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THG PLC
10 June 2022
 

THG PLC

(the "Company")

10 June 2022

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following its annual general meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting") which was held today at 12:30 p.m., the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions which were put to the Meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 9 and 11 to 17 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by poll.

As disclosed in the Company's announcement dated 8 June 2022, resolution 10 was withdrawn from the agenda of the AGM.

Total votes received for each ordinary resolution and special resolution proposed at the AGM were as follows:

Resolution

*Votes For

%age of Votes Cast

Votes Against

%age of Votes Cast

Total Votes Cast

**%age of ISC Voted

***Votes Withheld

1.     To receive the Report & Accounts

728,929,689

99.97%

209,388

0.03%

729,139,077

59.70

4,502,824

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)

718,217,975

99.88%

885,296

0.12%

719,103,271

58.88

14,538,630

3.     To approve the changes to the Directors' Remuneration Policy

718,254,407

99.88%

827,864

0.12%

719,082,271

58.88

14,559,630

4.     To approve the adoption of The THG PLC 2022 Executive Long-Term Incentive Plan

718,241,430

99.88%

859,927

0.12%

719,101,357

58.88

14,540,544

5.     To elect Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, as a Director

715,283,886

99.81%

1,379,988

0.19%

716,663,874

58.68

16,978,027

6.     To elect Andreas Hansson as a Director

719,844,283

98.83%

8,489,497

1.17%

728,333,780

59.64

5,308,121

7.     To re-elect Matthew Moulding as a Director

722,098,716

99.03%

7,039,736

0.97%

729,138,452

59.70

4,503,449

8.     To re-elect John Gallemore as a Director

719,353,133

98.66%

9,744,874

1.34%

729,098,007

59.70

4,543,894

9.     To re-elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a Director

693,762,413

95.16%

35,265,292

4.84%

729,027,705

59.69

4,614,196

10.  To re-elect Dominic Murphy as a Director

RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN

11.  To re-elect Edward Koopman as a Director

704,385,751

98.46%

11,051,227

1.54%

715,436,978

58.58

18,204,923

12.  To re-elect Iain McDonald as a Director

663,798,629

91.05%

65,269,221

8.95%

729,067,850

59.70

4,574,051

13.  To re-elect Damian Sanders as a Director

712,422,068

99.58%

3,014,765

0.42%

715,436,833

58.58

18,205,068

14.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor of the Company

728,766,402

99.97%

239,392

0.03%

729,005,794

59.69

4,636,107

15.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration

728,955,440

99.98%

138,475

0.02%

729,093,915

59.70

4,547,986

16.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares

714,992,009

99.50%

3,588,240

0.50%

718,580,249

58.84

15,061,652

17.  To authorise political donations

676,887,481

99.81%

1,266,843

0.19%

678,154,324

55.53

55,487,577

18.  To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights

704,398,567

99.91%

633,501

0.09%

705,032,068

57.73

28,609,833

19.  To authorise the Directors to further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment

704,890,898

99.91%

619,334

0.09%

705,510,232

57.77

28,131,669

20.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

718,957,668

99.98%

118,620

0.02%

719,076,288

58.88

14,565,613

21.  To authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

724,094,982

99.31%

5,036,154

0.69%

729,131,136

59.70

4,510,765


*The votes of any proxy giving the Chair discretion as to how to vote have been included in the votes "For" a resolution.

**The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,221,278,967.

***A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentage of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, a copy of all resolutions, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website at https://www.thg.com/agm-2022/.

 

If you require further information, please contact:

James Pochin, General Counsel & Company Secretary               
THG PLC
Telephone No.: 020 7250 1446

 

 

 

 

 

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