24th May 2018 13:03
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
24 May 2018
Hastings Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 May 2018, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by the shareholders, which were voted by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
Resolution | For | For % | Against | Against % | Withheld |
To receive the Annual report and accounts | 464,179,713 | 99.9545% | 211,153 | 0.0455% | 1,213,550 |
To receive and approve the directors' remuneration report | 451,915,454 | 97.2516% | 12,771,637 | 2.7484% | 917,325 |
To declare the final dividend | 465,603,504 | 100.0000% | 0 | 0.0000% | 202 |
To re-elect Gary Hoffman as a director of the Company | 375,781,273 | 81.0756% | 87,713,477 | 18.9244% | 2,109,667 |
To re-elect Richard Hoskins as a director of the Company | 420,525,103 | 90.3182% | 45,078,774 | 9.6818% | 540 |
To re-elect Herman Bosman as a director of the Company | 408,834,332 | 87.8074% | 56,769,421 | 12.1926% | 663 |
To elect Alison Burns as a director of the Company | 455,692,671 | 97.8713% | 9,911,206 | 2.1287% | 540 |
To re-elect Thomas Colraine as a director of the Company | 454,808,283 | 97.6816% | 10,794,687 | 2.3184% | 1,446 |
To re-elect Ian Cormack as a director of the Company | 448,666,258 | 96.3623% | 16,937,495 | 3.6377% | 663 |
To re-elect Pierre Lèfevre as a director of the Company | 464,897,823 | 99.8484% | 706,054 | 0.1516% | 540 |
To re-elect Sumit Rajpal as a director of the Company | 402,550,645 | 86.5848% | 62,370,131 | 13.4152% | 683,640 |
To elect Teresa Robson-Capps as a director of the Company | 464,525,306 | 99.7683% | 1,078,841 | 0.2317% | 269 |
To elect Selina Sagayam as a director of the Company | 418,324,549 | 89.8421% | 47,297,246 | 10.1579% | 269 |
To elect Tobias van der Meer as a director of the Company | 420,548,232 | 90.3197% | 45,073,535 | 9.6803% | 297 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 465,621,193 | 99.9999% | 394 | 0.0001% | 477 |
To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 465,606,504 | 99.9969% | 14,503 | 0.0031% | 1,057 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount | 464,986,423 | 99.8637% | 634,625 | 0.1363% | 1,016 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders | 465,615,162 | 99.9986% | 6,571 | 0.0014% | 331 |
To authorise the directors to allot further shares (in addition to resolution 18) for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in limited circumstances | 463,844,627 | 99.6184% | 1,776,903 | 0.3816% | 533 |
To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares | 465,511,558 | 99.9792% | 96,791 | 0.0208% | 13,654 |
To allow general meetings to be called on 14 days' notice | 461,800,414 | 99.1794% | 3,820,965 | 0.8206% | 685 |
Please note that a 'vote withheld' is not vote in law and is not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.
In accordance with LR 9.6.11(3) the Company announces that following the reappointment of Gary Hoffman as a director of the Company, Gary assumes the role as Chairman of the Company with immediate effect.
Hastings Group+44 (0) 142 473 8220Tony Leppard, Company Secretary
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Giles Stewart
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