6 Nov 2019 12:09
6 November 2019
Hansard Global plc
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Results of Annual General Meeting held on 6th November 2019
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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:
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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 penceΒ 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 |
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Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on resolution 7 (election of independent non-executive director Mr Easton)
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VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD |
31,693,818 | 67,423 | 0 |
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Notes:
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1. Proxy Results are taken from the 27 valid Forms of Proxies received.
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2. Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
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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.
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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.
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5. Due to an error in the numbering, there is no resolution 11.
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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:
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(a) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
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(b) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution, excluding the controlling shareholder.
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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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Legal Entity Identifier: 213800ZJ9F2EA3Q24K05
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