Hays PLC

AGM Information • Nov 10, 2021

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Hays PLC

10 November 2021

HAYS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021

RESULTS OF THE POLL

Hays plc held its thirty fourth Annual General Meeting today, 10 November 2021, at our Company's offices at 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 08 November 2021 was 1,682,116,775 (1,679,937,419

excluding shares held in Treasury).

POLL RESULTS

The results of the poll are as follows:

Resolution

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Total

Votes Withheld

No.

%

No.

%

No.

% ISC

No.

1.

To receive the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2021

1,474,338,267

100.00

5,946

0.00

1,474,344,213

87.76%

12,665,853

2.

To approve a final dividend

1,418,029,452

98.37

23,508,843

1.63

1,441,538,295

85.81%

45,465,839

3.

To approve a special dividend

1,485,837,549

99.92

1,178,495

0.08

1,487,016,044

88.52%

0

4.

To approve the

Directors' Remuneration

Report

1,485,633,644

99.91

1,370,490

0.09

1,487,004,134

88.52%

0

5.

To re-elect Andrew Martin as a director of the Company

1,471,400,190

98.95

15,592,465

1.05

1,486,992,655

88.51%

10,120

6.

To re-elect Alistair Cox as a director of the Company

1,486,933,066

100.00

69,572

0.00

1,487,002,638

88.52%

1,496

7.

To re-elect Paul Venables as a director of the Company

1,484,894,747

99.86

2,103,691

0.14

1,486,998,438

88.52%

5,696

8.

To re-elect Torsten Kreindl as a director of the Company

1,444,738,870

97.16

42,258,028

2.84

1,486,996,898

88.52%

5,877

9.

To re-elect Cheryl Millington as a director of the Company

1,444,737,941

97.16

42,259,938

2.84

1,486,997,879

88.52%

4,896

10.

To re-elect Susan Murray as a director of the Company

1,444,798,415

97.16

42,197,064

2.84

1,486,995,479

88.51%

7,296

11.

To re-elect MT Rainey as a director of the Company

1,481,941,427

99.66

5,041,194

0.34

1,486,982,621

88.51%

20,154

12.

To re- elect Peter Williams as a director of the Company

1,482,016,886

99.67

4,960,375

0.33

1,486,977,261

88.51%

25,514

13.

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company

1,476,502,283

99.29

10,490,717

0.71

1,486,993,000

88.51%

9,775

14.

To authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration

1,486,882,892

99.99

125,193

0.01

1,487,008,085

88.52%

6,600

15.

To authorise the Company to make political donations

1,434,024,445

96.44

52,960,462

3.56

1,486,984,907

88.51%

17,868

16.

To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares in the Company

1,348,342,275

90.68

138,657,145

9.32

1,486,999,420

88.52%

3,355

17.

To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights*

1,348,260,852

90.67

138,737,117

9.33

1,486,997,969

88.52%

4,806

18.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*

1,475,571,276

99.28

10,649,884

0.72

1,486,221,160

88.47%

778,355

19.

To authorise the calling of a general meeting with 14 clear days' notice*

1,413,246,641

95.04

73,733,209

4.96

1,486,979,850

88.51%

22,925

20.

To authorise the directors to adopt the Articles of Association*

1,485,662,543

99.92

1,263,749

0.08

1,486,926,292

88.51%

76,483

21.

To authorise the directors to adopt the Performance Share Plan

1,315,006,621

96.79

43,611,088

3.21

1,358,617,709

80.87%

128,385,066

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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

10 November 2021

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