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3 November 2021
Hansard Global plc
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 3 November 2021
Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 3 November 2021, Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 14 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 2021 financial statements, together with the Directors' Report and auditor's report thereon. | 97,262,026 | 99.96 | 36,800 | 0.04 |
97,298,826
| 70.73 |
550
|
2. | To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2021 | 97,203,145 | 99.92 | 75,530 | 0.08 | 97,278,675 | 70.72 |
20,701
|
3. | To declare a final dividend of 2.65 pence per share. | 97,291,776 | 99.99 | 7,600 | 0.01 | 97,299,376 | 70.72 | 0 |
4. | To re-elect Mr G M Easton as a director. | 97,209,343 | 99.93 | 70,033 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
5. | To elect Mr G Sheward as a director. | 97,209,343 | 99.93 | 70,033 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
6. | To re-elect Mr T N Davies as a director. | 97,211,343 | 99.93 | 68,033 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
7. | To elect Mr D J G Peach as a director | 97,211,343 | 99.93 | 68,033 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
8. | To re-elect Mr P B Kay as a director | 97,209,343 | 99.93 | 70,033 |
0.07
| 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
9. | To re-elect Mr J Ribeiro as a director | 97,211,343 | 99.93 | 68,033 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
10. | To re-elect Mr M A L Polonsky as a director. | 97,209,646 | 99.93 | 69,730 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
11. | To appoint KPMG Audit LLC, Isle of Man as auditor. |
97,228,825
| 99.95 | 50,551 | 0.05 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration. | 97,219,074 | 99.94 | 60,302 | 0.06 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
13. | To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares. | 97,237,417 | 99.96 | 41,959 | 0.04 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
14. | To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares and disapply pre-emption rights. | 97,214,645 | 99.93 | 64,731 | 0.07 | 97,279,376 | 70.72 | 20,000 |
Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on resolution 7, 8 and 9 (election of independent non-executive directors)
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD |
7 | 30,457,316 | 68,033 | 20,000 |
8 | 30,455,316 | 70,033 | 20,000 |
9 | 30,457,316 | 68,033 | 20,000 |
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 3 November 2021 were 137,557,079. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
5. As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Dr Polonsky CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, resolutions 7,8 and 9 to elect Mr Peach, and re-elect Mr Kay and Mr Ribeiro (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.
6. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions 13 & 14 (special business) has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Enquiries:
Hazel Stewart, Company Secretary.
Tel: 01624 688000
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800ZJ9F2EA3Q24K05