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RNS Number : 1245I  Dunelm Group plc  30 November 2022

 

 

Dunelm Group plc

 

(the 'Company')

 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

30 November 2022

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 30 November
2022 at Dunelm's Store Support Centre, Pontylue Way, Watermead Business Park,
Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1AD, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the
Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 21
October 2022 were duly passed.

 

Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands, apart from resolution
31, where the voting was by poll as required by the City Code on Takeovers and
Mergers.

 

Prior to the meeting proxy votes had been received as follows:

 

  Number   Resolution Name          Number of Votes Against  % of Votes Against  Number of Votes For & Discretionary      % of Votes For & Discretionary      Number of Votes Withheld*  % of Votes Withheld*
 01        Accounts                 1,332                    0.00%               180,833,066                              100.00%                             356,909                    0.18
 02        Dividend                 722                      0.00%               181,190,139                              100.00%                             446                        0.00
 03        Will Adderley            1,387,656                0.77%               179,799,030                              99.23%                              4,621                      0.00
 04        Nick Wilkinson           8,119                    0.00%               181,180,934                              100.00%                             2,005                      0.00
 05        Karen Witts              562,902                  0.31%               180,626,927                              99.69%                              1,478                      0.00
 06        Andy Harrison            809,361                  0.45%               180,374,556                              99.55%                              7,141                      0.00
 07        Andy Harrison (ind)**    810,054                  0.85%               94,034,647                               99.15%                              6,079                      0.00
 08        Marion Sears             1,880,746                1.04%               179,309,234                              98.96%                              1,078                      0.00
 09        Marion Sears (ind)**     1,668,184                1.76%               93,181,232                               98.24%                              1,364                      0.00
 10        Ian Bull                 787,800                  0.43%               180,397,165                              99.57%                              6,093                      0.00
 11        Ian Bull (ind)**         787,780                  0.83%               94,056,534                               99.17%                              6,466                      0.00
 12        Arja Taaveniku           690,673                  0.38%               180,495,959                              99.62%                              4,426                      0.00
 13        Arja Taaveniku (ind)**   690,404                  0.73%               94,155,502                               99.27%                              4,874                      0.00
 14        William Reeve            691,814                  0.38%               180,496,586                              99.62%                              2,658                      0.00
 15        William Reeve (ind)**    689,785                  0.73%               94,155,989                               99.27%                              5,006                      0.00
 16        Peter Ruis               689,829                  0.38%               180,495,136                              99.62%                              6,093                      0.00
 17        Peter Ruis (ind)**       689,635                  0.73%               94,154,539                               99.27%                              6,606                      0.00
 18        Vijay Talwar             692,597                  0.38%               180,494,035                              99.62%                              4,426                      0.00
 19        Vijay Talwar (ind)**     692,395                  0.73%               94,153,586                               99.27%                              4,799                      0.00
 20        Kelly Devine             8,243                    0.00%               181,178,796                              100.00%                             4,019                      0.00
 21        Kelly Devine (ind)**     5,981                    0.01%               94,836,912                               99.99%                              7,887                      0.00
 22        Alison Brittain          2,555,533                1.41%               178,633,642                              98.59%                              1,883                      0.00
 23        Alison Brittain (ind)**  2,553,275                2.69%               92,293,193                               97.31%                              4,311                      0.00
 24        Remuneration Report      408,268                  0.23%               177,668,641                              99.77%                              3,114,149                  1.55
 25        Auditors                 78,149                   0.04%               181,111,712                              99.96%                              1,446                      0.00
 26        Auditors' Remuneration   9,003                    0.00%               181,180,737                              100.00%                             1,567                      0.00
 27        Allot Securities         471,985                  0.26%               180,718,732                              99.74%                              590                        0.00
 28        Allot Equity             15,291                   0.01%               181,173,910                              99.99%                              2,106                      0.00
 29        Allot Further Equity     314,524                  0.17%               180,874,677                              99.83%                              2,106                      0.00
 30        Purchase Shares          79,529                   0.04%               180,896,766                              99.96%                              215,012                    0.11
 31        Rule 9 waiver**          1,696,170                1.79%               93,011,865                               98.21%                              415,431                    0.21
 32        14 Days                  2,042,433                1.13%               179,148,872                              98.87%                              2                          0.00
 33        New Articles             74,869                   0.04%               181,113,103                              99.96%                              3,335                      0.00

 

 

* Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a
resolution.

 

At the date of the AGM, the Company has 203,426,835 ordinary shares in issue,
with 2,065,621 ordinary shares in treasury. Total voting rights are therefore
201,361,214.

 

**Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to
vote on resolutions 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23. Members of the
Concert Party (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on
resolution 31. The Controlling Shareholders and the Concert Party Shareholders
were the same parties at the date of the AGM; at that date they hold
86,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 42.88% of the issued ordinary share capital
(excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 , the full text of the resolutions
passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly
be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MDUuMTk3NzA4MDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RhdGEuZmNhLm9yZy51ay8jL25zbS9uYXRpb25hbHN0b3JhZ2VtZWNoYW5pc20ifQ.b7Q7NXHGRA8MjB_Ugl8Tv4JxhiU28TbcoNb04FTTMiY/br/77057564792-l)
.

 

The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice and a copy of this
announcement are available in the investor section of the Company's website at
https://corporate.dunelm.com.

 

 

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

 

Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary

 

investorrelations@dunelm.com (mailto:investorrelations@dunelm.com) .

 

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