Halfords Group PLC (HFD)
09-Sep-2024 / 11:30 GMT/BST
Halfords Group plc Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Halfords Group plc (the “Company”) announces that all resolutions were passed on a poll at its Annual General Meeting held on 6 September 2024. The results are detailed below. As at the close of business on 4 September 2024, being the AGM voting record date, the total number of shares on the register was 218,928,736. | Resolution | For | Against | Total votes validly cast | % of shares on register at 3.00 pm on 4 September 2024 | No. of Votes Withheld** | | No. of Votes | % | No. of Votes | % | | 1 | Receive the Audited Financial Statements | 164,650,453 | 99.53 | 774,614 | 0.47 | 165,425,067 | 75.56% | 160,072 | | 2 | Declare a final dividend | 165,563,304 | 99.99 | 16,416 | 0.01 | 165,579,720 | 75.63% | 5,419 | | 3 | Approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report | 164,174,192 | 99.16 | 1,394,926 | 0.84 | 165,569,118 | 75.63% | 16,021 | | 4 | Re-elect Keith Williams as a Director | 164,108,609 | 99.11 | 1,468,638 | 0.89 | 165,577,247 | 75.63% | 7,891 | | 5 | Re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director | 164,073,131 | 99.10 | 1,486,754 | 0.90 | 165,559,885 | 75.62% | 25,253 | | 6 | Re-elect Tom Singer as a Director | 164,277,452 | 99.22 | 1,298,295 | 0.78 | 165,575,747 | 75.63% | 9,391 | | 7 | Re-elect Tanvi Gokhale as a Director | 164,274,669 | 99.21 | 1,300,293 | 0.79 | 165,574,962 | 75.63% | 10,176 | | 8 | Re-elect Graham Stapleton as a Director | 164,852,134 | 99.56 | 725,113 | 0.44 | 165,577,247 | 75.63% | 7,891 | | 9 | Re-elect Jo Hartley as a Director | 164,838,249 | 99.56 | 728,143 | 0.44 | 165,566,392 | 75.63% | 18,746 | | 10 | Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor | 164,751,203 | 99.51 | 812,567 | 0.49 | 165,563,770 | 75.62% | 21,369 | | 11 | Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor | 164,775,129 | 99.52 | 787,450 | 0.48 | 165,562,579 | 75.62% | 22,560 | | 12 | Authorise the Company to make political donations | 145,853,013 | 88.09 | 19,723,413 | 11.91 | 165,576,426 | 75.63% | 8,713 | | 13 | Renew the general authority to allot relevant securities | 164,112,615 | 99.12 | 1,464,630 | 0.88 | 165,577,245 | 75.63% | 7,894 | | 14 | Disapply statutory pre-emption rights* | 165,510,620 | 99.96 | 62,876 | 0.04 | 165,573,496 | 75.63% | 11,643 | | 15 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 165,511,167 | 99.98 | 37,155 | 0.02 | 165,548,322 | 75.62% | 36,817 | | 16 | Authorise that general meetings, other than AGMs can be called on 14 days’ clear notice* | 163,596,354 | 98.80 | 1,982,537 | 1.20 | 165,578,891 | 75.63% | 6,248 | | 17 | Authorise the approval of the Halfords Performance Share Plan 2024 | 163,382,795 | 98.68 | 2,180,363 | 1.32 | 165,563,158 | 75.62% | 21,981 |
Notes * Special resolution requiring a 75% majority. **A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes “For” and “Against” a resolution. These results will also be made available on the Company’s website, and in accordance with LR 9.6.2 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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