| Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
Halfords Group PLC: Result of AGM
08-Sep-2022 / 10:30 GMT/BST
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Halfords Group plc
Results of 2022 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 7 September 2022. The results are detailed below. As at the close of business on 5 September 2022, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 218,928,736.
| Resolution |
For |
Against |
Total votes validly cast |
% of shares on register at 3.00 pm on 5 September 2022 |
No. of Votes Withheld** |
| No. of Votes |
% |
No. of Votes |
% |
| 1 |
Receive the Audited Financial Statements |
172,404,998 |
100.00 |
4,954 |
0.00 |
172,409,952 |
78.75% |
134,621 |
| 2 |
Declare a final dividend |
172,540,171 |
100.00 |
1,773 |
0.00 |
172,541,944 |
78.81% |
2,629 |
| 3 |
Approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report |
156,545,528 |
90.75 |
15,953,797 |
9.25 |
172,499,325 |
78.79% |
45,248 |
| 4 |
Elect Jo Hartley as a Director |
172,131,385 |
99.77 |
390,909 |
0.23 |
172,522,294 |
78.80% |
22,279 |
| 5 |
Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director |
168,274,878 |
97.54 |
4,249,111 |
2.46 |
172,523,989 |
78.80% |
20,584 |
| 6 |
Re-elect Helen Jones as a Director |
169,530,339 |
98.27 |
2,993,150 |
1.73 |
172,523,489 |
78.80% |
21,084 |
| 7 |
Re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director |
163,881,885 |
98.31 |
2,821,041 |
1.69 |
166,702,926 |
76.14% |
5,841,647 |
| 8 |
Re-elect Tom Singer as a Director |
171,247,955 |
99.26 |
1,276,034 |
0.74 |
172,523,989 |
78.80% |
20,584 |
| 9 |
Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director |
172,489,481 |
99.98 |
28,228 |
0.02 |
172,517,709 |
78.80% |
26,864 |
| 10 |
Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor |
172,425,430 |
99.94 |
107,886 |
0.06 |
172,533,316 |
78.81% |
11,257 |
| 11 |
Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor |
172,524,667 |
100.00 |
6,955 |
0.00 |
172,531,622 |
78.81% |
12,951 |
| 12 |
Authorise the Company to make political donations |
159,725,401 |
92.58 |
12,810,143 |
7.42 |
172,535,544 |
78.81% |
9,029 |
| 13 |
Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities |
140,270,870 |
81.30 |
32,261,912 |
18.70 |
172,532,782 |
78.81% |
11,791 |
| 14 |
Disapply statutory pre-emption rights* |
140,466,216 |
81.42 |
32,064,612 |
18.58 |
172,530,828 |
78.81% |
13,745 |
| 15 |
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares* |
172,458,915 |
99.97 |
55,439 |
0.03 |
172,514,354 |
78.80% |
30,219 |
| 16 |
Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days’ clear notice* |
170,415,850 |
98.77 |
2,126,075 |
1.23 |
172,541,925 |
78.81% |
2,648 |
| 17 |
Authorise the establishment of the Halfords Group Deferred Bonus Plan 2022 |
172,444,503 |
99.96 |
75,147 |
0.04 |
172,519,650 |
78.80% |
24,923 |
Notes
* Special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
**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 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
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