Hays PLC Result of AGM (3806H)

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Hays PLC

14 November 2018

HAYS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018

RESULTS OF THE POLL

Hays plc held its thirty first Annual General Meeting today, 14 November 2018, at the offices of UBS, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS at 12 noon. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The results are shown below.

The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the percentage of votes for or against a resolution.

The issued share capital (ISC) at the close of business on 12 November 2018 was 1,464,096,566 (1,457,139,170 excluding shares held in Treasury).

POLL RESULTS

The results of the poll are as follows:

 
            Resolution                   Votes For           Votes Against           Votes Total        Votes Withheld 
                                       No.           %         No.        %          No.        % ISC        No. 
       To receive the 
        Directors' and 
        Auditor's Reports 
        and the financial 
        statements for 
        the year ended 
 1.     30 June 2018               1,206,393,487   99.47    6,464,242    0.53   1,212,857,729   83.24%     5,089,551 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
 2.     Report                     1,201,141,966   98.72    15,513,481   1.28   1,216,655,447   83.50%     1,291,832 
       To approve a final 
 3.     dividend                   1,217,920,247   100.00     21,033     0.00   1,217,941,280   83.58%       6,000 
       To approve a special 
 4.     dividend                   1,217,888,083   100.00     26,787     0.00   1,217,914,870   83.58%      32,410 
       To re-elect Andrew 
        Martin as a director 
 5.     of the Company             1,147,437,719   94.22    70,420,230   5.78   1,217,857,949   83.58%      89,330 
       To re-elect Alistair 
        Cox as a director 
 6.     of the Company             1,213,096,625   99.61    4,763,125    0.39   1,217,859,750   83.58%      87,530 
       To re-elect Paul 
        Venables as a 
        director of the 
 7.     Company                    1,209,027,435   99.27    8,831,815    0.73   1,217,859,250   83.58%      88,030 
       To re-elect Torsten 
        Kreindl as a director 
 8.     of the Company             1,209,214,143   99.29    8,642,907    0.71   1,217,857,050   83.58%      90,230 
       To re-elect Susan 
        Murray as a director 
 9.     of the Company             1,203,524,112   98.82    14,326,337   1.18   1,217,850,449   83.58%      96,830 
       To re-elect MT 
        Rainey as a director 
 10.    of the Company             1,209,222,001   99.29    8,642,223    0.71   1,217,864,224   83.58%      83,056 
       To re-elect Peter 
        Williams as a 
        director of the 
 11.    Company                    1,211,563,161   99.48    6,285,000    0.52   1,217,848,161   83.58%      99,119 
       To reappoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditor 
 12.   of the Company              1,201,885,477   98.68    16,033,967   1.32   1,217,919,444   83.58%      27,835 
       To authorise the 
        directors to determine 
        the auditor's 
 13.    remuneration               1,205,024,698   98.94    12,891,561   1.06   1,217,916,259   83.58%      31,021 
       To authorise the 
        Company to make 
 14.    political donations        1,159,155,759   95.19    58,572,120   4.81   1,217,727,879   83.57%      219,401 
       To authorise the 
        directors to allot 
        Ordinary shares 
 15.    in the Company             1,172,744,632   96.29    45,179,176   3.71   1,217,923,808   83.58%      23,472 
       To authorise the 
        directors to disapply 
 16.    pre-emption rights*        1,173,402,954   96.35    44,454,309   3.65   1,217,857,263   83.58%      90,017 
       To authorise the 
        Company to purchase 
 17.    its own shares*            1,203,093,108   99.17    10,096,270   0.83   1,213,189,378   83.26%     4,757,901 
       To authorise the 
        calling of a general 
        meeting with 14 
 18.    clear days' notice*        1,171,855,781   96.22    46,057,675   3.78   1,217,913,456   83.58%      33,824 
 

Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at haysplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/agm.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at morningstar.co.uk.

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

14 November 2018

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