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Hays PLC
15 November 2017
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its thirtieth Annual General Meeting today, 15
November 2017, 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 13
November 2017 was 1,464,096,566 (1,448,261,654 excluding shares
held in Treasury).
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution Votes
Votes For Votes Against Votes Total Withheld
No. % No. % No. % ISC No.
To receive
the Directors'
and Auditor's
Reports and
the financial
statements
for the year
ended 30 June
1. 2017 1,063,953,316 98.19 19,562,060 1.81 1,083,515,376 74.81% 4,055,279
To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
2. Policy 1,015,990,462 94.02 64,624,371 5.98 1,080,614,833 74.61% 6,955,822
To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
3. Report 1,050,951,568 97.60 25,863,641 2.40 1,076,815,209 74.35% 10,755,446
To approve
4. a final dividend 1,087,564,519 100.00 2,419 0.00 1,087,566,938 75.09% 3,717
To approve
5. a special dividend 1,087,529,722 100.00 34,286 0.00 1,087,564,008 75.09% 6,647
To re-elect
Alan Thomson
as a director
6. of the Company 1,057,535,643 98.33 17,948,189 1.67 1,075,483,832 74.26% 12,086,823
To re-elect
Alistair Cox
as a director
7. of the Company 1,087,407,760 100.00 36,443 0.00 1,087,444,203 75.09% 126,452
To re-elect
Paul Venables
as a director
8. of the Company 1,082,823,201 99.58 4,621,002 0.42 1,087,444,203 75.09% 126,452
To re-elect
Victoria Jarman
as a director
9. of the Company 1,069,291,664 98.33 18,151,739 1.67 1,087,443,403 75.09% 127,252
To re-elect
Torsten Kreindl
as a director
10. of the Company 1,077,298,700 99.07 10,145,503 0.93 1,087,444,203 75.09% 126,452
To re-elect
MT Rainey as
a director
11. of the Company 1,077,304,760 99.07 10,132,843 0.93 1,087,437,603 75.09% 133,052
To re-elect
Peter Williams
as a director
12. of the Company 1,082,176,505 99.52 5,263,498 0.48 1,087,440,003 75.09% 130,652
To elect Andrew
Martin as a
director of
13. the Company 1,082,111,314 99.51 5,331,794 0.49 1,087,443,108 75.09% 127,547
To elect Susan
Murray as a
director of
14. the Company 1,082,092,617 99.51 5,351,019 0.49 1,087,443,636 75.09% 127,019
To reappoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLC as auditor
15. of the Company 1,048,723,023 97.43 27,634,898 2.57 1,076,357,921 74.32% 11,212,734
To authorise
the directors
to determine
the auditor's
16. remuneration 1,071,305,915 98.51 16,251,525 1.49 1,087,557,440 75.09% 13,215
To authorise
the Company
to make political
17. donations 1,044,416,462 96.10 42,355,918 3.90 1,086,772,380 75.04% 798,275
To authorise
the directors
to allot Ordinary
shares in the
18. Company 1,057,124,446 97.20 30,425,439 2.80 1,087,549,885 75.09% 20,770
To authorise
the directors
to disapply
pre-emption
19. rights * 1,057,328,090 97.26 29,791,027 2.74 1,087,119,117 75.06% 451,538
To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own shares
20. * 1,072,630,509 98.78 13,287,191 1.22 1,085,917,700 74.98% 1,652,955
To authorise
the calling
of a general
meeting with
14 clear days'
21. notice * 1,031,006,689 94.81 56,454,288 5.19 1,087,460,977 75.09% 109,678
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
15 November 2017
This information is provided by RNS
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