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RNS Number : 8996P  Headlam Group PLC  24 May 2024

 

 

24 May 2024

 

Headlam Group plc

('Headlam' or the 'Company')

2024 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Poll Results

The Board of Headlam Group plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions
put to its shareholders at the AGM held on 23 May were duly passed by the
requisite majorities on a poll.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the special business
resolutions (14, 15, 16, and 17) passed at the AGM will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The results of the poll for each resolution are shown below:

 

                                    Resolution                                                   Votes For (including           Votes Against                  Votes Withheld  Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld)

                                                                                                 discretionary votes)
                                                                                                 No. of Votes  % of votes cast  No. of Votes  % of votes cast  No. of Shares   No. of Votes            % of Issued Share Capital(**)
 1.                                 Receive the Annual Report and Accounts                       59,984,909    100              0             0                0               59,984,909              74.25%
 2.                                 Approve the Remuneration Report                              54,942,633    91.60            5,041,020     8.4              1,256           59,983,653              74.25%
 3.                                 Declare the final dividend                                   56,976,553    94.98            3,008,356     5.02             0               59,984,909              74.25%
 4.                                 Elect Adam Phillips                                          59,785,527    99.67            196,765       0.33             2,617           59,982,292              74.24%
 5.                                 Re-elect Keith Edelman                                       51,448,258    85.77            8,534,033     14.23            2,618           59,982,291              74.24%
 6.                                 Re-elect Chris Payne                                         59,783,347    99.67            198,945       0.33             2,617           59,982,292              74.24%
 7.                                 Re-elect Stephen Bird                                        54,155,090    90.29            5,827,201     9.71             2,618           59,982,291              74.24%
 8.                                 Re-elect Jemima Bird                                         54,167,970    90.31            5,813,847     9.69             3,092           59,981,817              74.24%
 9.                                 Re-elect Robin Williams                                      59,238,388    98.76            743,903       1.24             2,618           59,982,291              74.24%
 10.                                Re-elect Karen Hubbard                                       59,262,848    98.8             719,443       1.2              2,618           59,982,291              74.24%
 11.                                Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Auditor         59,818,690    99.72            166,219       0.28             0               59,984,909              74.25%
 12.                                Authorise the Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration  59,806,471    99.70            178,438       0.3              0               59,984,909              74.25%
 13.                                Authorise allotment of shares                                56,822,537    94.73            3,162,131     5.27             241             59,984,668              74.25%
 14.                                Disapply pre-emption rights*                                 51,727,351    86.23            8,257,317     13.77            241             59,984,668              74.25%

                                    (General)
 15.                                Disapply pre-emption rights*                                 48,796,699    81.35            11,187,969    18.65            241             59,984,668              74.25%

                                    (Acquisition or Capital Investment)
 16.                                Authorise purchase of own shares*                            54,734,390    91.25            5,250,519     8.75             0               59,984,909              74.25%
 17.                                Call general meetings on 14 days' notice*                    54,630,684    91.08            5,352,074     8.92             2,151           59,982,758              74.25%

 

* Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority of votes cast

** Excludes treasury shares

 

Notes:

1   A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the
total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share
capital voted.

2   As at the voting record date, Headlam had 85,639,209 ordinary shares in
issue, of which 80,784,267 held voting rights.

3   To calculate the proxy votes as a percentage of shares in issue,
treasury shares were excluded.

 

 

 Enquiries:

 

 Enquiries:

Headlam Group plc                                       Tel: 01675 433 000
 Chris Payne, Chief Executive                            Email: headlamgroup@headlam.com (mailto:headlamgroup@headlam.com)
 Adam Phillips, Chief Financial Officer
 Alison Hughes, General Counsel & Company Secretary

 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker)          Tel: 020 7886 2500
 Tom Scrivens / Atholl Tweedie

 Peel Hunt LLP (Corporate Broker)                        Tel: 020 7418 8900
 George Sellar / Finn Nugent

 

 

 

 

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