FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Pursuant to Rule 13a - - 16 or 15d - 16 of
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of April, 2007
HANSON PLC
1 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7JH, England
[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40F.]
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.]
Yes No X
Exhibit No. 1 - Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 17 April 2007
Exhibit No. 2 - Treasury Stock dated 17 April 2007
Exhibit No. 3 - Treasury Stock dated 18 April 2007
Exhibit No. 4 - Holding(s) in Company dated 20 April 2007
Exhibit No. 5 - Result of AGM dated 24 April 2007
Exhibit No. 6 - Result of AGM dated 24 April 2007
April 17, 2007
HANSON PLC - NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS,
PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMR") OR CONNECTED PERSONS
I have today been notified by D J Szymanski, a PDMR of the Company, that on
April 17, 2007, he exercised an option over 24,397 Hanson ordinary shares of 10p
each ("shares") under the Share Option Plan at a subscription price of 439.6p
per share. Mr Szymanski elected to sell the net number of shares arising, after
accounting for the subscription costs, which resulted in the sale of 11,277
shares at price of 816p per share.
Mr Szymanski further notified that he has today sold an additional 14,394 shares
at a price of 814p per share.
This announcement is intended to satisfy Hanson PLC's obligations under Rule
3.1.4R(1) of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Paul Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
Hanson PLC
Exhibit No. 2
April 17, 2007
HANSON PLC - TREASURY SHARES
Hanson PLC ("Hanson") announces that, following the transfer of 11,277 Hanson
ordinary shares of 10p each ("shares") from the Treasury Shares Account on April
17, 2007 to a participant in the Hanson Share Option Plan to satisfy an exercise
of option, the issued share capital of Hanson is 736,968,849 shares, of which
23,185,387 shares are held in Treasury.
Accordingly, the total number of shares with voting rights is 713,783,462. This
figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change to their interest in, shares in Hanson under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in any
jurisdiction.
Paul Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
Hanson PLC
Exhibit No. 3
April 18, 2007
HANSON PLC - TREASURY SHARES
Hanson PLC ("Hanson") announces that, following the transfer of 9,273 Hanson
ordinary shares of 10p each ("shares") from the Treasury Shares Account on April
18, 2007 to a participant in the Hanson Share Option Plan to satisfy an exercise
of option, the issued share capital of Hanson is 736,968,849 shares, of which
23,176,114 shares are held in Treasury.
Accordingly, the total number of shares with voting rights is 713,792,735. This
figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change to their interest in, shares in Hanson under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in any
jurisdiction.
Paul Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
Hanson PLC
Exhibit No. 4
Hanson PLC
April 20, 2007
Holding in Company
In accordance with the new FSA Disclosure and Transparency Rules Transitional
Provisions relating to voting rights in shares, Hanson has received the
following notifications of interests in shares:
1. Notification from Aviva PLC that, as at January 24, 2007, Aviva
PLC and its subsidiaries, through various registered holdings, had a direct and
notifiable interest in 21,746,791 shares representing 3.05% of the total voting
rights of the Company.
2. Notification from Legal & General Investment Management that, as
at February 21, 2007, Legal & General Group Plc, Legal & General Investment
Management Limited and Legal & General Group Plc had a notifiable interest in
43,996,836 shares, representing 6.17% of the total voting rights of the Company.
Of the notifiable interest, 39,736,581 shares were a direct interest and
4,260,255 shares were indirect.
3. Notification from M&G investments Limited that, as at March 9,
2007, Prudential plc group of companies, through various registered holdings,
had a direct and notifiable interest in 24,841,723 shares, representing 3.48% of
the total voting rights of the Company.
4. Notification from Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings
Investments that, as at January 22, 2007, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its
group, through various registered holdings, had a notifiable interest in
56,713,973 shares representing 7.962% of the total voting rights of the Company.
Of the notifiable interest, 1,838,581 shares were a direct interest and
54,875,392 were indirect.
5. Notification from Citigroup that, as at March 23, 2007, Standard
Life Investments Limited, through Vidacos Nominees, had a notifiable interest in
35,737,843 shares, representing 5.017% of the total voting rights of the
Company. Of the notifiable interest, 23,571,493 shares were a direct interest.
The shares referred to above are ordinary shares of 10p each in Hanson and the
total number of shares in issue carrying the right to vote, as at April 20,
2007, is 713,792,735.
Yours faithfully
Paul Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
Exhibit No. 5
April 24, 2007
2007 Annual General Meeting Resolutions
The Hanson PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at The
Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL at
11.00am.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a show of hands. The
number of votes which were lodged by proxy for and against each of the
resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as
follows:
Votes for % of shares Votes against Votes total Votes withheld
voted
1. Accounts and the reports of 507,005,743 99.86 722,133 507,727,876 549,251
the directors and of the
auditors for the year ended
December 31, 2006
2. Remuneration Report 495,018,091 98.75 6,287,756 501,305,847 6,971,280
3. Declaration of dividend 508,177,751 99.99 31,991 508,209,742 67,385
4a. Re-election of M W Welton 505,798,651 99.54 2,315,310 508,113,961 163,166
4b. Re-election of J W Leng 507,635,181 99.91 451,981 508,087,162 189,965
4c. Re-election of G Dransfield 507,123,314 99.82 908,021 508,031,335 245,792
4d. Election of P S Binning 507,231,915 99.84 818,613 508,050,528 226,599
5. Re-appointment of the 503,567,459 99.87 673,847 504,241,306 4,035,821
auditors and determination
of the auditors' remuneration
6a. Authority to allot shares 504,653,960 99.33 3,411,206 508,065,166 211,961
generally
6b. Limited authority to allot 506,851,507 99.77 1,188,676 508,040,183 236,944
shares for cash
7. Limited authority to 507,752,697 99.94 310,891 508,063,588 213,539
purchase shares
8. Approval of the Hanson 506,413,545 99.69 1,559,076 507,972,621 304,506
Sharesave Scheme 2007
9. Electronic communications 506,571,838 99.79 1,069,698 507,641,536 635,591
Notes:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the
percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
2. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a
resolution is carried.
3. Resolutions 6a, 6b, 7, 8 and 9 are items of special business and
resolutions 6b, 7 and 9 are Special Resolutions.
4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding shares held in
treasury, as at the time of this announcement is 713,772,185.
Exhibit No. 6
April 24, 2007
Hanson PLC - Resolutions passed at the AGM
As required under 9.6.2 R of the Listing Rules, Hanson PLC has submitted two
copies of all the resolutions passed at the AGM with the UK Listing Authority
this will be available for inspection shortly at the UK Listing Authority's
Document View Facility, which is situated at:-
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Inquiries:
Paul Tunnacliffe
Hanson PLC
+44 (0)20 7245 1245
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
HANSON PLC
By: /s/ Graham Dransfield
Date: May 01, 2007