REG - Hargreaves Servs PLC - Result of AGM

Hargreaves ServicesAnnouncement

30/10/2018 16:00

RNS Number : 7635F
Hargreaves Services PLC
30 October 2018
 





 
 


30 October 2018
 













 
 
Hargreaves Services plc
("Hargreaves" or the "Group")
 
Result of AGM
 
Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering services to the industrial and property sectors, announces that all resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today.
 
For information, the proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were as follows:
 



No.


Resolution


No. of Proxy Votes




FOR


AGAINST


WITHHELD*




1.


To adopt and receive the Directors' Report, the Strategic Report, the Directors' Corporate Governance and Remuneration Reports, the Auditor's Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May 2018.


22,678,536


0


3,770




2.


To approve the Directors' Corporate Governance and Remuneration Reports for the year ended 31 May 2018.


19,334,700


3,347,467


1,139




3.


To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 May 2018 of 4.5 pence per ordinary share to bring the divided for the year ended 31 May 2018 to a total of 7.2 pence per ordinary share.


22,683,306


0


0




4.


To re-appoint Gordon Banham as a Director of the Company.


22,679,322


2,884


1,100




5.


To re-appoint Nigel Halkes as a Director of the Company.


22,646,895


34,808


1,603




6.


To re-appoint John Samuel as a Director of the Company.


22,674,431


7,272


1,603




7.


To re-appoint Roger McDowell as a Director of the Company.


19,609,204


2,934,866


139,236




8.


To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.


22,505,829


177,477


0




9.


To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the auditor.


22,678,318


4,988


0




10.


To grant additional authority to the Directors to allot shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £1,068,962 and, in addition, to grant additional authority to the Directors, in line with guidance issued by the Association of British Insurers, to allot shares up to an additional nominal value of £2,137,923.


22,678,623


1,949


0




11.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares equivalent to 10 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholdings. The resolution also allows the Board to make pre-emptive offers (such as rights issues) to shareholders without following certain detailed procedures in company law.


22,540,303


143,003


0




12.


To authorise the Company to make purchases of up to 4,810,328 ordinary shares (being approximately 15 per cent of the Company's current ordinary share capital).


22,539,721


142,533


1,052



 
 
 
 



 
Hargreaves Services plc
Gordon Banham, Chief Executive Officer
John Samuel, Group Finance Director
 


 
0191 373 4485




Buchanan (Financial PR)
Mark Court/Sophie Wills/Henry Wilson
 


020 7466 5000




N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Joint Corporate Broker)
Sandy Fraser/Rachel Hayes
 


020 7496 3000




Investec (Joint Corporate Broker)
Sara Hale/Helene Comitis


020 7597 5970



 
 
 




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