HARWORTH GROUP PLC

AGM Information • May 19, 2025

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Harworth Group PLC

19 May 2025

19 May 2025                                                                                                                                LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 a.m. on Monday 19 May 2025 all resolutions in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 15 April 2025 were passed by the necessary majority on a show of hands.  

Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.harworthgroup.com .

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 19 May 2025 was 325,718,727 ordinary shares.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.  They will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Res. No.	Brief Description	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes (ex. withheld)	Votes withheld
Ordinary resolutions
1.	To adopt the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the  year ended 31 December 2024	280,147,147	100.00%	3,727	0.00%	280,153,884	16,141
2.	To declare a final dividend of 1.125 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024	280,151,949	100.00%	4,684	0.00%	280,163,643	1,051
3.	To re-elect Alastair Lyons as a director of the Company	278,071,857	99.26%	2,074,270	0.74%	280,153,594	16,431
4.	To re-elect Lynda Shillaw as a director of the Company	277,025,978	98.89%	3,107,379	1.11%	280,140,824	29,201
5.	To re-elect Katerina Patmore as a director of the Company	280,056,992	99.97%	89,165	0.03%	280,153,624	16,401
6.	To re-elect Angela Bromfield as a director of the Company	277,704,947	99.13%	2,439,243	0.87%	280,151,657	18,368
7.	To re-elect Lisa Scenna as a director of the Company	277,317,636	98.99%	2,816,182	1.01%	280,141,285	23,409
8.	To re-elect Patrick O'Donnell Bourke as a director of the Company	280,134,931	99.99%	17,993	0.01%	280,160,391	9,634
9.	To re-elect Marzia Zafar as a director of the Company	280,099,708	99.98%	39,441	0.01%	280,146,616	23,409
10.	To re-elect Martyn Bowes as a director of the Company	280,138,603	99.99%	14,281	0.01%	280,160,351	9,674
11.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2024	277,344,247	99.26%	2,069,460	0.74%	279,421,717	748,308
12.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	203,329,389	75.67%	65,359,579	24.33%	268,691,978	11,472,716
13.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the Company	280,067,692	99.97%	93,832	0.03%	280,164,534	5,491
14.	To give authority to the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	280,128,816	99.99%	17,768	0.01%	280,149,960	20,065
15.	To authorise political donations	277,400,528	99.01%	2,759,891	0.99%	280,163,429	6,596
16.	Authority to allot shares	279,495,546	99.76%	658,186	0.23%	280,156,742	13,283
17.	To approve amendments to the Harworth 2019 Restricted Share Plan	274,336,407	97.94%	5,742,328	2.05%	280,103,793	66,232
Special resolutions
18.	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	279,941,770	99.92%	211,956	0.08%	280,156,736	13,289
19.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	280,065,479	99.97%	90,745	0.03%	280,159,234	10,791
20.	To reduce notice of general meetings (other than AGM) to 14 clear days	279,864,430	99.89%	294,007	0.10%	280,161,447	8,578

While the Board is pleased that all resolutions were supported by a significant majority of shareholders, Resolution 12 (to approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy) was approved with a 75.67% majority. The Company has actively engaged with shareholders over the last eight months in respect of the proposed changes to the Directors' Remuneration Policy and incentive structure and has a detailed understanding of shareholder views. The Company will continue to engage with its shareholders on this matter and, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, will publish an update within six months.

-ENDS-

Enquiries

Harworth Group plc
Chris Birch, General Counsel and Company Secretary	Tel: +44 (0)114 349 3131
Juliana Weiss Dallton, Head of Investor Relations

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG), is a leading land and property regenerator of sustainable developments. We own, develop, and manage a portfolio of over 15,000 acres of Strategic Land over 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. We specialise in delivering long-term value for all stakeholders by regenerating large, complex sites, particularly former industrial sites, into new Industrial & Logistics developments and serviced Residential land to create sustainable places, support new homes, jobs and communities where people want to live and work. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.

LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

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