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RNS Number : 3176G  Hansard Global plc  05 November 2025

5 November 2025

Hansard Global plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 5 November 2025

 

Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") held on 5 November 2025, Resolutions 1 to 11 (inclusive) as
ordinary resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands and the results of
the proxy votes are as follows:

 

 

      RESOLUTION                                                             VOTES        % OF VOTES CAST  VOTES     % OF VOTES CAST  VOTES CAST IN TOTAL  TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL  VOTES WITHHELD

                                                                             FOR                           AGAINST
 1.   To receive the Company's 2025 financial statements, together with the                                48,203    0.05                                  71                                               550
      Directors' Report and auditor's report thereon.

                                                                             96,993,013   99.95

                                                                                                                                      97,041,216

 2.   To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2025     96,923,030   99.89            103,313   0.11                                  71                                               15,423

                                                                                                                                      97,026,343

 3.   To declare a final dividend of 2.65 pence per share.                   97,030,363   99.99            11,403    0.01             97,041,766           71                                               0
 4.   To re-elect Dr P B Kay as a director.                                  96,929,432   99.9             92,337    0.1                                   71                                               19,997

                                                                                                                                      97,021,769

 5.   To re-elect T Morfett as a director.                                   96,929,432   99.9             92,337    0.1                                   71                                               19,997

                                                                                                                                      97,021,769

 6.   To re-elect Mr O Byrne as a director.                                  96,966,581   99.94            55,188    0.06             97,021,769           71                                               19,997
 7.   To re-elect Mr D J G Peach as a director                               96,964,581   99.94            57,188    0.06                                  71                                               19,997

                                                                                                                                      97,021,769

 8.   To elect Mrs L Harrison as a director                                  96,908,861   99.88            112,908   0.12                                  71                                               19,997

                                                                                                                                      97,021,769

 9.   To re-elect Mr M A L Polonsky as a director.                           96,973,542   99.94            55,188    0.06                                  71                                               13,036

                                                                                                                                      97,028,730

 10.  To appoint KPMG Audit LLC, Isle of Man as auditor.                     96,923,962   99.91            84,033    0.09                                  71                                               33,771

                                                                                                                                      97,007,995

 11.  To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.                 99.94            61,686    0.06             97,035,378           71                                               6,388

                                                                             96,973,692

 

 

 

Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on
resolution(s) 7 and 8 (election of independent non-executive directors)

 

 RESOLUTION          VOTES       VOTES     VOTES

                     FOR         AGAINST   WITHHELD
          7          30,230,554  57,188    19,997
          8          30,174,834  112,908   19,997

 

 

 

 

Notes:

1.   Proxy Results are taken from the 30 valid Forms of Proxies received.

2.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chair 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 5 November 2025 were 137,557,079. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one
vote per ordinary share held.

5.   As the Company has a controlling shareholder, resolutions 7 and 8 to
re-elect Mr Peach and elect Mrs Harrison (independent non-executive directors)
has under 6.2.8R been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:

(a) the shareholders of the Company; and

(b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

 

 

Enquiries:

Hansard Global plc
                         +44 (0) 1624 688 000

Hazel Stewart, Company Secretary

Email: investor-relations@hansard.com

 

LEI number: 213800ZJ9F2EA3Q24K05

 

Notes to editors:

·     Hansard Global plc is the holding company of the Hansard Group of
companies. The Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in December
2006. The Group is a specialist long-term savings provider, based in the Isle
of Man.

·     The Group offers a range of flexible and tax-efficient investment
products within a life assurance policy wrapper, designed to appeal to
affluent, international investors.

·     The Group utilises a controlled cost distribution model via a
network of independent financial advisors and the retail operations of certain
financial institutions who provide access to their clients in more than 170
countries.

·     The principal geographic markets in which the Group currently
services contract holders and financial advisors are the Middle East &
Africa, the Far East and Latin America. These markets are served by Hansard
International Limited and Hansard Worldwide Limited.

 

·     Hansard Europe dac previously operated in Western Europe but closed
to new business with effect from 30 June 2013.

·     The Group's objective is to grow by attracting new business and
positioning itself to adapt rapidly to market trends and conditions. The
scalability and flexibility of the Group's operations allow it to enter or
develop new geographic markets and exploit growth opportunities within
existing markets without the need for significant further investment.

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