HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its twenty fifth Annual General Meeting today, 7 November 2012, at the Royal College of Physicians,
11 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, London NW1 4LE at 12 noon. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The
results are shown below.
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Votes Votes Votes
Resolution For % For Against Withheld
1. To receive and adopt the Directors'
and Auditor's Reports and the
financial statements for the year
ended 30 June 2012 1,072,992,244 99.12 9,510,123 86,313
2. To declare a final dividend for
the year ended 30 June 2012 1,081,653,104 99.91
921,356 14,220
3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report 1,059,948,272 98.19 19,534,121 3,106,286
4. To reappoint Pippa Wicks as a
director of the Company 1,080,427,202 99.81
2,081,118 80,360
5. To reappoint Alan Thomson as a
director of the Company 1,080,431,349 99.81 2,076,804 80,527
6. To reappoint Alistair Cox as a
director of the Company 1,080,474,605 99.81 2,035,948 78,127
7. To reappoint Paul Venables as a
director of the Company 1,080,477,591 99.81 2,030,362 80,727
8. To reappoint William Eccleshare
as a director of the Company 1,080,406,310 99.81
2,102,380 79,990
9. To reappoint Paul Harrison as a
director of the Company 1,080,405,398 99.81 2,099,203 84,079
10. To reappoint Victoria Jarman as a
director of the Company 1,080,424,235 99.81 2,089,824 74,621
11. To reappoint Richard Smelt as a
director of the Company 1,080,388,618 99.80 2,116,321 83,741
12. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as
Auditor of the Company 1,081,853,529 99.94 659,150 76,001
13. To authorise the directors to
determine the Auditor's
remuneration 1,081,575,563 99.93 729,244 283,873
14. To authorise the directors to
allot Ordinary shares in the
Company 1,059,782,175 97.90 22,772,478 34,027
15. To authorise the directors to
disapply pre-emption rights * 1,082,104,399 99.97 362,738
121,543
16. To authorise the Company to
purchase its own shares * 1,071,207,774 99.87
1,417,603 9,963,303
17. To authorise the calling of a
general meeting with 14 clear
days' notice * 1,046,559,607 96.67 35,995,078 33,995
18. To approve the 2012 Performance
Share Plan 1,009,254,694 94.01
64,266,638 9,067,347
Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.
The total number of votes cast was 1,082,588,680 which
represents 73.94% of the Company's issued share capital (77.42%
excluding shares held in Treasury in respect of which no votes were
cast).
The total number of shares in issue at the close of business on
5 November 2012 was 1,464,096,566
(1,398,296,896 excluding shares held in Treasury).
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available at
hays.com/investors.
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 Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Neil Tsappis
Deputy Company Secretary
7 November 2012