Harworth Group PLC Results of AGM (1219G)

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RNS Number : 1219G

Harworth Group PLC

24 May 2017

24 May 2017

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday 24 May 2017 all resolutions in the notice of annual general meeting 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.       Brief Description           Votes        %        Votes        %        Total        Votes 
  No.                                    for                  against               votes       withheld 
                                                                                     (ex. 
                                                                                  withheld) 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To adopt Annual 
         Report and 
         Financial Statements 
         for FYE 31 
 01      December 2016               258,673,735     100%          292   0.00%   258,674,027       1,012 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To approve 
 02      final dividend              258,673,401     100%          741   0.00%   258,674,142         897 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To elect Andrew 
         Cunningham 
         as a director 
 03      of the Company              258,664,115     100%        2,582   0.00%   258,666,697       8,342 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Jonson Cox 
         as a director 
 04      of the Company              252,384,713   99.98%       57,564   0.02%   252,442,227   6,232,762 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Owen Michaelson 
         as a director 
 05      of the Company              258,663,966     100%        2,792   0.00%   258,666,758       8,281 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Andrew Kirkman 
         as a director 
 06      of the Company              258,664,225     100%        2,163   0.00%   258,666,388       8,651 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Lisa Clement 
         as a director 
 07      of the Company              258,658,652     100%        5,035   0.00%   258,663,687      11,352 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Anthony Donnelly 
         as a director 
 08      of the Company              258,644,483   99.99%       22,217   0.01%   258,666,700       8,339 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Steven Underwood 
         as a director 
 09      of the Company              252,414,958   97.58%    6,252,059   2.42%   258,667,017       8,022 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Martyn Bowes 
         as a director 
 10      of the Company              258,663,352     100%        3,045   0.00%   258,666,397       5,611 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To approve 
         the Directors' 
         Remuneration 
 11      Report                      258,815,879   99.95%      126,444   0.05%   258,645,323      29,716 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To approve 
         the re-appoint 
         of PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 12      LLP as auditors             258,656,366     100%       10,692   0.00%   258,667,058       7,981 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
         to determine 
         the auditors' 
 13      remuneration                258,636,948   99.99%       31,722   0.01%   258,668,670       6,369 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to make political 
 14      donations                   258,464,551   99.92%      195,050   0.08%   258,659,601      15,438 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
 15      to allot shares             258,582,058   99.97%       77,124   0.03%   258,659,182      15,857 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
         to adopt the 
         Harworth Group 
         plc Save As 
 16      You Earn Scheme             258,619,622   99.99%       35,714   0.01%   258,655,336      19,703 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         changes to 
         an existing 
         joint venture 
         arrangement 
         entered into 
         with members 
         of the Peel 
 17      Group                       258,581,123   99.97%       69,421   0.03%   258,650,544      24,495 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the disapplication 
         of pre-emption 
 18      rights                      247,324,155   95.62%   11,333,262   4.38%   258,657,417      17,622 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to purchase 
 19      its own shares              258,612,612   99.98%       52,960   0.02%   258,665,572       9,467 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to call general 
         meetings at 
 20      short notice                258,597,582   99.98%       62,482   0.02%   258,660,064      14,975 
-----  ---------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 24 May 2017 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: [phone] 
 Andrew Kirkman, Finance Director 
 Chris Birch, Company Secretary 
 

Notes to Editors

Listed on the main market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading brownfield regeneration and property investment specialist which owns and manages a portfolio of approximately 22,000 acres of land over 140 sites located throughout the Midlands and North of England. The Company specialises in the regeneration of former coalfield sites and other brownfield land into employment areas, new residential developments and low carbon energy projects.

http://www.harworthgroup.com/

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