Hastings Group Holdings plc Result of AGM (2182P)

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RNS Number : 2182P

Hastings Group Holdings plc

24 May 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

24 May 2018

Hastings Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 May 2018, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by the shareholders, which were voted by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 
 Resolution                   For           For %       Against      Against    Withheld 
                                                                         % 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To receive the 
  Annual report 
  and accounts                464,179,713   99.9545%    211,153      0.0455%    1,213,550 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To receive and 
  approve the 
  directors' remuneration 
  report                      451,915,454   97.2516%    12,771,637   2.7484%    917,325 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To declare the 
  final dividend              465,603,504   100.0000%   0            0.0000%    202 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Gary Hoffman 
  as a director 
  of the Company              375,781,273   81.0756%    87,713,477   18.9244%   2,109,667 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Richard Hoskins 
  as a director 
  of the Company              420,525,103   90.3182%    45,078,774   9.6818%    540 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Herman Bosman 
  as a director 
  of the Company              408,834,332   87.8074%    56,769,421   12.1926%   663 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To elect Alison 
  Burns as a director 
  of the Company              455,692,671   97.8713%    9,911,206    2.1287%    540 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Thomas Colraine 
  as a director 
  of the Company              454,808,283   97.6816%    10,794,687   2.3184%    1,446 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Ian Cormack 
  as a director 
  of the Company              448,666,258   96.3623%    16,937,495   3.6377%    663 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Pierre Lèfevre 
  as a director 
  of the Company              464,897,823   99.8484%    706,054      0.1516%    540 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-elect 
  Sumit Rajpal 
  as a director 
  of the Company              402,550,645   86.5848%    62,370,131   13.4152%   683,640 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To elect Teresa 
  Robson-Capps 
  as a director 
  of the Company              464,525,306   99.7683%    1,078,841    0.2317%    269 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To elect Selina 
  Sagayam as a 
  director of 
  the Company                 418,324,549   89.8421%    47,297,246   10.1579%   269 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To elect Tobias 
  van der Meer 
  as a director 
  of the Company              420,548,232   90.3197%    45,073,535   9.6803%    297 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  auditor                     465,621,193   99.9999%    394          0.0001%    477 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to agree the 
  auditors' remuneration      465,606,504   99.9969%    14,503       0.0031%    1,057 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to allot shares 
  up to a specified 
  amount                      464,986,423   99.8637%    634,625      0.1363%    1,016 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to allot shares 
  for cash without 
  making a pre-emptive 
  offer to shareholders       465,615,162   99.9986%    6,571        0.0014%    331 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to allot further 
  shares (in addition 
  to 
  resolution 18) 
  for cash without 
  making a pre-emptive 
  offer to 
  shareholders 
  in limited circumstances    463,844,627   99.6184%    1,776,903    0.3816%    533 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to make market 
  purchases of 
  shares                      465,511,558   99.9792%    96,791       0.0208%    13,654 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 To allow general 
  meetings to 
  be called on 
  14 days' notice             461,800,414   99.1794%    3,820,965    0.8206%    685 
---------------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 

Please note that a 'vote withheld' is not vote in law and is not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.

In accordance with LR 9.6.11(3) the Company announces that following the reappointment of Gary Hoffman as a director of the Company, Gary assumes the role as Chairman of the Company with immediate effect.

Hastings Group

[phone]

Tony Leppard, Company Secretary

Instinctif Partners

[phone]

Giles Stewart

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