1 Feb 2023 13:00
1 February 2023
Hyve Group plc
(the "Company")
Announcement of Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Hyve Group plc was held at 9.00am on Wednesday 1 February 2023. All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders.
RES NO. | RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % ISC | VOTES WITHHELD* |
01 | To receive the Reports of the Directors and Auditors and the audited accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 30 September 2022 | 199,957,183 | 100.00% | 2,103 | 0.00% | 199,959,286 | 68.56 | 1,964 |
02 | To re-elect Richard Last as a director | 180,404,697 | 93.08% | 13,402,281 | 6.92% | 193,806,978 | 66.45 | 6,154,272 |
03 | To elect Rachel Addison as a director | 199,958,709 | 100.00% | 430 | 0.00% | 199,959,139 | 68.56 | 2,111 |
04 | To re-elect Nicholas Backhouse as a director | 198,185,940 | 99.11% | 1,773,199 | 0.89% | 199,959,139 | 68.56 | 2,111 |
05 | To re-elect John Gulliver as a director | 199,953,775 | 100.00% | 3,364 | 0.00% | 199,957,139 | 68.56 | 4,111 |
06 | To re-elect Mark Shashoua as a director | 199,953,775 | 100.00% | 3,364 | 0.00% | 199,957,139 | 68.56 | 4,111 |
07 | To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors | 198,713,351 | 99.38% | 1,243,177 | 0.62% | 199,956,528 | 68.56 | 4,722 |
08 | To authorise the directors to set the remuneration of the auditors | 198,712,476 | 99.38% | 1,247,663 | 0.62% | 199,960,139 | 68.56 | 1,111 |
09 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 192,449,379 | 96.24% | 7,509,907 | 3.76% | 199,959,286 | 68.56 | 1,964 |
10 | Directors' general authority to allot shares | 183,733,855 | 91.89% | 16,225,667 | 8.11% | 199,959,522 | 68.56 | 1,728 |
11 | To increase the aggregate fee limit in Article 98 of the Articles of Association | 195,860,216 | 97.95% | 4,099,206 | 2.05% | 199,959,422 | 68.56 | 1,828 |
12 | Directors' general authority to disapply pre-emption rights without restriction as to use | 195,700,050 | 97.87% | 4,257,472 | 2.13% | 199,957,522 | 68.56 | 3,728 |
13 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments | 180,337,873 | 90.19% | 19,620,649 | 9.81% | 199,958,522 | 68.56 | 2,728 |
14 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 199,951,638 | 100.00% | 8,501 | 0.00% | 199,960,139 | 68.56 | 1,111 |
15 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 199,328,160 | 99.68% | 631,979 | 0.32% | 199,960,139 | 68.56 | 1,111 |
*A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
As at 6.30pm on Monday 30 January 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 291,640,907 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information please contact:
Hyve Group plc Alice Rivers, Company Secretary Camarco Ginny Pulbrook / Rosie Driscoll / Toby Strong |
+44 (0)20 3545 9558
+44 (0)20 3757 4992
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About Hyve Group plc
Hyve Group plc is a next-generation global events business whose purpose is to bring together and connect entire sector ecosystems from all corners of the globe. We meet our customer needs to learn, network and trade via both market-leading in-person and online events. Hyve Group plc is all about globally consistent best practice and unrivalled quality. Our vision is to create the world's leading portfolio of content-driven, must-attend events delivering an outstanding experience and ROI for our customers. Hyve's market leading portfolio of global brands includes: Shoptalk, Spring Fair, Bett, Mining Indaba and the recently acquired Fintech Meetup, which is defining the future of events for the fintech ecosystem and uses state-of-the-art technology to power its world renowned meetings programme.
Where business is personal, where meetings move markets and where today's leaders inspire tomorrow's.