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RNS Number : 8315Y  Hostelworld Group PLC  09 May 2023

LEI: 213800OC94PF2D675H41

9 May 2023

Hostelworld Group plc

 (the "Company")

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company (the "AGM") was held at 12.00 noon
today.

All resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly passed on a poll and the results
of each resolution were as follows:

 Resolution                                                                      For            Against     Votes withheld  Total proxy votes cast  Percentage of issued share capital voted (%)
 1.         To adopt the Company's accounts and the Directors' and               103,231,210    1,352       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 Auditor's Reports for the year ended 31 December 2022
 2.         To approve the Directors' remuneration report                        91,623,082     11,609,480  -               103,232,562             84.72%
 3.         To re-elect Michael Cawley as a director                             100,969,362    2,263,200   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 4.         To re-elect Carl G. Shepherd as a director                           95,386,769     7,845,793   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 5.         To re-elect Éimear Moloney as a director                             101,535,947    1,696,615   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 6.         To re-elect Gary Morrison as a director                              103,231,210    1,352       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 7.         To re-elect Evan Cohen as a director                                 101,535,947    1,696,615   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 8.         To re-elect Caroline Sherry as a director                            103,231,170    1,392       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 9.         To appoint KPMG as auditors to the Company                           103,230,906    1,656       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 10.       To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration          103,230,946    1,616       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 11.       To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant                   100,912,136    2,320,426   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 subscription or conversion rights under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
 12.       To generally disapply statutory pre-emption rights under the          100,858,393    2,374,169   -               103,232,562             84.72%
 Companies Act 2006
 13.       To further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection        100,829,393    2,399,169   -               103,228,562             84.71%
 with an acquisition or specified capital investment
 14.       To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own          103,231,210    1,352       -               103,232,562             84.72%
 shares
 15.       To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur        103,200,259    27,242      1,061           103,227,501             84.71%
 political expenditure
 16.       To permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days'             103,117,490    115,072     -               103,232,562             84.72%
 notice

 

Notes:

Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

(i)               The number of ordinary shares in issue on 9
May 2023 was 121,854,274.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

(ii)              A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not
counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

 

Resolutions 1 to 11 and 15 proposed at the AGM were passed as ordinary
resolutions and Resolutions 12 to 14 and 16 proposed at the AGM were passed as
special resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the
Annual General Meeting (other than ordinary business) are being submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

In accordance with the Listing Rules of Euronext Dublin, a copy of such
resolutions has also been forwarded to Euronext Dublin and will shortly be
available for inspection at https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling
(https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling) and at the following address:

Companies Announcement Office

Euronext Dublin

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

 

A copy of this announcement setting out the results of the AGM is also
available on the Company's website at www.hostelworldgroup.com
(http://www.hostelworldgroup.com/) .

The full text of each of the resolutions passed at the AGM is set out in the
notice of AGM, a copy of which is available on the Company's website
(www.hostelworldgroup.com (http://www.hostelworldgroup.com/) ).

 

For further information contact:

Hostelworld Group
plc
Corporate@hostelworld.com

Gary Morrison, Chief Executive Officer

Caroline Sherry, Chief Financial Officer

Powerscourt (Financial PR
adviser)
hostelworld@powerscourt-group.com

Nick Dibden

Eavan Gannon

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

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