25th May 2017 12:22
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25 May 2017
Hastings Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 25 May 2017, 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 | 498,348,683 | 99.961% | 192,349 | 0.039% | 29,251,410 |
To receive and approve the directors' remuneration report | 498,521,956 | 99.996% | 18,608 | 0.004% | 29,251,878 |
To declare the final dividend | 498,541,754 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.000% | 29,250,688 |
To re-elect Mike Fairey as a director of the Company * | 332,733,765 484,558,482 | 99.595% 97.195% | 1,354,145 13,983,285 | 0.405% 2.858% | 193,704,532 29,250,675 |
To re-elect Gary Hoffman as a director of the Company | 486,901,229 | 97.752% | 11,194,941 | 2.248% | 29,696,272 |
To re-elect Richard Hoskins as a director of the Company | 496,769,285 | 99.644% | 1,772,482 | 0.356% | 29,250,675 |
To re-elect Thomas Colraine as a director of the Company * | 334,057,895 498,511,752 | 99.991% 99.994% | 29,654 29,654 | 0.009% 0.006% | 193,704,893 29,251,036 |
To re-elect Ian Cormack as a director of the Company * | 333,603,120 498,056,977 | 99.855% 99.902% | 484,429 484,429 | 0.145% 0.098% | 193,704,893 29,251,036 |
To re-elect Pierre Lèfevre as a director of the Company * | 334,058,385 498,512,242 | 99.991% 99.994% | 29,164 29,164 | 0.009% 0.006% | 193,704,893 29,251,036 |
To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a director of the Company * | 333,821,019 498,274,876 | 99.924% 99.949% | 252,682 252,682 | 0.076% 0.051% | 193,718,741 29,264,884 |
To re-elect Richard Brewster as a director of the Company | 442,248,496 | 89.448% | 52,166,834 | 10.552% | 33,377,112 |
To re-elect Sumit Rajpal as a director of the Company | 443,148,135 | 89.468% | 52,166,834 | 10.532% | 32,477,473 |
To elect Teresa Robson-Capps as a director of the Company * | 334,056,143 498,510,000 | 99.991% 99.994% | 29,164 29,164 | 0.009% 0.006% | 193,707,135 29,253,278 |
To elect Alison Burns as a director of the Company * | 334,056,143 498,510,000 | 99.991% 99.994% | 29,164 29,164 | 0.009% 0.006% | 193,707,135 29,253,278 |
To elect Herman Bosman as a director of the Company | 483,174,883 | 96.918% | 15,364,281 | 3.082% | 29,253,278 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 498,539,694 | 99.999% | 1,589 | 0.001% | 29,251,159 |
To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 496,916,645 | 99.674% | 1,625,122 | 0.326% | 29,250,675 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount | 496,878,902 | 99.666% | 1,662,865 | 0.334% | 29,250,675 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders | 498,529,176 | 99.997% | 12,905 | 0.003% | 29,250,361 |
To authorise the directors to allot further shares (in addition to resolution 19) for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in limited circumstances | 497,232,894 | 99.737% | 1,308,826 | 0.263% | 29,250,722 |
To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares | 495,934,398 | 99.802% | 979,689 | 0.197% | 30,878,355 |
To allow general meetings to be called on 14 days' notice | 495,805,099 | 99.450% | 2,737,323 | 0.549% | 29,250,020 |
* In accordance with LR 9.2.2E the election or re-election of any independent director by shareholders must be approved by the shareholders of the company and the independent shareholders of the company. The Company confirms that the votes disclosed for the election of these Directors show the votes cast by the independent shareholders first followed by votes cast by all shareholders of the Company.
Hastings Group+44 (0) 142 473 8220Tony Leppard, Company Secretary
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