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Hays PLC
15 November 2017
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its thirtieth Annual General Meeting today, 15 November 2017, at the offices of UBS, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS 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 13 November 2017 was 1,464,096,566 (1,448,261,654 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 the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017
1,063,953,316
98.19
19,562,060
1.81
1,083,515,376
74.81%
4,055,279
2.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
1,015,990,462
94.02
64,624,371
5.98
1,080,614,833
74.61%
6,955,822
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
1,050,951,568
97.60
25,863,641
2.40
1,076,815,209
74.35%
10,755,446
4.
To approve a final dividend
1,087,564,519
100.00
2,419
0.00
1,087,566,938
75.09%
3,717
5.
To approve a special dividend 
1,087,529,722
100.00
34,286
0.00
1,087,564,008
75.09%
6,647
6.
To re-elect Alan Thomson as a director of the Company
1,057,535,643
98.33
17,948,189
1.67
1,075,483,832
74.26%
12,086,823
7.
To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company
1,087,407,760
100.00
36,443
0.00
1,087,444,203
75.09%
126,452
8.
To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company
1,082,823,201
99.58
4,621,002
0.42
1,087,444,203
75.09%
126,452
9.
To re-elect Victoria Jarman as a director of the Company
1,069,291,664
98.33
18,151,739
1.67
1,087,443,403
75.09%
127,252
10.
To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company
1,077,298,700
99.07
10,145,503
0.93
1,087,444,203
75.09%
126,452
11.
To re-elect MT Rainey as a director of the Company
1,077,304,760
99.07
10,132,843
0.93
1,087,437,603
75.09%
133,052









12.
To re-elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company
1,082,176,505
99.52
5,263,498
0.48
1,087,440,003
75.09%
130,652
13.
To elect Andrew Martin as a director of the Company
1,082,111,314
99.51
5,331,794
0.49
1,087,443,108
75.09%
127,547
14.
To elect Susan Murray as a director of the Company
1,082,092,617
99.51
5,351,019
0.49
1,087,443,636
75.09%
127,019
15.
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC as auditor of the Company 
1,048,723,023
97.43
27,634,898
2.57
1,076,357,921
74.32%
11,212,734
16.
To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration
1,071,305,915
98.51
16,251,525
1.49
1,087,557,440
75.09%
13,215
17.
To authorise the Company to make political donations 
1,044,416,462
96.10
42,355,918
3.90
1,086,772,380
75.04%
798,275
18.
To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company 
1,057,124,446
97.20
30,425,439
2.80
1,087,549,885
75.09%
20,770
19.
To authorise the directors to disapply
pre-emption rights *
1,057,328,090
97.26
29,791,027
2.74
1,087,119,117
75.06%
451,538
20.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares *
1,072,630,509
98.78
13,287,191
1.22
1,085,917,700
74.98%
1,652,955
21.
To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice *
1,031,006,689
94.81
56,454,288
5.19
1,087,460,977
75.09%
109,678
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
15 November 2017

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