Result of General Meeting

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Hargreaves Services PLC announced that shareholders overwhelmingly approved the special resolution to proceed with the Tender Offer at a General Meeting, with 18,479,070 votes in favour, representing 99.97% of the votes cast. This approval, representing 55.91% of the issued share capital, allows the company to move forward with the Tender Offer, which closed on April 28, 2026, and further results are expected on April 30, 2026.

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Hargreaves Services PLC
29 April 2026
 

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29 April 2026                      

HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC

("Hargreaves", or the "Company")

 

Result of General Meeting

 

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering services to the environmental, infrastructure and property sectors, announces the results of its General Meeting held at 9.00 a.m. (UK time) today at 1 Bartholomew Lane, London EC2N 2AX. The resolution put to shareholders, as outlined in the circular published on 27 March 2026 (the "Circular"), was a special resolution to approve the Tender Offer (the "Resolution").

 

The Company announces that, following the conclusion of the General Meeting, the Resolution was duly passed. Voting on the Resolution was conducted by way of a poll.

 

The number of votes for and against the Resolution, as well as the number of votes withheld, were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes for

Votes for (%)

Votes against

Votes against (%)

Total votes cast

Votes cast as % of issued share capital

Votes withheld*

Special resolution to approve the Tender Offer

18,479,070

99.97

4,921

0.03

18,483,742

55.91

906

 

*A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.

 

The Tender Offer closed at 1.00 p.m. (UK time) on 28 April 2026. The Company expects to make a further announcement in respect of the results of the Tender Offer on 30 April 2026.

 

Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms used in this announcement will have the same meaning given to them in the Circular.

 

 

Enquiries:

Hargreaves Services

Gordon Banham, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Craigen, Chief Financial Officer

Simon Hicks, Chief Operating Officer

 

www.hsgplc.co.uk

Tel: 0191 373 4485

Walbrook PR (Financial PR & IR)

Paul McManus, Lianne Applegarth,

Anna Dunphy

 

Tel: 020 7933 8780 or hargreavesservices@walbrookpr.com

Mob: 07980 541 893 / 07584 391 303

07876 741 001

Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker)

Phil Davies, Sara Hale, Dan Ingram

 

 

Tel: 020 7496 3000

Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (Joint Corporate Broker)

Adrian Hadden, Jasper Berry, Sunila de Silva

Tel: 020 7220 0500

 

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About The Hargreaves Group

Hargreaves Services plc is a diversified group delivering services to the environmental, infrastructure and property sectors, supporting key industries within the UK and South East Asia. The Company's three business segments are Services, Hargreaves Land and an investment in a German joint venture, Hargreaves Raw Materials Services GmbH ("HRMS"). Services provides critical support to many core industries including Connectivity, Clean Energy and Environmental infrastructure through the provision of materials handling, mechanical and electrical contracting services, logistics and major earthworks. Hargreaves Land is focused on the sustainable development of brownfield sites for both residential and commercial purposes. HRMS trades in specialist commodity markets and owns DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH, a specialist recycler of steel waste material. Hargreaves is headquartered in County Durham and has operational centres across the UK, as well as in Hong Kong, South Africa and a joint venture in Duisburg, Germany.

 

For further information, please visit www.hsgplc.co.uk.

 

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. They are based only on the Group's current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of its business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, such statements are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of Hargreaves' control. The Group's actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements.

 

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