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Hays PLC
09 November 2016
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its twenty ninth Annual General Meeting today, 9
November 2016, 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 7
November 2016 was 1,464,096,566 (1,442,535,578 excluding shares
held in Treasury).
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution Votes Total Votes
Votes For Votes Against Withheld
No. % No. % No. % ISC No.
To receive
and adopt the
Directors'
and Auditor's
Reports and
the financial
statements
for the year
ended 30 June
1. 2016 1,147,118,840 98.96 12,094,881 1.04 1,159,213,721 80.36% 93,559
To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
2. Report 1,121,184,706 96.72 38,040,863 3.28 1,159,225,569 80.36% 81,710
To declare
a final dividend
for the year
ended 30 June
3. 2016 1,159,279,147 100.00 3,833 0.00 1,159,282,980 80.36% 24,300
To re-elect
Alan Thomson
as a director
4. of the Company 1,075,286,841 97.75 24,757,687 2.25 1,100,044,528 76.26% 59,262,751
To re-elect
Alistair Cox
as a director
5. of the Company 1,159,179,899 99.99 82,590 0.01 1,159,262,489 80.36% 44,791
To re-elect
Paul Venables
as a director
6. of the Company 1,159,168,942 99.99 87,747 0.01 1,159,256,689 80.36% 50,591
To re-elect
Paul Harrison
as a director
7. of the Company 1,134,334,109 97.85 24,937,179 2.15 1,159,271,288 80.36% 35,991
To re-elect
Victoria Jarman
as a director
8. of the Company 1,155,973,736 99.72 3,300,752 0.28 1,159,274,488 80.36% 32,791
To re-elect
Torsten Kreindl
as a director
9. of the Company 1,154,021,438 99.55 5,252,106 0.45 1,159,273,544 80.36% 33,736
To re-elect
Pippa Wicks
as a director
10. of the Company 1,153,958,043 99.54 5,314,246 0.46 1,159,272,289 80.36% 34,991
To re-elect
Peter Williams
as a director
11. of the Company 1,157,986,049 99.89 1,279,640 0.11 1,159,265,689 80.36% 41,591
To elect MT
Rainey as a
director of
12. the Company 1,154,568,643 99.60 4,693,842 0.40 1,159,262,485 80.36% 44,795
To appoint
PwC LLP as
auditor of
13. the Company 1,155,442,246 99.67 3,831,311 0.33 1,159,273,557 80.36% 33,723
To authorise
the directors
to determine
the auditor's
14. remuneration 1,151,271,097 99.31 7,980,083 0.69 1,159,251,180 80.36% 56,100
To authorise
the Company
to make political
15. donations 1,101,275,959 95.03 57,643,282 4.97 1,158,919,241 80.34% 388,039
To authorise
the directors
to allot Ordinary
shares in the
16. Company 1,111,041,613 95.84 48,220,315 4.16 1,159,261,928 80.36% 45,352
To authorise
the directors
to disapply
pre-emption
17. rights * 1,158,423,070 99.93 817,263 0.07 1,159,240,333 80.36% 66,947
To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own shares
18. * 1,145,456,262 98.81 13,815,731 1.19 1,159,271,993 80.36% 35,286
To authorise
the calling
of a general
meeting with
14 clear days'
19. notice * 1,077,205,173 92.92 82,043,105 7.08 1,159,248,278 80.36% 59,001
To authorise
the directors
to approve
20. the DAB 1,152,141,508 99.48 5,994,003 0.52 1,158,135,511 80.28% 1,171,769
To authorise
the directors
to approve
21. the US ESPP 1,155,199,899 99.75 2,948,261 0.25 1,158,148,160 80.29% 1,159,120
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
9 November 2016
This information is provided by RNS
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