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RNS Number : 1619P  Harworth Group PLC  20 May 2024

20 May
2024
                        LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

 

Harworth Group plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General
Meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 20 May 2024 all resolutions in the Notice
of Annual General Meeting dated 10 April 2024 were passed by the necessary
majority on a show of hands.

Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General
Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's
website, www.harworthgroup.com (http://www.harworthgroup.com) .

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 20 May 2024 was 324,787,751 ordinary
shares.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

 

Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary
business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.  They will
shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 Res.      Brief Description                                                             Votes for    %        Votes against  %      Total votes      Votes withheld

(ex. withheld)
 No.
 Ordinary resolutions
 1.        To adopt the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the  year   261,526,637  100.00%  11,427         0.00%  261,538,064      16,354
           ended 31 December 2023
 2.        To declare a final dividend of 1.022 pence per ordinary share in respect of   261,541,700  100.00%  12,212         0.00%  261,553,912      506
           the year ended 31 December 2023
 3.        To re-elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company                       260,199,746  99.56%   1,146,630      0.44%  261,346,376      208,042
 4.        To re-elect Lynda Shillaw as a director of the Company                        260,198,669  99.56%   1,153,477      0.44%  261,352,146      202,272
 5.        To re-elect Katerina Patmore as a director of the Company                     261,255,013  99.96%   97,713         0.04%  261,352,726      201,692
 6.        To re-elect Angela Bromfield as a director of the Company                     260,187,094  99.55%   1,167,549      0.45%  261,354,643      199,775
 7.        To re-elect Ruth Cooke as a director of the Company                           260,270,502  99.59%   1,075,367      0.41%  261,345,869      208,549
 8.        To re-elect Lisa Scenna as a director of the Company                          259,818,300  99.41%   1,533,846      0.59%  261,352,146      202,272
 9.        To re-elect Patrick O'Donnell Bourke as a director of the Company             261,329,138  99.99%   22,626         0.01%  261,351,764      202,654
 10.       To re-elect Marzia Zafar as a director of the Company                         261,305,285  99.99%   38,819         0.01%  261,344,104      210,314
 11.       To re-elect Steven Underwood as a director of the Company                     261,331,488  99.99%   14,421         0.01%  261,345,909      208,509
 12.       To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company                         261,331,463  99.99%   14,446         0.01%  261,345,909      208,509
 13.       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December  261,369,447  99.95%   140,078        0.05%  261,509,525      44,893
           2023
 14.       To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the Company                261,432,978  99.97%   88,550         0.03%  261,521,528      32,890
 15.       To give authority to the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration    261,508,508  99.99%   23,051         0.01%  261,531,559      22,859
 16.       To authorise political donations                                              258,626,255  98.89%   2,905,320      1.11%  261,531,575      22,843
 17.       Authority to allot shares                                                     261,221,160  99.95%   133,045        0.05%  261,354,205      200,213

 Special resolutions
 18.       Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights                                     261,172,551  99.93%   176,158        0.07%  261,348,709      205,709
 19.       To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                           261,305,007  99.98%   53,657         0.02%  261,358,664      195,754
 20.       To reduce notice of general meetings (other than AGM) to 14 clear days        261,277,686  99.90%   271,973        0.10%  261,549,659      4,759

 

 

-ENDS-

 

 

 

 

Enquiries

 Harworth Group plc
 Chris Birch, General Counsel and Company Secretary            Tel: +44 (0)114 349 3131
 Luke Passby, Head of Investor Relations & Communications

 

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

ABOUT HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Listed on the Premium Segment of the Main Market, Harworth Group plc (LSE:
HWG) is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development
and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000
acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and
the Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex
sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and
industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for
further information.

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