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THG PLC
(the "Company")
24 June 2021
Results of Annual General Meeting
Following its annual general meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today at 12:30 p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by poll.
Total votes received for each ordinary resolution and special resolution proposed at the AGM were as follows:
Resolution | *Votes For | %age of Votes Cast | Votes Against | %age of Votes Cast | Total Votes Cast | **%age of ISC Voted | ***Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the Report & Accounts | 766,024,640
| 99.99%
| 67,344 | 0.01%
| 766,091,984 | 69.67 | 11,967 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 741,772,628 | 96.83% | 24,320,875 | 3.17% | 766,093,503 | 69.67 | 10,448 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 761,448,375 | 99.39% | 4,645,128 | 0.61% | 766,093,503 | 69.67 | 10,448 |
4. To elect Matthew Moulding as a Director | 723,937,052 | 94.50% | 42,156,286 | 5.50% | 766,093,338 | 69.67 | 10,613 |
5. To elect John Gallemore as a Director | 744,694,818 | 97.21% | 21,397,001 | 2.79% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
6. To elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a Director | 740,521,176 | 96.66% | 25,570,643 | 3.34% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
7. To elect Dominic Murphy as a Director | 746,861,846 | 97.49% | 19,229,973 | 2.51% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
8. To elect Edward Koopman as a Director | 738,533,021 | 96.40% | 27,558,798 | 3.60% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
9. To elect Iain McDonald as a Director | 731,530,148 | 95.49% | 34,561,671 | 4.51% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
10. To elect Damian Sanders as a Director | 764,173,039 | 99.75% | 1,918,780 | 0.25% | 766,091,819 | 69.67 | 12,132 |
11. To elect Tiffany Hall as a Director | 765,010,607 | 99.86% | 1,081,377 | 0.14% | 766,091,984 | 69.67 | 11,967 |
12. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor of the Company | 761,901,774 | 99.45% | 4,191,029 | 0.55% | 766,092,803 | 69.67 | 11,148 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 763,272,819 | 99.63% | 2,820,684 | 0.37% | 766,093,503 | 69.67 | 10,448 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 708,951,848 | 92.54% | 57,131,913 | 7.46% | 766,083,761 | 69.67 | 20,190 |
15. To authorise political donations | 765,998,885 | 99.99% | 103,624 | 0.01% | 766,102,509 | 69.67 | 1,442 |
16. To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 766,043,826 | 100% | 36,968 | 0.00% | 766,080,794 | 69.67 | 23,157 |
17. To authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment | 766,047,021 | 100% | 33,798 | 0.00% | 766,080,819 | 69.67 | 23,132 |
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 765,009,217 | 99.86% | 1,084,286 | 0.14% | 766,093,503 | 69.67 | 10,448 |
19. To authorise a 14 day notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings | 757,154,210 | 98.83% | 8,937,774 | 1.17% | 766,091,984 | 69.67 | 11,967 |
\* The votes of any proxy giving the Chairman discretion as to how to vote have been included in the votes "For" a resolution.
*\* The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and eligible to be voted on at the AGM was 1,099,589,978.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentage of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, a copy of all resolutions, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website.
If you require further information, please contact:
James Pochin, General Counsel & Company Secretary THG PLCJames.Pochin@thehutgroup.com