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Hays PLC
14 November 2018
HAYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018
RESULTS OF THE POLL
Hays plc held its thirty first Annual General Meeting today, 14
November 2018, 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 12
November 2018 was 1,464,096,566 (1,457,139,170 excluding shares
held in Treasury).
POLL RESULTS
The results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution Votes For Votes Against Votes Total Votes Withheld
No. % No. % No. % ISC No.
To receive the
Directors' and
Auditor's Reports
and the financial
statements for
the year ended
1. 30 June 2018 1,206,393,487 99.47 6,464,242 0.53 1,212,857,729 83.24% 5,089,551
To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
2. Report 1,201,141,966 98.72 15,513,481 1.28 1,216,655,447 83.50% 1,291,832
To approve a final
3. dividend 1,217,920,247 100.00 21,033 0.00 1,217,941,280 83.58% 6,000
To approve a special
4. dividend 1,217,888,083 100.00 26,787 0.00 1,217,914,870 83.58% 32,410
To re-elect Andrew
Martin as a director
5. of the Company 1,147,437,719 94.22 70,420,230 5.78 1,217,857,949 83.58% 89,330
To re-elect Alistair
Cox as a director
6. of the Company 1,213,096,625 99.61 4,763,125 0.39 1,217,859,750 83.58% 87,530
To re-elect Paul
Venables as a
director of the
7. Company 1,209,027,435 99.27 8,831,815 0.73 1,217,859,250 83.58% 88,030
To re-elect Torsten
Kreindl as a director
8. of the Company 1,209,214,143 99.29 8,642,907 0.71 1,217,857,050 83.58% 90,230
To re-elect Susan
Murray as a director
9. of the Company 1,203,524,112 98.82 14,326,337 1.18 1,217,850,449 83.58% 96,830
To re-elect MT
Rainey as a director
10. of the Company 1,209,222,001 99.29 8,642,223 0.71 1,217,864,224 83.58% 83,056
To re-elect Peter
Williams as a
director of the
11. Company 1,211,563,161 99.48 6,285,000 0.52 1,217,848,161 83.58% 99,119
To reappoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor
12. of the Company 1,201,885,477 98.68 16,033,967 1.32 1,217,919,444 83.58% 27,835
To authorise the
directors to determine
the auditor's
13. remuneration 1,205,024,698 98.94 12,891,561 1.06 1,217,916,259 83.58% 31,021
To authorise the
Company to make
14. political donations 1,159,155,759 95.19 58,572,120 4.81 1,217,727,879 83.57% 219,401
To authorise the
directors to allot
Ordinary shares
15. in the Company 1,172,744,632 96.29 45,179,176 3.71 1,217,923,808 83.58% 23,472
To authorise the
directors to disapply
16. pre-emption rights* 1,173,402,954 96.35 44,454,309 3.65 1,217,857,263 83.58% 90,017
To authorise the
Company to purchase
17. its own shares* 1,203,093,108 99.17 10,096,270 0.83 1,213,189,378 83.26% 4,757,901
To authorise the
calling of a general
meeting with 14
18. clear days' notice* 1,171,855,781 96.22 46,057,675 3.78 1,217,913,456 83.58% 33,824
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
14 November 2018
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