Result of AGM

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THG PLC announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting were passed by shareholders, with resolutions 1 to 15 approved as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 21 as special resolutions. Notably, the re-election of Charles Allen received 87.29% of votes for, while other director re-elections and the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor garnered over 96% and 98% of votes for, respectively. The company also saw strong support for resolutions concerning share allotment, pre-emption rights, share purchases, and the cancellation of its share premium account and capital redemption reserve, with most receiving over 95% approval.

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THG PLC
24 June 2026
 

THG PLC

(the "Company")

24 June 2026

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following its annual general meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today at 1:00 p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 16 to 21 were passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by poll.

Total votes received for each ordinary resolution and special resolution proposed at the AGM were as follows:

Resolution

*Votes for

%age of votes cast

Votes against

%age of votes cast

Total votes cast

**%age of ISC voted

***Votes withheld

1.     To receive the Report & Accounts

1,140,236,715

98.90%

12,721,036

1.10%

1,152,957,751

70.29

1,211,675

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)

1,108,280,025

96.09%

45,042,526

3.91%

1,153,322,551

70.31

846,875

3.     To re-elect Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, as a Director

990,532,733

87.29%

144,169,528

12.71%

1,134,702,261

69.17

19,467,165

4.     To re-elect Sue Farr as a Director

1,108,859,161

96.21%

43,659,612

3.79%

1,152,518,773

70.26

1,650,653

5.     To re-elect Helen Jones as a Director

1,092,583,517

96.39%

40,918,261

3.61%

1,133,501,778

69.10

20,667,648

6.     To re-elect Gillian Kent as a Director

1,109,460,089

96.27%

43,014,711

3.73%

1,152,474,800

70.26

1,694,626

7.     To re-elect Edward Koopman as a Director

1,108,907,320

96.22%

43,567,480

3.78%

1,152,474,800

70.26

1,694,626

8.     To re-elect Dean Moore as a Director

1,109,729,238

96.29%

42,745,562

3.71%

1,152,474,800

70.26

1,694,626

9.     To re-elect Matthew Moulding as a Director

1,105,129,979

95.78%

48,688,354

4.22%

1,153,818,333

70.34

351,093

10.  To re-elect Milyae Park as a Director

1,111,715,733

96.46%

40,761,157

3.54%

1,152,476,890

70.26

1,692,536

11.  To re-elect Damian Sanders as a Director

1,107,877,805

96.10%

44,942,715

3.90%

1,152,820,520

70.28

1,348,906

12.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor

1,133,460,912

98.31%

19,483,157

1.69%

1,152,944,069

70.28

1,225,357

13.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration

1,133,535,532

98.41%

18,260,903

1.59%

1,151,796,435

70.21

2,372,991

14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares

1,105,178,321

95.81%

48,317,307

4.19%

1,153,495,628

70.32

673,798

15.  To authorise political donations

944,078,076

96.33%

36,008,194

3.67%

980,086,270

59.75

174,083,156

16.  To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights

1,101,211,206

95.52%

51,681,564

4.48%

1,152,892,770

70.28

1,276,656

17.  To authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

1,105,109,539

95.85%

47,790,280

4.15%

1,152,899,819

70.28

1,269,607

18.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

1,124,702,320

97.52%

28,631,758

2.48%

1,153,334,078

70.31

835,348

19.  To authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

1,040,480,211

90.23%

112,663,035

9.77%

1,153,143,246

70.30

1,026,180

20.  To authorise the cancellation of the Company's share premium account and capital redemption reserve

1,117,840,747

97.09%

33,480,481

2.91%

1,151,321,228

70.19

2,848,198

21.  To authorise the appropriation of the Company's profits (to be treated as distributable profits) to payment of the Ingenuity Distribution and authorise entry into the Electing Shareholders' Deed of Release and the Directors' Deed of Release

945,865,787

95.30%

46,632,097

4.70%

992,497,884

60.50

5,115,406


*The votes of any proxy giving the Chair discretion as to how to vote have been included in the votes "For" a resolution.

**The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,640,392,742.

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

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R and 6.4.3R, a copy of all resolutions, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website at https://www.thg.com/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting-documents.

 

If you require further information, please contact:

James Pochin
General Counsel & Company Secretary         

THG PLC
Telephone No.: 020 7250 1446

 

 

 

 

 

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