,843 | |
15 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities* | 246,739,652 | 99.69 | 766,992 | 0.31 | 247,506,644 | 7,127 | |
16 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment* | 246,763,211 | 99.70 | 749,523 | 0.30 | 247,512,734 | 1,037 | |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 247,468,895 | 99.98 | 39,329 | 0.02 | 247,508,224 | 3,547 | |
18 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 days' notice* | 247,491,534 | 99.99 | 14,772 | 0.01 | 247,506,306 | 5,465 | |
*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 330,310,609 of which 1,686,681 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of issued shares with voting rights in the Company is currently 328,623,928 | ||||||||
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017 which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com
In compliance with the LR9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 14 to 18 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 |
Georgia Colkin | |