LEI: 213800OC94PF2D675H41
2 May 2024
Hostelworld Group plc
(the
"Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Company (the
"AGM") was held at 12.00
noon today.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly
passed on a poll and the results of each resolution were as
follows:
|
Resolution
|
For
|
Against
|
Votes
withheld
|
Total proxy votes
cast
|
Percentage of issued share
capital voted (%)
|
|
1. To adopt
the Company's accounts and the Directors' and Auditor's Reports for
the year ended 31 December 2023
|
102,336,844
|
2,030
|
7,126
|
102,338,874
|
81.88%
|
|
2. To approve
the Directors' remuneration report
|
100,272,075
|
2,068,066
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
3. To approve
the Directors' remuneration policy
|
97,628,882
|
2,290,093
|
2,427,025
|
99,918,975
|
79.94%
|
|
4. To
re-elect Michael Cawley as a director
|
98,584,515
|
3,755,625
|
5,860
|
102,340,140
|
81.88%
|
|
5. To
re-elect Carl G. Shepherd as a director
|
99,746,361
|
2,592,511
|
7,128
|
102,338,872
|
81.88%
|
|
6. To
re-elect Éimear Moloney as a director
|
101,712,728
|
627,412
|
5,860
|
102,340,140
|
81.88%
|
|
7. To
re-elect Gary Morrison as a director
|
102,336,844
|
2,030
|
7,126
|
102,338,874
|
81.88%
|
|
8. To
re-elect Evan Cohen as a director
|
101,711,461
|
627,412
|
7,127
|
102,338,873
|
81.88%
|
|
9. To
re-elect Caroline Sherry as a director
|
102,338,071
|
2,070
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
10. To
re-appoint KPMG as auditors to the Company
|
102,335,052
|
5,089
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
11. To
authorise the Directors to fix the auditors'
remuneration
|
102,336,844
|
2,030
|
7,126
|
102,338,874
|
81.88%
|
|
12. To
authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or
conversion rights under section 551 of the Companies Act
2006
|
102,332,304
|
7,837
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
13. To
generally disapply statutory pre-emption rights under the Companies
Act 2006
|
99,909,871
|
2,430,270
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
14. To
further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an
acquisition or specified capital investment
|
99,909,871
|
2,430,270
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
15. To
authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own
shares
|
102,338,111
|
2,030
|
5,859
|
102,340,141
|
81.88%
|
|
16. To
authorise the Company to make political donations and incur
political expenditure
|
96,995,783
|
5,343,297
|
6,920
|
102,339,080
|
81.88%
|
|
17. To
permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days'
notice
|
102,249,934
|
90,206
|
5,860
|
102,340,140
|
81.88%
|
Notes:
Votes 'For' include those votes giving the
Chair discretion.
(i)
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 2 May 2024 was
124,989,783.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
(ii)
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
Resolutions 1 to 12 and 16 proposed at the AGM
were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 to 15 and 17
proposed at the AGM were passed as special resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies
of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting (other than
ordinary business) are being submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
In accordance with the Listing Rules of
Euronext Dublin, a copy of such resolutions has also been forwarded
to Euronext Dublin and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling
and at the following address:
Companies Announcement
Office
Euronext Dublin
28 Anglesea Street
Dublin 2
A copy of this announcement setting
out the results of the AGM is also available on the Company's
website at www.hostelworldgroup.com.
The full text of each of the
resolutions passed at the AGM is set out in the notice of AGM, a
copy of which is available on the Company's website
(www.hostelworldgroup.com).
For further information contact:
Hostelworld Group
plc
Corporate@hostelworld.com
Gary Morrison, Chief Executive
Officer
Caroline Sherry, Chief Financial
Officer
Powerscourt (Financial PR
adviser)
hostelworld@powerscourt-group.com
Eavan Gannon
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446