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Result of AGM

7th May 2025 15:48

RNS Number : 7509H
Hostelworld Group PLC
07 May 2025
 

LEI: 213800OC94PF2D675H41

7 May 2025

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 Auditor's Reports for the year ended 31 December 2024

90,146,655

0

161

90,146,655

70.83%

2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report

87,901,705

2,239,879

5,232

90,141,584

70.82%

3. To elect Ulrik Bengtsson as a director

89,215,699

930,956

0

90,146,655

70.83%

4. To elect Paul Duffy as a director

88,873,328

1,273,326

0

90,146,654

70.83%

5. To re-elect Carl G. Shepherd as a director

87,584,377

2,562,278

0

90,146,655

70.83%

6. To re-elect Éimear Moloney as a director

89,235,861

910,794

0

90,146,655

70.83%

7. To re-elect Gary Morrison as a director

90,141,584

5,071

0

90,146,655

70.83%

8. To re-elect Evan Cohen as a director

89,234,318

912,337

0

90,146,655

70.83%

9. To re-elect Caroline Sherry as a director

90,141,584

5,071

0

90,146,655

70.83%

10. To re-appoint KPMG as auditors to the Company

90,139,568

7,087

161

90,146,655

70.83%

11. To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration

90,146,391

264

161

90,146,655

70.83%

12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or conversion rights under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

90,135,817

10,838

161

90,146,655

70.83%

13. To generally disapply statutory pre-emption rights under the Companies Act 2006

86,328,499

3,818,156

161

90,146,655

70.83%

 

14. To further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

85,918,499

4,228,156

161

90,146,655

70.83%

15. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

90,146,655

0

161

90,146,655

70.83%

16. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure

82,727,000

7,419,655

161

90,146,655

70.83%

17. To permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days' notice

89,958,028

188,627

161

90,146,655

70.83%

18. To approve the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2025

88,464,413

1,651,957

30,446

90,116,370

70.80%

 

Notes:

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

(i) The number of ordinary shares in issue on 7 May 2025 was 127,277,323. 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 12, 16 and 18 proposed at the AGM were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 to 15 and 17 proposed at the AGM were passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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.

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 and at the following address:

Companies Announcement OfficeEuronext Dublin28 Anglesea StreetDublin 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.

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).

 

For further information contact:

Hostelworld Group plc [email protected]

Gary Morrison, Chief Executive Officer

Caroline Sherry, Chief Financial Officer

Powerscourt (Financial PR adviser) [email protected]

Nick Dibden

Eavan Gannon

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

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