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RNS Number : 6494T THG PLC 24 June 2024
THG PLC
(the "Company")
24 June 2024
Results of Annual General Meeting
Following its annual general meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today
at 2:00 p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which
were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary
resolutions, and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. All
resolutions were voted on by poll.
Total votes received for each ordinary resolution and special resolution
proposed at the AGM were as follows:
Resolution *Votes for %age of votes cast Votes against %age of votes cast Total votes cast **%age of ISC voted ***Votes withheld
1. To receive the Report & Accounts 808,193,288 99.59% 3,302,029 0.41% 811,495,317 60.97 12,709,844
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the 772,314,044 95.12% 39,651,037 4.88% 811,965,081 61.01 12,240,080
Directors' Remuneration Policy)
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 770,924,395 94.97% 40,859,699 5.03% 811,784,094 61.00 12,421,067
4. To elect Helen Jones as a Director 775,823,010 95.57% 35,989,387 4.43% 811,812,397 61.00 12,392,764
5. To re-elect Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, as a 748,585,836 90.75% 76,333,544 9.25% 824,919,380 61.98 243,781
Director
6. To re-elect Sue Farr as a Director 774,871,347 95.44% 36,993,671 4.56% 811,865,018 61.00 12,340,143
7. To re-elect John Gallemore as a Director 769,353,775 94.71% 43,003,340 5.29% 812,357,115 61.04 11,848,046
8. To re-elect Gillian Kent as a Director 723,112,990 89.07% 88,753,528 10.93% 811,866,518 61.00 12,338,643
9. To re-elect Edward Koopman as a Director 773,093,046 95.24% 38,599,104 4.76% 811,692,150 60.99 12,513,511
10. To re-elect Dean Moore as a Director 770,427,179 94.92% 41,233,553 5.08% 811,660,732 60.99 12,544,929
11. To re-elect Matthew Moulding as a Director 767,765,775 94.53% 44,397,750 5.47% 812,163,525 61.02 12,011,636
12. To re-elect Damian Sanders as a Director 774,325,867 95.41% 37,261,258 4.59% 811,587,125 60.98 12,618,036
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company 796,888,165 98.17% 14,855,461 1.83% 811,743,626 60.99 12,461,735
14. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration 797,297,072 98.18% 14,769,785 1.82% 812,066,857 61.02 12,138,304
15. To authorise the Directors to allot shares 767,622,543 94.55% 44,219,098 5.45% 811,841,641 61.00 12,363,520
16. To authorise political donations 688,011,316 96.23% 26,945,835 3.77% 714,957,151 53.72 109,248,010
17. To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights 768,909,126 94.78% 42,350,390 5.22% 811,259,516 60.96 12,945,645
18. To authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption 770,272,373 94.88% 41,557,492 5.12% 811,829,865 61.00 12,375,496
rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 789,975,200 97.37% 21,375,805 2.63% 811,351,005 60.96 12,854,156
20. To authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings other than 803,692,173 99.12% 7,133,106 0.88% 810,825,279 60.92 13,379,882
annual general meetings
*The votes of any proxy giving the Chair discretion as to how to vote have
been included in the votes "For" a resolution.
**The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and
eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,330,878,728.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of percentage of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, a copy of all resolutions, other than
resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) . A copy of the poll
results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website at
https://www.thg.com/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting-documents
(https://www.thg.com/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting-documents) .
If you require further information, please contact:
James Pochin
General Counsel & Company Secretary
THG PLC
Telephone No.: 020 7250 1446
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