THG PLC
(the
"Company")
24 June 2024
Results of Annual General Meeting
Following its annual general meeting
("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today at 2:00
p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which
were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite
majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed by the shareholders of
the Company as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 17 to 20 were
passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by
poll.
Total votes received for each
ordinary resolution and special resolution proposed at the AGM were
as follows:
|
Resolution
|
*Votes for
|
%age of votes
cast
|
Votes
against
|
%age of votes
cast
|
Total votes
cast
|
**%age of ISC
voted
|
***Votes
withheld
|
|
1.
To receive the Report & Accounts
|
808,193,288
|
99.59%
|
3,302,029
|
0.41%
|
811,495,317
|
60.97
|
12,709,844
|
|
2.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
(excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)
|
772,314,044
|
95.12%
|
39,651,037
|
4.88%
|
811,965,081
|
61.01
|
12,240,080
|
|
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration
Policy
|
770,924,395
|
94.97%
|
40,859,699
|
5.03%
|
811,784,094
|
61.00
|
12,421,067
|
|
4.
To elect Helen Jones as a Director
|
775,823,010
|
95.57%
|
35,989,387
|
4.43%
|
811,812,397
|
61.00
|
12,392,764
|
|
5.
To re-elect Charles Allen, Lord Allen of
Kensington CBE, as a Director
|
748,585,836
|
90.75%
|
76,333,544
|
9.25%
|
824,919,380
|
61.98
|
243,781
|
|
6.
To re-elect Sue Farr as a Director
|
774,871,347
|
95.44%
|
36,993,671
|
4.56%
|
811,865,018
|
61.00
|
12,340,143
|
|
7.
To re-elect John Gallemore as a
Director
|
769,353,775
|
94.71%
|
43,003,340
|
5.29%
|
812,357,115
|
61.04
|
11,848,046
|
|
8.
To re-elect Gillian Kent as a Director
|
723,112,990
|
89.07%
|
88,753,528
|
10.93%
|
811,866,518
|
61.00
|
12,338,643
|
|
9.
To re-elect Edward Koopman as a
Director
|
773,093,046
|
95.24%
|
38,599,104
|
4.76%
|
811,692,150
|
60.99
|
12,513,511
|
|
10. To
re-elect Dean Moore as a Director
|
770,427,179
|
94.92%
|
41,233,553
|
5.08%
|
811,660,732
|
60.99
|
12,544,929
|
|
11. To
re-elect Matthew Moulding as a Director
|
767,765,775
|
94.53%
|
44,397,750
|
5.47%
|
812,163,525
|
61.02
|
12,011,636
|
|
12. To
re-elect Damian Sanders as a Director
|
774,325,867
|
95.41%
|
37,261,258
|
4.59%
|
811,587,125
|
60.98
|
12,618,036
|
|
13. To
re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the
Company
|
796,888,165
|
98.17%
|
14,855,461
|
1.83%
|
811,743,626
|
60.99
|
12,461,735
|
|
14. To
authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's
remuneration
|
797,297,072
|
98.18%
|
14,769,785
|
1.82%
|
812,066,857
|
61.02
|
12,138,304
|
|
15. To
authorise the Directors to allot shares
|
767,622,543
|
94.55%
|
44,219,098
|
5.45%
|
811,841,641
|
61.00
|
12,363,520
|
|
16. To
authorise political donations
|
688,011,316
|
96.23%
|
26,945,835
|
3.77%
|
714,957,151
|
53.72
|
109,248,010
|
|
17. To
authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption
rights
|
768,909,126
|
94.78%
|
42,350,390
|
5.22%
|
811,259,516
|
60.96
|
12,945,645
|
|
18. To
authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption
rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital
investment
|
770,272,373
|
94.88%
|
41,557,492
|
5.12%
|
811,829,865
|
61.00
|
12,375,496
|
|
19. To
authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
|
789,975,200
|
97.37%
|
21,375,805
|
2.63%
|
811,351,005
|
60.96
|
12,854,156
|
|
20. To
authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings other than
annual general meetings
|
803,692,173
|
99.12%
|
7,133,106
|
0.88%
|
810,825,279
|
60.92
|
13,379,882
|
*The votes of any proxy giving the Chair discretion as to how to
vote have been included in the votes "For" a resolution.
**The total number of ordinary
shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and eligible to be
voted at the AGM was 1,330,878,728.
***A vote withheld is not a vote in
law and is not counted in the calculation of percentage of votes
"For" or "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule
14.3.6R, a copy of all resolutions, other than resolutions
concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available
shortly on the Company's website at
https://www.thg.com/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting-documents.
If
you require further information, please contact:
James Pochin
General Counsel & Company
Secretary
THG PLC
Telephone No.: 020 7250
1446