Halfords Group PLC: Result of AGM
Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
Halfords Group PLC: Result of AGM
16-Sep-2020 / 09:30 GMT/BST
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Halfords Group plc
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Halfords Group plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed on a poll at its Annual General Meeting held on 15 September 2020. The results are detailed below. As at the close of business on 11 September 2020, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 199,116,632.
Resolution
For**
Against
Total votes validly cast
% of shares on register at 11.30 am on 11 September 2020
No. of Votes Withheld***
No. of Votes
%
No. of Votes
%
1
Receive the Audited Financial Statements
150,986,784
99.83
255,020
0.17
151,241,804
75.96
272,487
2
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
150,977,543
99.66
507,790
0.34
151,485,333
76.08
28,958
3
Approve the 2020 Directors' Remuneration Policy
147,815,808
97.58
3,658,105
2.42
151,473,913
76.07
40,378
4
Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director
147,757,730
97.54
3,729,592
2.46
151,487,322
76.08
26,969
5
Re-elect David Adams as a Director
140,778,045
93.91
9,122,715
6.09
149,900,760
75.28
1,613,531
6
Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director
150,156,639
99.12
1,330,711
0.88
151,487,350
76.08
26,942
7
Re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director
150,145,328
99.11
1,352,542
0.89
151,497,870
76.08
16,421
8
Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director
150,202,182
99.14
1,302,654
0.86
151,504,836
76.09
9,456
9
Re-elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director
149,432,354
98.63
2,072,009
1.37
151.504.363
76.09
9.929
10
Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor
151,264,988
99.84
239,375
0.16
151,504,363
76.09
9,929
11
Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
151,264,204
99.84
240,159
0.16
151,504,353
76.09
9,929
12
Authorise the Company to make political donations
142,816,889
94.27
8,685,938
5.73
151,502,827
76.09
11,465
13
Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities
147,395,405
97.28
4,114,238
2.72
151,509,643
76.09
4,649
14
Disapply statutory pre-emption rights*
151,433,067
99.95
70,296
0.05
151,503,363
76.09
10,929
15
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*
151,014,328
99.96
53,309
0.04
151,067,637
75.87
446,654
16
Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days' clear notice*
144,927,894
95.65
6,583,222
4.35
151,511,116
76.09
3,176
17
Adopt new Articles of Association*
151,498,497
100.00
1,077
0.00
151,499,574
76.09
14,718
Notes
* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
**Includes discretionary votes.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
These results will also be made available on the Company's website, and in accordance with LR 9.6.2 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of resolutions passed as special business together with the new Articles of Association will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
ISIN: GB00B012TP20 Category Code: RAG TIDM: HFD LEI Code: 54930086FKBWWJIOBI79 Sequence No.: 84226 EQS News ID: 1132291
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