Hargreaves Services PLC Result of AGM (7635F)

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RNS Number : 7635F

Hargreaves Services PLC

30 October 2018

 
   30 October 2018 
 
 

Hargreaves Services plc

("Hargreaves" or the "Group")

Result of AGM

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering services to the industrial and property sectors, announces that all resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today.

For information, the proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were as follows:

 
 No.   Resolution                           No. of Proxy Votes 
                                                   FOR     AGAINST   WITHHELD* 
                                           -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To adopt and receive the 
        Directors' Report, the Strategic 
        Report, the Directors' Corporate 
        Governance and Remuneration 
        Reports, the Auditor's Report 
        and the Financial Statements 
        for the year ended 31 May 
 1.     2018.                               22,678,536           0       3,770 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To approve the Directors' 
        Corporate Governance and 
        Remuneration Reports for 
 2.     the year ended 31 May 2018.         19,334,700   3,347,467       1,139 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To declare a final dividend 
        for the year ended 31 May 
        2018 of 4.5 pence per ordinary 
        share to bring the divided 
        for the year ended 31 May 
        2018 to a total of 7.2 pence 
 3.     per ordinary share.                 22,683,306           0           0 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Gordon Banham 
 4.     as a Director of the Company.       22,679,322       2,884       1,100 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Nigel Halkes 
 5.     as a Director of the Company.       22,646,895      34,808       1,603 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint John Samuel 
 6.     as a Director of the Company.       22,674,431       7,272       1,603 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Roger McDowell 
 7.     as a Director of the Company.       19,609,204   2,934,866     139,236 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint KPMG LLP as 
        auditor of the Company until 
        the conclusion of the next 
        general meeting at which 
        accounts are laid before 
 8.     the Company.                        22,505,829     177,477           0 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to agree the remuneration 
 9.     of the auditor.                     22,678,318       4,988           0 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To grant additional authority 
        to the Directors to allot 
        shares up to an aggregate 
        nominal value of GBP1,068,962 
        and, in addition, to grant 
        additional authority to the 
        Directors, in line with guidance 
        issued by the Association 
        of British Insurers, to allot 
        shares up to an additional 
 10.    nominal value of GBP2,137,923.      22,678,623       1,949           0 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to allot shares equivalent 
        to 10 per cent of the issued 
        ordinary share capital for 
        cash without first offering 
        them to existing shareholders 
        in proportion to their existing 
        shareholdings. The resolution 
        also allows the Board to 
        make pre-emptive offers (such 
        as rights issues) to shareholders 
        without following certain 
        detailed procedures in company 
 11.    law.                                22,540,303     143,003           0 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to make purchases of up to 
        4,810,328 ordinary shares 
        (being approximately 15 per 
        cent of the Company's current 
 12.    ordinary share capital).            22,539,721     142,533       1,052 
      -----------------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
 
   Hargreaves Services plc 
   Gordon Banham, Chief Executive Officer 
   John Samuel, Group Finance Director         0191 373 4485 
 Buchanan (Financial PR) 
  Mark Court/Sophie Wills/Henry Wilson       020 7466 5000 
 N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Joint Corporate 
  Broker) 
  Sandy Fraser/Rachel Hayes                  020 7496 3000 
 Investec (Joint Corporate Broker) 
  Sara Hale/Helene Comitis                   020 7597 5970 
 

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