Hogg Robinson Group PLC AGM Statement (3290M)

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Hogg Robinson Group PLC

27 July 2017

27 JULY 2017

HOGG ROBINSON GROUP PLC

("the Company")

2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Hogg Robinson Group plc, the international B2B services company, held its Annual General Meeting today. All of the Resolutions put to the meeting were unanimously approved on a show of hands. The following is a summary of the votes cast at the meeting, including proxy votes received by the Registrars:

 
 Votes For     Votes Against     Votes Withheld     TOTAL VOTE 
 No. of    %   No. of       %    No. of        % 
  votes         votes             votes 
 
 

1. To adopt the Annual Report

 
 196,109,619   100.00%                    -   0.00%                    -   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

 
 184,195,639   93.92%     10,474,339   5.34%       1,439,641   0.73%   196,109,619 
 

3. To approve the payment of the Final Dividend

 
 196,109,619   100.00%                    -   0.00%                    -   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

4. To elect Ashley Hubka as a Director

 
 196,104,881   100.00%               1,000   0.00%               3,738   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

5. To re-elect Mark Whiteling as a Director

 
 196,105,881   100.00%                    -   0.00%               3,738   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

6. To re-elect Paul Williams as a Director

 
 191,994,575   97.90%        4,111,306   2.10%               3,738   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

7. To re-appoint the Auditors

 
 193,286,020   98.56%        2,823,599   1.44%                    -   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

8. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

 
 196,089,061   99.99%               1,300   0.00%             19,258   0.01%   196,109,619 
 

9. To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 5% of the Issued Share Capital

 
 196,066,723   99.98%             19,900   0.01%             22,996   0.01%   196,109,619 
 

10. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5% of the Issued Share Capital

 
 193,241,124   98.54%        2,845,499   1.45%             22,996   0.01%   196,109,619 
 

11. To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares

 
 193,267,282   98.55%        2,838,599   1.45%               3,738   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

12. To renew the authority to call General Meetings on 14 days notice

 
 195,072,746   99.47%        1,036,873   0.53%                    -   0.00%   196,109,619 
 

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Enquiries

   Hogg Robinson Group                                                       [phone] 

Keith Burgess, Company Secretary

Angus Prentice, Head of Investor Relations

 
                   [phone] 
 FTI Consulting     1340 
 John Waples 
 Alex Le May 
 

Notes to Editors

Hogg Robinson Group plc is an international B2B services company specialising in travel, payments and expense management. We help companies, governments and financial institutions manage and control their expenditure. We combine high-quality service delivered by experienced staff with the very latest digital solutions based on our own technology. Our aim is to provide superior service and technology solutions that add real value to our clients and meet their unique requirements. Established in 1845, Hogg Robinson Group today consists of two market-leading and dynamic divisions - Fraedom, our FinTech business and HRG, our global travel management business. Our brands are seen across 120 countries where we provide innovative technology and superior services that add real value to our clients.

www.hoggrobinson.com

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