Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7635F

Hargreaves Services PLC

30 October 2018

 

	30 October 2018

Hargreaves Services plc

("Hargreaves" or the "Group")

Result of AGM

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering services to the industrial and property sectors, announces that all resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today.

For information, the proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were as follows:

No.	Resolution	No. of Proxy Votes
		FOR	AGAINST	WITHHELD*
1.	To adopt and receive the Directors' Report, the Strategic Report, the Directors' Corporate Governance and Remuneration Reports, the Auditor's Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May 2018.	22,678,536	0	3,770
2.	To approve the Directors' Corporate Governance and Remuneration Reports for the year ended 31 May 2018.	19,334,700	3,347,467	1,139
3.	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 May 2018 of 4.5 pence per ordinary share to bring the divided for the year ended 31 May 2018 to a total of 7.2 pence per ordinary share.	22,683,306	0	0
4.	To re-appoint Gordon Banham as a Director of the Company.	22,679,322	2,884	1,100
5.	To re-appoint Nigel Halkes as a Director of the Company.	22,646,895	34,808	1,603
6.	To re-appoint John Samuel as a Director of the Company.	22,674,431	7,272	1,603
7.	To re-appoint Roger McDowell as a Director of the Company.	19,609,204	2,934,866	139,236
8.	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.	22,505,829	177,477	0
9.	To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	22,678,318	4,988	0
10.	To grant additional authority to the Directors to allot shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £1,068,962 and, in addition, to grant additional authority to the Directors, in line with guidance issued by the Association of British Insurers, to allot shares up to an additional nominal value of £2,137,923.	22,678,623	1,949	0
11.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares equivalent to 10 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholdings. The resolution also allows the Board to make pre-emptive offers (such as rights issues) to shareholders without following certain detailed procedures in company law.	22,540,303	143,003	0
12.	To authorise the Company to make purchases of up to 4,810,328 ordinary shares (being approximately 15 per cent of the Company's current ordinary share capital).	22,539,721	142,533	1,052

Hargreaves Services plc Gordon Banham, Chief Executive Officer John Samuel, Group Finance Director	0191 373 4485
Buchanan (Financial PR) Mark Court/Sophie Wills/Henry Wilson	020 7466 5000
N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Joint Corporate Broker) Sandy Fraser/Rachel Hayes	020 7496 3000
Investec (Joint Corporate Broker) Sara Hale/Helene Comitis	020 7597 5970

 

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