MHA PLC
(the 'Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
MHA PLC (AIM: MHA), a leading professional services provider of audit and assurance, tax, accountancy and advisory services, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held at 9:00 a.m. on 21 August 2026 at 2 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU. All resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.
All 14 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
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Resolution |
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
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Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 |
247,270,318 |
99.99% |
159 |
0.01% |
573 |
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Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 2.2p per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2026 |
247,270,389 |
99.99% |
159 |
0.01% |
502 |
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Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To accept the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2026 |
246,308,452 |
99.61% |
953,933 |
0.39% |
8,665 |
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Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To accept the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
240,494,446 |
99.50% |
1,196,903 |
0.50% |
5,579,700 |
|
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To elect Geoffrey Barnes as a director of the Company |
245,796,931 |
99.41% |
1,469,628 |
0.59% |
4,491 |
|
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To elect Linda Main as a director of the Company |
247,258,689 |
99.99% |
8,379 |
0.01% |
3,982 |
|
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To elect Steven Moore as a director of the Company |
247,196,313 |
99.97% |
70,246 |
0.03% |
4,491 |
|
Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To elect Sir Robert Neill KC as a director of the Company |
247,188,341 |
99.97% |
69,758 |
0.03% |
12,951 |
|
Resolution 9 (Ordinary) To elect Rakesh Shaunak as a director of the Company |
247,197,913 |
99.97% |
70,228 |
0.03% |
2,909 |
|
Resolution 10 (Ordinary) To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditor of the Company |
247,244,831 |
99.99% |
6,822 |
0.01% |
19,397 |
|
Resolution 11 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor |
247,270,547 |
99.99% |
159 |
0.01% |
344 |
|
Resolution 12 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to allot shares within the specified limitations |
245,644,227 |
99.34% |
1,622,734 |
0.66% |
4,089 |
|
Resolution 13 (Special) To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply, within the specified limitations |
244,019,183 |
98.69% |
3,249,614 |
1.31% |
2,253 |
|
Resolution 14 (Special) To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash in certain circumstances as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply, within the specified limitations |
244,035,128 |
98.69% |
3,232,069 |
1.31% |
3,853 |
As at 21 August 2026, there were 286,899,495 ordinary shares in issue with no shares held in treasury, resulting in total voting rights of 286,899,495. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, published on our website at https://www.mha.co.uk/investors.
Contacts
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MHA |
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Rakesh Shaunak, Chief Executive Officer |
via Alma |
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Steven Moore, Chief Financial Officer |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker) |
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Stephen Keys, Callum Davidson, Andrea Callaghan (Corporate Finance) Michael Johnson (Sales) |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Sunila de Silva (ECM) |
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Alma Strategic Communications |
mha@almastrategic.com |
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Andrew Jaques, David Ison, Joe Pederzolli, Emma Thompson |
+44 (0)20 3405 0205 |
About MHA
MHA is a leading professional services provider of audit and assurance, tax, accountancy and advisory services, based in the UK with an international presence.
MHA employs over 2,300 people and has 157 partners across its network of 32 offices in the UK, Ireland, South-East Europe, the UAE and the Cayman Islands.
MHA is the representative of the Baker Tilly International ("BTI") network in the UK, Ireland, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.
BTI is the 8th largest global network of accounting and professional services firms with over 750 offices in 147 jurisdictions.