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Hays PLC
11 November 2015
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its twenty eighth Annual General Meeting today, 11 November 2015, 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 9 November 2015 was 1,464,096,566 (1,431,762,404 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 2015
1,000,128,099
99.39
6,090,645
0.61
1,006,218,744
70.28
101,662
2.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
962,720,176
96.69
32,968,188
3.31
995,688,364
69.54
10,632,042
3.
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2015
1,006,275,027
100.00
5,879
0.00
1,006,280,906
70.28
39,500
4.
To re-elect Alan Thomson as a director of the Company
985,291,988
98.48
15,245,716
1.52
1,000,537,704
69.88
5,782,702
5.
To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company
1,003,829,627
99.76
2,410,245
0.24
1,006,239,872
70.28
80,534
6.
To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company
1,003,828,811
99.76
2,414,547
0.24
1,006,243,358
70.28
77,048
7.
To re-elect Paul Harrison as a director of the Company
1,001,341,139
99.51
4,891,434
0.49
1,006,232,573
70.28
87,833
8.
To re-elect Victoria Jarman as a director of the Company
1,000,081,586
99.39
6,157,490
0.61
1,006,239,076
70.28
81,330
9.
To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company
1,002,766,608
99.66
3,471,465
0.34
1,006,238,073
70.28
82,333
10.
To re-elect Pippa Wicks as a director of the Company
1,002,771,805
99.66
3,466,570
0.34
1,006,238,375
70.28
82,031
11.
To elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company
1,005,847,198
99.96
387,289
0.04
1,006,234,487
70.28
85,919
12.
To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company
983,612,079
97.75
22,659,685
2.25
1,006,271,764
70.28
48,642
13.
To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration
1,006,152,119
99.99
125,187
0.01
1,006,277,306
70.28
43,100
14.
To authorise the Company to make political donations
999,136,674
99.31
6,940,348
0.69
1,006,077,022
70.27
243,384
15.
To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company
1,006,056,627
99.98
170,573
0.02
1,006,227,200
70.28
93,206
16.
To authorise the directors to disapplypre-emption rights *
1,005,723,916
99.95
546,536
0.05
1,006,270,452
70.28
49,954
17.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares *
1,004,201,739
99.79
2,068,422
0.21
1,006,270,161
70.28
50,245
18.
To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice *
941,072,108
93.52
65,188,427
6.48
1,006,260,535
70.28
59,871
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 haysplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/agm.
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
11 November 2015

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