Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5813P
Harworth Group PLC
29 May 2018
 

29 May 2018                                                                                                                                     LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

 

Harworth Group plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday 29 May 2018 all resolutions in the notice of annual general meeting dated 24 April 2018 were passed by the necessary majority on a show of hands.  

Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.harworthgroup.com.

 

Res.

No.

Brief Description

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Total votes
(ex. withheld)

Votes withheld

01

To adopt Annual Report and Financial Statements for FYE 31 December 2017

184,566,895

100%

1,048

0.00%

184,567,943

18,373

02

To approve final dividend

184,581,023

100%

4,503

0.00%

184,585,526

790

03

To elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company

184,558,345

100%

3,082

0.00%

184,561,427

24,889

04

To re-elect Owen Michaelson as a director of the Company

184,535,103

99.99%

26,932

0.01%

184,562,035

24,281

05

To re-elect Andrew Kirkman as a director of the Company

184,557,442

100%

3,486

0.00%

184,560,928

25,388

06

To re-elect Lisa Clement as a director of the Company

184,538,814

99.99%

26,126

0.01%

184,564,940

21,376

07

To re-elect Anthony Donnelly as a director of the Company

184,534,812

99.99%

23,173

0.01%

184,557,985

28,331

08

To re-elect Andrew Cunningham as a director of the Company

184,557,995

100%

2,933

0.00%

184,560,928

25,388

09

To re-elect Steven Underwood as a director of the Company

175,689,467

95.19%

8,873,395

4.81%

184,562,862

23,454

10

To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company

184,212,721

99.81%

351,471

0.19%

184,564,192

22,124

11

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

184,146,824

99.78%

405,369

0.22%

184,552,193

34,123

12

To re-appoint  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

184,218,397

99.81%

356,246

0.19%

184,574,643

11,673

13

To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

184,540,552

99.98%

30,247

0.02%

184,570,799

15,517

14

To authorise the Company to make political donations

184,366,028

99.90%

189,482

0.10%

184,555,510

30,806

15

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

184,482,722

99.95%

85,496

0.05%

184,568,218

18,098

16

To amend the articles of association  

184,508,991

99.98%

44,417

0.02%

184,553,408

32,908

17

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

172,597,319

93.51%

11,981,940

6.49%

184,579,259

7,057

18

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

184,181,709

99.78%

401,258

0.22%

184,582,967

3,349

19

To authorise the Company to call general meetings at short notice

184,504,734

99.96%

76,189

0.04%

184,580,923

5,393

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 29 May 2018 was 321,496,760 ordinary shares.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

 

Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.  They will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 

 

-ENDS-

 

Enquiries

Harworth Group plc

Tel: +44 (0)114 349 3131

 

 

Chris Birch, Company Secretary

 

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

About Harworth Group

Listed on the main market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of approximately 21,000 acres of land on around 140 sites located throughout the Midlands and North of England. The Company specialises in the regeneration of former coalfield sites and other former industrial land into new residential developments and employment areas.

 

http://www.harworthgroup.com/

 


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