Harworth Group PLC Result of AGM (3744A)

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RNS Number : 3744A

Harworth Group PLC

23 May 2023

23 May 2023 LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting and notice of interim results

Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 23 May 2023 all resolutions in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 April 2023 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 .

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 23 May 2023 was 323,434,802 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

 
 Res.      Brief Description        Votes for       %        Votes        %       Total votes       Votes 
  No.                                                        against             (ex. withheld)    withheld 
 Ordinary resolutions 
        To adopt the 
         Company's Annual 
         Report and Financial 
         Statements for 
         the year ended 
 1.      31 December 2022          273,693,077   100.00%        9,071   0.00%       273,702,148      23,144 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To declare a 
         final dividend 
         of 0.929 pence 
         per ordinary 
         share in respect 
         of the year ended 
 2.      31 December 2022          273,722,920   100.00%        2,990   0.00%       273,725,910       8,135 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To elect Marzia 
         Zafar as a Director 
 3.      of the Company            273,681,720    99.99%       26,735   0.01%       273,708,455      25,590 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Alastair 
         Lyons as a director 
 4.      of the Company            272,248,061    99.53%    1,272,235   0.47%       273,520,296     213,749 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Lynda 
         Shillaw as a 
         director of the 
 5.      Company                   272,246,831    99.54%    1,269,292   0.46%       273,516,123     217,922 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Katerina 
         Patmore as a 
         director of the 
 6.      Company                   273,420,955    99.97%       95,168   0.03%       273,516,123     217,922 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Angela 
         Bromfield as 
         a director of 
 7.      the Company               272,242,630    99.53%    1,276,030   0.47%       273,518,660     215,385 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Ruth 
         Cooke as a director 
 8.      of the Company            272,323,219    99.56%    1,192,904   0.44%       273,516,123     217,922 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Lisa 
         Scenna as a director 
 9.      of the Company            273,418,088    99.96%      102,168   0.04%       273,520,256     213,789 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Patrick 
         O'Donnell Bourke 
         as a director 
 10.     of the Company            273,498,619    99.99%       21,677   0.01%       273,520,296     213,749 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Steven 
         Underwood as 
         a director of 
 11.     the Company               273,490,341    99.99%       26,955   0.01%       273,517,296     216,749 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Martyn 
         Bowes as a director 
 12.     of the Company            273,485,092    99.99%       30,819   0.01%       273,515,911     218,134 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Directors' Remuneration 
         Report for the 
         year ended 31 
 13.     December 2022             271,452,473    99.25%    2,061,712   0.75%       273,514,185     219,860 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-appoint 
         Ernst & Young 
         LLP as the auditors 
 14.     of the Company            273,624,811    99.97%       91,389   0.03%       273,716,200      17,845 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To give authority 
         to the Directors 
         to determine 
         the auditors' 
 15.     remuneration              273,701,536    99.99%       18,330   0.01%       273,719,866      14,179 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
 16.     political donations       271,356,179    99.14%    2,359,737   0.86%       273,715,916      18,129 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        Authority to 
 17.     allot shares              273,644,065    99.97%       77,226   0.03%       273,721,291      12,754 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Special resolutions 
        Authority to 
         dis-apply pre-emption 
 18.     rights                    258,585,399    94.47%   15,136,810   5.53%       273,722,209      11,836 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company to 
         purchase its 
 19.     own shares                273,486,325    99.91%      239,685   0.09%       273,726,010       8,035 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
        To reduce notice 
         of general meetings 
         (other than AGM) 
 20.     to 14 clear days          273,527,693    99.93%      191,486   0.07%       273,719,179      14,866 
       -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ----------------  ---------- 
 

Notice of interim results

The Company will be publishing its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2023 on Tuesday 12 September 2023.

-ENDS-

Enquiries

 
 Harworth Group plc 
 Chris Birch, General Counsel and Company         Tel: [phone] 
  Secretary 
 Tom Loughran, Head of Investor and Stakeholder 
  Relations 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Listed on the Premium Segment of the Main Market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 13,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.

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