13 November 2024
Hansard Global
plc
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 13 November
2024
Hansard Global plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual
General Meeting ("AGM")
held on 13 November 2024, Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) as
ordinary resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands and the
results of the proxy votes are as follows:
|
|
RESOLUTION
|
VOTES
FOR
|
% OF
VOTES CAST
|
VOTES
AGAINST
|
% OF
VOTES CAST
|
VOTES CAST IN TOTAL
|
TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE
CAPITAL
|
VOTES WITHHELD
|
|
1.
|
To receive the Company's 2024
financial statements, together with the Directors' Report and
auditor's report thereon.
|
97,869,658
|
99.95
|
44,253
|
0.05
|
97,913,911
|
71
|
0
|
|
2.
|
To approve the Remuneration Report
for the year ended 30 June 2024
|
97,667,929
|
99.76
|
239,109
|
0.24
|
97,907,038
|
71
|
6,873
|
|
3.
|
To declare a final dividend of 2.65
pence per share.
|
97,906,458
|
99.99
|
7453
|
0.01
|
97,913,911
|
71
|
0
|
|
4.
|
To re-elect Mr P B Kay as a
director.
|
97,837,351
|
99.93
|
70,688
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
5.
|
To re-elect T Morfett as a
director.
|
97,837,351
|
99.93
|
70,688
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
6.
|
To elect Mr O Byrne as a
director.
|
97,818,780
|
99.91
|
89,259
|
0.09
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect Mr D J G Peach as a
director
|
97,837,351
|
99.93
|
70,688
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
8.
|
To re-elect Mr J Ribeiro as a
director
|
97,837,351
|
99.93
|
70,688
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
9.
|
To elect Mrs EN Harwerth as a
director
|
97,838,780
|
99.93
|
69,259
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
10.
|
To re-elect Mr M A L Polonsky as a
director.
|
97,837,351
|
99.93
|
70,688
|
0.07
|
97,908,039
|
71
|
5,872
|
|
11.
|
To appoint KPMG Audit LLC, Isle of
Man as auditor.
|
97,776,753
|
99.89
|
107,121
|
0.11
|
97,883,874
|
71
|
30,037
|
|
12.
|
To authorise the Directors to
determine the auditor's remuneration.
|
97,853,725
|
99.94
|
55,186
|
0.06
|
97,908,911
|
71
|
5,000
|
Votes of shareholders excluding the
controlling shareholder/related parties on resolution(s) 7, 8 and 9
(election of independent non-executive directors)
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RESOLUTION
|
VOTES
FOR
|
VOTES
AGAINST
|
VOTES
WITHHELD
|
|
7
|
31,083,324
|
70,688
|
5,872
|
|
8
|
31,083,324
|
70,688
|
5,872
|
|
9
|
31,084,753
|
69,259
|
5,872
|
Notes:
1. Proxy Results are
taken from the 28 valid Forms of Proxies received.
2. Any proxy
appointments giving discretion to the Chair of the Meeting have
been included in the "For" total.
3. A vote "Withheld" is
not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the
votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. The Company's total
ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 13 November
2024 were 137,557,079. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one
vote per ordinary share held.
5. As the Company has a
controlling shareholder, Dr Polonsky CBE, resolutions 7,8 and 9 to
re-elect Mr Peach and Mr Ribeiro and elect Mrs EN Harwerth
(independent non-executive directors) has under 6.2.8R been
approved by a majority of the votes cast by:
(a) the shareholders of the Company;
and
(b) the independent shareholders of
the Company.
Enquiries:
Hansard Global plc
+44 (0) 1624 688
000
Hazel Stewart, Company
Secretary
Email:
investor-relations@hansard.com
LEI number:
213800ZJ9F2EA3Q24K05
Notes to editors:
· Hansard Global
plc is the holding company of the Hansard Group of companies. The
Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in December 2006.
The Group is a specialist long-term savings provider, based in the
Isle of Man.
· The Group
offers a range of flexible and tax-efficient investment products
within a life assurance policy wrapper, designed to appeal to
affluent, international investors.
· The Group
utilises a controlled cost distribution model via a network of
independent financial advisors and the retail operations of certain
financial institutions who provide access to their clients in more
than 170 countries.
· The principal
geographic markets in which the Group currently services contract
holders and financial advisors are the Middle East & Africa,
the Far East and Latin America. These markets are served by
Hansard International Limited and Hansard Worldwide
Limited.
· Hansard Europe
dac previously operated in Western Europe but closed to new
business with effect from 30 June 2013.
· The Group's
objective is to grow by attracting new business and positioning
itself to adapt rapidly to market trends and conditions. The
scalability and flexibility of the Group's operations allow it to
enter or develop new geographic markets and exploit growth
opportunities within existing markets without the need for
significant further investment.
