3rd Jul 2014 10:59
3 July 2014
Harvey Nash Group plc
(the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Directors of the Company are pleased to report that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.
The following table gives details of the proxy votes lodged with the Company's registrars as at 1 July 2014.
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Discretionary | Votes Against | Votes Withheld / Abstentions |
1. To adopt the Company's Annual Accounts and the Directors' and Auditor's reports. | 29,792,086 (99.98%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 29,691,696 (99.70%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 85,140 (0.29%) | 15,250 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 27,467,936 (99.75%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 62,650 (0.23%) | 2,261,500 |
4. To declare a final dividend of 1.974p per ordinary share. | 29,789,422 (99.97%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 2,664 (0.01%) | 0 |
5. To elect Kevin Thomas as a Director. | 29,761,946 (99.88%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 30,140 (0.10%) | 0 |
6. To re-elect Albert Ellis as a Director. | 29,756,702 (99.86%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 35,384 (0.12%) | 0 |
7. To re-elect Ian Davies as a Director. | 29,763,146 (99.88%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 28,940 (0.10%) | 0 |
8. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor to the Company. | 29,792,086 (99.98%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 |
9. To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. | 29,788,336 (99.97%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 3,750 (0.01%) | 0 |
10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription and conversion rights under section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 29,696,946 (99.66%) | 15,500 (0.05%) | 85,140 (0.29%) | 0 |
11. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006. | 29,546,386 (99.16%) | 15,500 (0.05%) | 235,700 (0.79%) | 0 |
12. To authorise the Company to make market purchase of its own ordinary shares. | 29,780,586 (99.94%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 11,500 (0.04%) | 0 |
13. To permit general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 days' notice. | 29,721,747 (99.75%) | 5,500 (0.02%) | 68,839 (0.23%) | 1,500 |
14. To amend the Company's Articles of Association. | 27,474,886 (92.21%) | 15,500 (0.05%) | 2,307,200 (7.74%) | 0 |
15. To approve the Harvey Nash Performance Share Plan. | 27,475,686 (92.21%) | 15,500 (0.05%) | 2,305,000 (7.74%) | 1,400 |
Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection via the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
There were 73,450,393 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue on 3 July 2014.
Further information is available from: Richard Ashcroft, Group Finance Director - 020 7333 1805
3 July 2014
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