24 May 2018 14:31
Huntsworth plc
(the Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting
24 May 2018
The Board of Huntsworth plc, the healthcare and communications 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 2017 together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor. | 255,166,444 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 255,166,444 | 1,306,041 | |
2 | To approve the Report of the Directors on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2017. | 250,025,013 | 97.49 | 6,443,122 | 2.51 | 256,468,135 | 4,349 | |
3 | To reappoint Derek Mapp as a Director. | 243,347,035 | 95.37 | 11,819,842 | 4.63 | 255,166,877 | 1,305,517 | |
4 | To reappoint Paul Taaffe as a Director. | 256,472,263 | 100.00 | 125 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
5 | To reappoint Neil Jones as a Director. | 256,328,780 | 99.94 | 143,608 | 0.06 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
6 | To reappoint Andy Boland as a Director. | 256,470,263 | 100.00 | 2,125 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
7 | To reappoint Nicky Dulieu as a Director. | 256,472,191 | 100.00 | 197 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
8 | To reappoint Pat Billingham as a Director. | 256,472,191 | 100.00 | 197 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
9 | To reappoint Elizabeth McKee Anderson as a Director. | 256,470,263 | 100.00 | 2,125 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
10 | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company. | 256,471,562 | 100.00 | 826 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
11 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 256,472,388 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
12 | To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative. | 256,469,133 | 100.00 | 2,271 | 0.00 | 256,471,404 | 991 | |
13 | In respect of the year ended 31 December 2017, to declare a final dividend of 1.45 pence per ordinary share. | 256,472,388 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
14 | To authorise the Company to make political donations up to a maximum aggregate amount of £75,000. | 254,939,319 | 99.44 | 1,425,534 | 0.56 | 256,364,853 | 107,540 | |
15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 256,336,784 | 99.97 | 88,249 | 0.03 | 256,425,033 | 47,362 | |
16 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities. * | 256,370,176 | 99.98 | 56,000 | 0.02 | 256,426,176 | 46,219 | |
17 | 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. * | 256,268,126 | 99.94 | 158,697 | 0.06 | 256,426,823 | 45,571 | |
18 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares. * | 256,320,127 | 99.94 | 152,260 | 0.06 | 256,472,387 | 7 | |
19 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 days' notice. * | 255,727,637 | 99.71 | 744,751 | 0.29 | 256,472,388 | 7 | |
20 | To adopt new Articles of Association. * | 256,463,482 | 100.00 | 6,404 | 0.00 | 256,469,886 | 2,509 | |
*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 331,858,168 of which 1,686,681 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of issued shares with voting rights in the Company is currently 330,171,487. | ||||||||
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2018 which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com
In compliance with the LR9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 12 and 14 to 20 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 |
Angharad Couch | |
Nick Reading | |
Elizabeth Kittle |