REG - Headlam Group PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 4750ZHeadlam Group PLC21 May 2021
21 May 2021
Headlam Group plc
('Headlam' or the 'Company')
2021 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Poll Results
The Board of Headlam is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its shareholders at the AGM held earlier today were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special business resolutions (10, 12, 13, 14 and 15) passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The results of the poll for each resolution are shown below:
Resolution
Votes For (including
discretionary votes)
Votes Against
Votes Withheld
Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld)
No. of Votes
% of votes cast
No. of Votes
% of votes cast
No. of Shares
No. of Votes
% of Issued Share Capital**
1.
Receive the Annual Report and Accounts
64,753,073
100
0
0
151,497
64,753,073
76.07
2.
Approve the Remuneration Report
62,073,300
95.65
2,826,072
4.35
5,198
64,899,372
76.24
3.
Re-elect Philip Lawrence
59,494,702
91.67
5,409,218
8.33
650
64,903,920
76.25
4.
Re-elect Steve Wilson
63,383,614
97.66
1,520,306
2.34
650
64,903,920
76.25
5.
Re-elect Chris Payne
64,003,141
98.61
900,779
1.39
650
64,903,920
76.25
6.
Re-elect Keith Edelman
62,757,509
96.69
2,146,411
3.31
650
64,903,920
76.25
7.
Re-elect Amanda Aldridge
64,000,827
98.61
903,093
1.39
650
64,903,920
76.25
8.
Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Auditor
64,749,640
99.76
154,280
0.24
650
64,903,920
76.25
9.
Authorise the Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration
64,900,627
99.99
3,293
0.01
650
64,903,920
76.25
10.
Extend the Rules of the Headlam Group Sharesave Scheme
64,903,553
99.99
367
0.01
650
64,903,920
76.25
11.
Authorise allotment of shares
64,896,902
99.99
7,018
0.01
650
64,903,920
76.25
12.
Disapply pre-emption rights*
64,896,385
99.99
7,535
0.01
650
64,903,920
76.25
13.
Authorise purchase of own shares*
64,698,323
99.69
204,093
0.31
2,154
64,902,416
76.25
14.
Approve and adopt the draft Articles of Association*
64,903,073
100
0
0
1,497
64,903,073
76.25
15.
Call general meetings on 14 days' notice*
59,596,659
91.82
5,307,261
8.18
650
64,903,920
76.25
* Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority of votes cast
** Excludes treasury shares
Notes:
1 A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.
2 As at the voting record date, Headlam had 85,639,209 ordinary shares in issue, of which 85,120,927 held voting rights.
3 To calculate the proxy votes as a percentage of shares in issue, treasury shares were excluded.
Enquiries:
Headlam Group plc
Steve Wilson, Chief Executive
Chris Payne, Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Miles, Director of Communications
Tel: 01675 433 000
Email: headlamgroup@headlam.com
Investec Bank plc (Corporate Broker)
David Flin / Alex Wright
Tel: 020 7597 5970
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker)
Erik Anderson / Edward Walsh / Ailsa MacMaster
Tel: 020 7886 2500
Alma PR (Financial PR)
Susie Hudson / Harriet Jackson / Faye Calow
Tel: 020 3405 0205
headlam@almapr.co.uk
Notes for Editors:
Headlam is Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, providing the channel between suppliers and trade customers of floorcoverings.
Headlam works with suppliers across the globe manufacturing a diverse range of floorcovering products, and provides them with a cost efficient and effective route to market for their products into the highly fragmented customer base. Alongside long-established processing and distribution expertise, suppliers benefit from Headlam's marketing and customer servicing into the most extensive customer base.
To maximise customer reach, Headlam currently operates 66 businesses across the UK and Continental Europe (France, and the Netherlands). Each business operates under its own trade brand and utilises individual sales teams while being supported by the Company's network and centralised resources.
The Company's customer base covers both the residential and commercial sectors, with the principal customer groups being independent retailers and smaller flooring contractors alongside other groups such as larger retailers, housebuilders, specifiers, and local authorities.
Headlam is focused on providing customers with a market-leading service through:
· the broadest product offering;
· unrivalled product knowledge and tailored solutions;
· sales team and marketing support;
· e-commerce support;
· 'just-in-time' nationwide delivery and collection service; and
· other support including the provision of credit.
www.headlam.com
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