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THG PLC
24 June 2021
 

THG PLC

(the "Company")

24 June 2021

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 15 were passed by the shareholders of the Company as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. All resolutions were voted on by poll.

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

766,024,640

 

99.99%

 

67,344

0.01%

 

766,091,984

69.67

11,967

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

741,772,628

96.83%

24,320,875

3.17%

766,093,503

69.67

10,448

3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

761,448,375

99.39%

4,645,128

0.61%

766,093,503

69.67

10,448

4. To elect Matthew Moulding as a Director

723,937,052

94.50%

42,156,286

5.50%

766,093,338

69.67

10,613

5. To elect John Gallemore as a Director

744,694,818

97.21%

21,397,001

2.79%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

6. To elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a Director

740,521,176

96.66%

25,570,643

3.34%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

7. To elect Dominic Murphy as a Director

746,861,846

97.49%

19,229,973

2.51%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

8. To elect Edward Koopman as a Director

738,533,021

96.40%

27,558,798

3.60%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

9. To elect Iain McDonald as a Director

731,530,148

95.49%

34,561,671

4.51%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

10. To elect Damian Sanders as a Director

764,173,039

99.75%

1,918,780

0.25%

766,091,819

69.67

12,132

11. To elect Tiffany Hall as a Director

765,010,607

99.86%

1,081,377

0.14%

766,091,984

69.67

11,967

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

761,901,774

99.45%

4,191,029

0.55%

766,092,803

69.67

11,148

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

763,272,819

99.63%

2,820,684

0.37%

766,093,503

69.67

10,448

14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares

708,951,848

92.54%

57,131,913

7.46%

766,083,761

69.67

20,190

15. To authorise political donations

765,998,885

99.99%

103,624

0.01%

766,102,509

69.67

1,442

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

766,043,826

100%

36,968

0.00%

766,080,794

69.67

23,157

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

766,047,021

100%

33,798

0.00%

766,080,819

69.67

23,132

18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

765,009,217

99.86%

1,084,286

0.14%

766,093,503

69.67

10,448

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

757,154,210

98.83%

8,937,774

1.17%

766,091,984

69.67

11,967


*The votes of any proxy giving the Chairman 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 on at the AGM was 1,099,589,978.

***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.

 

If you require further information, please contact:

James Pochin, General Counsel & Company Secretary               
THG PLC
James.Pochin@thehutgroup.com

 

 

 

 

 

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