25th May 2016 13:37
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25 May 2016
Hastings Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 25 May 2016, 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 | 529,136,527 | 99.99% | 72,503 | 0.01% | 5,429 |
To receive and approve the directors' remuneration report | 528,822,754 | 100.00% | 5,463 | 0.00% | 386,242 |
To receive and approve the directors' remuneration policy | 529,122,180 | 99.98% | 90,504 | 0.02% | 1,775 |
To declare the final dividend | 529,214,459 | 100,00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
To elect Mike Fairey as a director of the Company * | 129,668,306 529,122,368 | 99.95% 99.99% | 60,679 60,679 | 0.05% 0.01% | 399,485,474 31,412 |
To elect Gary Hoffman as a director of the Company | 526,059,890 | 99.81% | 982,608 | 0.19% | 2,171,961 |
To elect Richard Hoskins as a director of the Company | 528,752,306 | 99.91% | 460,152 | 0.09% | 2,001 |
To elect Thomas Colraine as a director of the Company * | 129,681,717 529,135,779 | 100.00% 100.005 | 209 209 | 0.00% 0.005 | 399,532,533 78,741 |
To elect Ian Cormack as a director of the Company * | 129,722,871 529,176,933 | 100.00% 100.00% | 209 209 | 0.00% 0.00% | 399,491,379 37,317 |
To elect Pierre Lèfevre as a director of the Company * | 129,675,553 529,129,615 | 100.00% 100.00% | 652 652 | 0.00% 0.00% | 399,538,254 84,192 |
To elect Malcolm Le May as a director of the Company * | 129,740,563 529,194,625 | 100.00% 100.00% | 164 164 | 0.00% 0.00% | 399,473,732 19,670 |
To elect Richard Brewster as a director of the Company | 509,131,729 | 99.81% | 947,485 | 0.19% | 19,135,245 |
To elect Edward Fitzmaurice as a director of the Company | 526,881,603 | 99.64% | 1,903,273 | 0.36% | 429,583 |
To elect Sumit Rajpal as a director of the Company | 526,878,678 | 99.64% | 1,906,198 | 0.36% | 429,583 |
To elect Michele Titi-Cappelli as a director of the Company | 528,289,294 | 99.83% | 923,142 | 0.17% | 2,023 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 528,988,380 | 99.96% | 224,151 | 0.04% | 1,928 |
To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 528,990,053 | 99.96% | 224,270 | 0.04% | 136 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount | 529,213,467 | 100.00% | 845 | 0.00% | 147 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders | 529,133,057 | 99.98% | 81,266 | 0.02% | 136 |
To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares | 529,138,638 | 99.99% | 75,601 | 0.01% | 220 |
To allow general meetings to be called on 14 days' notice | 527,175,414 | 99.61% | 2,039,045 | 0.39% | 0 |
* 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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