Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Oct 15, 2021
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on Friday 15th October 2021, all of the resolutions proposed at the Meeting were duly passed by shareholders.
For information, full details of the votes received were as follows:
| Resolution Number | For | Against | Total Vote * |
% of ISC | Withheld * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Votes | % | No. of Votes |
% | No. of Votes | voted | No. of votes | |
| 1. Receive the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts |
411,338,570 | 99.99 | 60,353 | 0.01 411,398,923 | 86.73% | 101,496 | |
| 2. Approve the final dividend | 411,153,143 99.92 | 345,948 | 0.08 411,499,091 | 86.76% | 1,328 | ||
| 3. Approve Directors' Report on Remuneration |
393,010,235 95.52 18,443,239 4.48 411,453,474 | 86.75% | 46,945 | ||||
| 4. Re-appointment of Auditors |
406,771,832 98.85 | 4,716,393 | 1.15 411,488,225 | 86.75% | 12,194 | ||
| 5. Auditors' Remuneration | 411,375,881 99.97 | 111,623 | 0.03 411,487,504 | 86.75% | 12,915 | ||
| 6. Re-election of Deanna Oppenheimer – Non Executive Chair |
410,767,656 99.82 | 723,665 | 0.18 411,491,321 | 86.75% | 9,098 | ||
| 7. Re-election of Christopher Hill - Executive Director |
411,390,428 99.97 | 106,844 | 0.03 411,497,272 | 86.76% | 3,147 |
| 8. Re-election of Philip Johnson – Executive Director |
285,602,651 99.94 | 167,992 | 0.06 285,770,643 | 60.25% | 125,729,776 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. Re-election of Dan Olley – Non-Executive Director |
410,832,131 99.84 | 664,260 | 0.16 411,496,391 | 86.76% | 4,028 |
| 10. Re-Election of Roger Perkin– Non–Executive Director |
410,786,584 99.83 | 709,807 | 0.17 411,496,391 | 86.76% | 4,028 |
| 11. Re-Election of John Troiano – Non-Executive Director |
411,403,805 99.98 | 92,210 | 0.02 411,496,015 | 86.76% | 4,404 |
| 12. Re-Election of Andrea Blance– Non-Executive Director |
411,374,686 99.97 | 122,550 | 0.03 411,497,236 | 86.76% | 3,183 |
| 13. Re-Election of Moni Mannings – Non-Executive Director |
411,403,776 99.98 | 92,360 | 0.02 411,496,136 | 86.76% | 4,283 |
| 14. Election of Adrian Collins - Non-Executive Director |
410,282,383 99.71 | 1,213,377 | 0.29 411,495,760 | 86.76% | 4,659 |
| 15. Election of Penny James - Non-Executive Director |
411,464,189 99.99 | 32,302 | 0.01 411,496,491 | 86.76% | 3,928 |
| 16. Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** |
406,103,798 98.79 | 4,967,458 | 1.21 411,071,256 | 86.67% | 429,163 |
| 17. Authority to Allot Shares | 404,950,984 98.41 | 6,544,537 | 1.59 411,495,521 | 86.76% | 4,898 |
| 18. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-emption Rights ** |
411,254,315 99.94 | 232,464 | 0.06 411,486,779 | 86.75% | 13,640 |
| 19. Approve short notice for general meetings ** |
401,764,516 98.14 | 7,618,996 | 1.86 409,383,512 | 86.31% | 2,116,907 |
Results of the poll can also be viewed on the Company's website: www.hl.co.uk/investorrelations/investor-information/agm.
* 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.
** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3(1), two copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 15th October 2021 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority.
A copy of this document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Victoria Orme Company Secretary
Enquiries: Danny Cox, Head of Communications: 07989 672 071
James Found, Head of Investor Relations: 07970 066 634
LEI: 2138008ZCE93ZDSESG90 Company Number: 02122142
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