Harworth Group PLC Result of AGM (5813P)

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RNS Number : 5813P

Harworth Group PLC

29 May 2018

29 May 2018 LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday 29 May 2018 all resolutions in the notice of annual general meeting dated 24 April 2018 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 2017            184,566,895     100%        1,048   0.00%   184,567,943      18,373 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To approve 
 02      final dividend           184,581,023     100%        4,503   0.00%   184,585,526         790 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To elect Alastair 
         Lyons as a 
         director of 
 03      the Company              184,558,345     100%        3,082   0.00%   184,561,427      24,889 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Owen Michaelson 
         as a director 
 04      of the Company           184,535,103   99.99%       26,932   0.01%   184,562,035      24,281 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Andrew Kirkman 
         as a director 
 05      of the Company           184,557,442     100%        3,486   0.00%   184,560,928      25,388 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Lisa Clement 
         as a director 
 06      of the Company           184,538,814   99.99%       26,126   0.01%   184,564,940      21,376 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Anthony Donnelly 
         as a director 
 07      of the Company           184,534,812   99.99%       23,173   0.01%   184,557,985      28,331 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Andrew Cunningham 
         as a director 
 08      of the Company           184,557,995     100%        2,933   0.00%   184,560,928      25,388 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Steven Underwood 
         as a director 
 09      of the Company           175,689,467   95.19%    8,873,395   4.81%   184,562,862      23,454 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect 
         Martyn Bowes 
         as a director 
 10      of the Company           184,212,721   99.81%      351,471   0.19%   184,564,192      22,124 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To approve 
         the Directors' 
         Remuneration 
 11      Report                   184,146,824   99.78%      405,369   0.22%   184,552,193      34,123 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To re-appoint 
         PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 12      LLP as auditors          184,218,397   99.81%      356,246   0.19%   184,574,643      11,673 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
         to determine 
         the auditors' 
 13      remuneration             184,540,552   99.98%       30,247   0.02%   184,570,799      15,517 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to make political 
 14      donations                184,366,028   99.90%      189,482   0.10%   184,555,510      30,806 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
 15      to allot shares          184,482,722   99.95%       85,496   0.05%   184,568,218      18,098 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To amend the 
         articles of 
 16      association              184,508,991   99.98%       44,417   0.02%   184,553,408      32,908 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the disapplication 
         of pre-emption 
 17      rights                   172,597,319   93.51%   11,981,940   6.49%   184,579,259       7,057 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to purchase 
 18      its own shares           184,181,709   99.78%      401,258   0.22%   184,582,967       3,349 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to call general 
         meetings at 
 19      short notice             184,504,734   99.96%       76,189   0.04%   184,580,923       5,393 
-----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------- 
 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 29 May 2018 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] 
 
 Chris Birch, Company Secretary 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Harworth Group

Listed on the main market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of approximately 21,000 acres of land on around 140 sites located throughout the Midlands and North of England. The Company specialises in the regeneration of former coalfield sites and other former industrial land into new residential developments and employment areas.

http://www.harworthgroup.com/

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