REG - Halfords Group PLC - Result of AGM

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25/07/2018 09:00

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Halfords Group PLC
25 July 2018
 


Halfords Group plc
Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Halfords Group plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed on a poll at its Annual General Meeting held on 24 July 2018. The results are detailed below.
As at the close of business on 20 July 2018, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,116,632.



Resolution


For**


Against


No. of Votes Withheld***


Total votes validly cast


% of shares on register at 11.30 am on 20 July 2018




No. of Votes


%


No. of Votes


%




1


Receive the Audited Financial Statements


168,608,923


99.93


113,796


0.07


104,792


168,722,719


84.74%




2


Declare a final dividend of 12.03 pence


168,826,016


100.00


1,495


0.00


0


168,827,511


84.79%




3


Approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration


162,816,973


97.53


4,119,645


2.47


1,890,893


166,936,618


83.84%




4


Elect Graham Stapleton as a Director


167,541,098


99.24


1,279,244


0.76


7,169


168,820,342


84.78%




5


Elect Keith Williams as a Director


163,733,303


96.99


5,085,679


3.01


8,529


168,818,982


84.78%




6


Re-elect Jonny Mason as a Director


163,588,999


96.90


5,231,461


3.10


7,051


168,820,460


84.78%




7


Re-elect David Adams as a Director


151,425,089


89.70


17,391,146


10.30


11,276


168,816,235


84.78%




8


Re-elect Claudia Arney as a Director


168,457,143


99.79


357,228


0.21


13,140


168,814,371


84.78%




9


Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director


168,458,555


99.79


356,123


0.21


12,833


168,814,678


84.78%




10


Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor


167,516,767


99.93


118,225


0.07


1,192,519


167,634,992


84.19%




11


Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor


168,814,339


100.00


6,907


0.00


6,265


168,821,246


84.79%




12


Authorise the Company to make political donations


162,699,953


96.37


6,123,278


3.63


4,280


168,823,231


84.79%




13


Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities


167,342,651


99.13


1,475,783


0.87


9,077


168,818,434


84.78%




14


Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*


168,575,666


99.86


236,872


0.14


14,973


168,812,538


84.78%




15


Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*


167,254,374


99.17


1,401,823


0.83


171,314


168,656,197


84.70%




16


Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*


159,831,992


94.67


8,992,565


5.33


2,954


168,824,557


84.79%



 
 
Notes
* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
**Includes discretionary votes.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
These results will also be made available on the Company's website, and in accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
 
 
 




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