Hansard Global plc AGM Statement (6987G)

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RNS Number : 6987G

Hansard Global plc

07 November 2018

07 November 2018

Hansard Global plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 7(th) November 2018

Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 7 November 2018, Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 13 as a special resolution, were duly passed on a show of hands and the results of the proxy votes are as follows:

 
       RESOLUTION               VOTES        % OF     VOTES       % OF     VOTES CAST   TOTAL VOTES     VOTES WITHHELD 
                                 FOR          VOTES    AGAINST     VOTES    IN TOTAL    CAST AS A 
                                              CAST                 CAST                 % OF ISSUED 
                                                                                        SHARE CAPITAL 
       To receive the 
        2018 Directors' 
        Report and Accounts 
        and the auditor's 
 1.     report thereon.         99,486,759    99.97      25,600     0.03   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To approve the 
        Remuneration 
        Report for the 
        year ended 30(th) 
 2.     June 2018.              98,330,133    98.81   1,181,631     1.19   99,511,764           72.34              595 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To declare a 
        final dividend 
        of 2.65 pence 
 3.     per share.              99,512,359   100.00           0        0   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Mr M Dyson as 
 4.     a director.             98,262,932    98.74   1,249,427     1.26   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Mr P P C Gregory 
 5.     as a director.          99,475,615    99.96      36,744     0.04   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Mr G S Marr 
 6.     as a director.          99,483,864    99.97      28,495     0.03   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Mr A C Frepp 
 7.     as a director.          99,475,615    99.96      36,744     0.04   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Mr T N Davies 
 8.     as a director.          99,483,864    99.97      28,495     0.03   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To appoint Mr 
        M A L Polonsky 
 9.     as a director.          99,473,715    99.96      38,644     0.04   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To re-appoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLC, Isle of 
 10.   Man as auditor.          99,471,846    99.96      40,285     0.04   99,512,131           72.34              228 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to determine 
        the auditor's 
 11.    remuneration.           99,484,795    99.97      27,564     0.03   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To renew the 
        Company's authority 
        to purchase 
 12.    its own shares.         98,350,392    98.83   1,161,967     1.17   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
       To renew the 
        Directors' authority 
        to allot shares 
        and disapply 
        pre-emption 
 13.    rights.                 99,027,025    99.51     485,334     0.49   99,512,359           72.34                0 
      -----------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  --------------- 
 

Votes of shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder/related parties on election and re-election of independent non-executive directors

 
 RESOLUTION   VOTES        VOTES       VOTES 
               For          AGAINST     WITHHELD 
     4.       31,108,905   1,249,427           0 
             -----------  ----------  ---------- 
     7.       32,321,588      36,744           0 
             -----------  ----------  ---------- 
 

Notes:

   1.   Proxy Results are taken from the 37 valid Forms of Proxies received. 

2. Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.

3. A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

4. The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 7(th) November 2018 was 137,557,079 ordinary shares of 50 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

5. As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Dr Polonsky CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, each resolution to elect an independent non-executive director (resolutions 4 & 7) have under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:

(a) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and

(b) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution, excluding the controlling shareholder.

6. In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2, a copy of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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