Last checked at 23 May 2023 11:43
23 May 2023 LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21
Harworth Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting and notice of interim results
Annual General Meeting
Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 23 May 2023 all resolutions in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 April 2023 were passed by the necessary majority on a show of hands.
Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.harworthgroup.com.
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 23 May 2023 was 323,434,802 ordinary shares. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.
Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. They will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Res. No. | Brief Description | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Total votes(ex. withheld) | Votes withheld |
Ordinary resolutions | |||||||
1. | To adopt the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 | 273,693,077 | 100.00% | 9,071 | 0.00% | 273,702,148 | 23,144 |
2. | To declare a final dividend of 0.929 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2022 | 273,722,920 | 100.00% | 2,990 | 0.00% | 273,725,910 | 8,135 |
3. | To elect Marzia Zafar as a Director of the Company | 273,681,720 | 99.99% | 26,735 | 0.01% | 273,708,455 | 25,590 |
4. | To re-elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company | 272,248,061 | 99.53% | 1,272,235 | 0.47% | 273,520,296 | 213,749 |
5. | To re-elect Lynda Shillaw as a director of the Company | 272,246,831 | 99.54% | 1,269,292 | 0.46% | 273,516,123 | 217,922 |
6. | To re-elect Katerina Patmore as a director of the Company | 273,420,955 | 99.97% | 95,168 | 0.03% | 273,516,123 | 217,922 |
7. | To re-elect Angela Bromfield as a director of the Company | 272,242,630 | 99.53% | 1,276,030 | 0.47% | 273,518,660 | 215,385 |
8. | To re-elect Ruth Cooke as a director of the Company | 272,323,219 | 99.56% | 1,192,904 | 0.44% | 273,516,123 | 217,922 |
9. | To re-elect Lisa Scenna as a director of the Company | 273,418,088 | 99.96% | 102,168 | 0.04% | 273,520,256 | 213,789 |
10. | To re-elect Patrick O'Donnell Bourke as a director of the Company | 273,498,619 | 99.99% | 21,677 | 0.01% | 273,520,296 | 213,749 |
11. | To re-elect Steven Underwood as a director of the Company | 273,490,341 | 99.99% | 26,955 | 0.01% | 273,517,296 | 216,749 |
12. | To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company | 273,485,092 | 99.99% | 30,819 | 0.01% | 273,515,911 | 218,134 |
13. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 | 271,452,473 | 99.25% | 2,061,712 | 0.75% | 273,514,185 | 219,860 |
14. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the Company | 273,624,811 | 99.97% | 91,389 | 0.03% | 273,716,200 | 17,845 |
15. | To give authority to the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 273,701,536 | 99.99% | 18,330 | 0.01% | 273,719,866 | 14,179 |
16. | To authorise political donations | 271,356,179 | 99.14% | 2,359,737 | 0.86% | 273,715,916 | 18,129 |
17. | Authority to allot shares
| 273,644,065 | 99.97% | 77,226 | 0.03% | 273,721,291 | 12,754 |
Special resolutions | |||||||
18. | Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights | 258,585,399 | 94.47% | 15,136,810 | 5.53% | 273,722,209 | 11,836 |
19. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 273,486,325 | 99.91% | 239,685 | 0.09% | 273,726,010 | 8,035 |
20. | To reduce notice of general meetings (other than AGM) to 14 clear days | 273,527,693 | 99.93% | 191,486 | 0.07% | 273,719,179 | 14,866 |
Notice of interim results
The Company will be publishing its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2023 on Tuesday 12 September 2023.
-ENDS-
Enquiries
Harworth Group plc | |
Chris Birch, General Counsel and Company Secretary | Tel: +44 (0)114 349 3131 |
Tom Loughran, Head of Investor and Stakeholder Relations |
NOTES TO EDITORS
ABOUT HARWORTH GROUP PLC
Listed on the Premium Segment of the Main Market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 13,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.