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12/11/2014 18:00

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Hays PLC
12 November 2014
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2014
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its twenty seventh Annual General Meeting today, 12 November 2014, at the offices of UBS, 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2RH at 12 noon.All resolutions were duly passed on a poll.The results are shown below.
The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the percentage of votes for or against a resolution.
The issued share capital (ISC) at the close of business on 10 November 2014 was 1,464,096,566 (1,419,186,105 excluding shares held in Treasury).
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Total 
Votes Withheld


No.
%
No.
%
No.
% ISC
No.
1.
To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014
1,047,148,763
99.93
708,272
0.07
1,047,857,035
73.84
1,907,404
2.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
967,894,803
92.62
77,110,744
7.38
1,045,005,547
73.63
4,758,892
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
1,032,178,351
98.55
15,157,505
1.45
1,047,335,856
73.80
2,428,583
4.
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2014
1,048,366,986
100.00
5,000
0.00
1,048,371,986
73.87
1,392,453
5.
To re-elect Alan Thomson as a director of the Company
989,263,526
94.89
53,227,273
5.11
1,042,490,799
73.46
7,273,640
6.
To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company
1,047,668,248
99.94
658,131
0.06
1,048,326,379
73.87
1,438,060
7.
To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company
1,044,269,648
99.61
4,064,033
0.39
1,048,333,681
73.87
1,430,758
8.
To re-elect Paul Harrison as a director of the Company
1,047,417,372
99.91
906,060
0.09
1,048,323,432
73.87
1,441,007
9.
To re-elect Victoria Jarman as a director of the Company
1,048,176,150
99.99
149,629
0.01
1,048,325,779
73.87
1,438,660
10.
To re-elect Richard Smelt as a director of the Company
1,048,105,426
99.98
219,859
0.02
1,048,325,285
73.87
1,439,154
11.
To re-elect Pippa Wicks as a director of the Company
1,044,678,025
99.65
3,647,754
0.35
1,048,325,779
73.87
1,438,660
12.
To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company
1,048,107,562
99.98
215,545
0.02
1,048,323,107
73.87
1,441,332
13.
To reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company
1,037,040,018
99.86
1,414,113
0.14
1,038,454,131
73.17
11,310,308
14.
To authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration
1,046,995,610
99.91
969,346
0.09
1,047,964,956
73.84
1,799,483
15.
To authorise the Company to make political donations
1,035,049,026
98.77
12,898,347
1.23
1,047,947,373
73.84
1,817,066
16.
To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company
1,046,691,924
99.84
1,656,982
0.16
1,048,348,906
73.87
1,415,533
17.
To authorise the directors to disapply
pre-emption rights *
1,046,772,881
99.86
1,482,959
0.14
1,048,255,840
73.86
1,508,599
18.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares *
1,046,012,737
99.78
2,347,444
0.22
1,048,360,181
73.87
1,404,258
19.
To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice *
906,161,806
86.44
142,188,476
13.56
1,048,350,282
73.87
1,414,157
Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at hays.com/investors.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at morningstar.co.uk.
Chris Winters
Deputy Company Secretary
12 November 2014

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