REG - Hansard Global plc - Result of AGM

Hansard GlobalAnnouncement

03/11/2021 13:20

RNS Number : 2456R
  
Hansard Global plc
  
03 November 2021
  
 

 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
 

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