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6 November 2019
Hansard Global plc
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 6th November 2019
Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 6 November 2019, Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive but excluding 11) as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 13 as a special resolution, were duly passed on a show of hands and the results of the proxy votes are as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES AGAINST | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES CAST IN TOTAL | TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1. | To receive the Company's 2019 financial statements, together with the Directors' Report and auditor's report thereon. | 98,422,245 | 99.97 | 25,600 | 0.03 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
2. | To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2019. | 48,028,603 | 99.85 | 72,923 | 0.15 | 48,101,526 | 34.96 | 50,346,319 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 2.65 pence per share. | 98,447,781 | 99.99 | 64 | 0.01 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
4. | To re-elect Mr P C Gregory as a director. | 48,033,258 | 99.86 | 68,268 | 0.14 | 48,101,526 | 34.96 | 50,346,319 |
5. | To re-elect Mr G S Marr as a director. | 98,380,422 | 99.93 | 67,423 | 0.07 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
6. | To re-elect Mr T N Davies as a director. | 98,380,422 | 99.93 | 67,423 | 0.07 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
7. | To elect Mr G Easton as a director. | 48,434,103 | 99.86 | 67,423 | 0.14 | 48,501,526 | 35.25 | 0 |
8. | To re-elect Mr M A L Polonsky as a director. | 98,380,422 | 99.93 | 67,423 | 0.07 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
9. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Isle of Man as auditor. | 98,367,803 | 99.92 | 80,042 | 0.08 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
10. | To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration. | 98,422,181 | 99.97 | 25,664 | 0.03 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
12. | To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares. | 97,406,669 | 98.94 | 1,039,176 | 1.06 | 98,445,845 | 71.56 | 2000 |
13. | To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares and disapply pre-emption rights. | 98,410,647 | 99.96 | 37,204 | 0.04 | 98,447,845 | 71.56 | 0 |
Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on resolution 7 (election of independent non-executive director Mr Easton)
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD |
31,693,818 | 67,423 | 0 |
Notes:
1. Proxy Results are taken from the 27 valid Forms of Proxies received.
2. Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
3. A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 6 November 2019 were 137,557,079. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
5. Due to an error in the numbering, there is no resolution 11.
6. As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Dr Polonsky CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, resolution 7 to elect Mr Easton (an independent non-executive director) has under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:
(a) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
(b) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution, excluding the controlling shareholder.
7. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolution 13 (special business) has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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