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RNS Number : 7291T  Dunelm Group plc  16 November 2023

16 November 2023

 

Dunelm Group plc

 

(the 'Company')

 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 16 November
2023 at Stoke 2 Distribution Centre, White Rock Road, Prologis Park,
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4FA ("AGM"), a poll was taken on all resolutions set out in
Part 5 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice"). All resolutions
put to the meeting were duly passed by the members entitled to vote.

 

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the
meeting are as follows:

 

 #   Resolution Name         Number of Votes For & Discretionary      % of Votes For & Discretionary      Number of Votes Against  % of Votes Against  Votes Total  % ISC  Votes Withheld
 Votes of all shareholders
 01  Accounts                179,681,300                              100.00%                             2,125                    0.00%               179,683,425  88.97  337,909
 02  Dividend                179,464,643                              99.69%                              555,879                  0.31%               180,020,522  89.14  812
 03  Will Adderley           176,536,551                              98.07%                              3,481,694                1.93%               180,018,245  89.14  3,089
 04  Nick Wilkinson          179,679,831                              99.81%                              339,608                  0.19%               180,019,439  89.14  1,895
 05  Karen Witts             179,229,297                              99.56%                              789,256                  0.44%               180,018,553  89.14  2,781
 06  Alison Brittain         177,976,684                              98.87%                              2,041,609                1.13%               180,018,293  89.14  3,041
 07  Marion Sears            177,009,762                              98.33%                              3,010,291                1.67%               180,020,053  89.14  1,281
 08  Ian Bull                178,855,133                              99.35%                              1,163,420                0.65%               180,018,553  89.14  2,781
 09  Arja Taaveniku          178,854,711                              99.35%                              1,163,742                0.65%               180,018,453  89.14  2,881
 10  William Reeve           178,855,484                              99.35%                              1,163,069                0.65%               180,018,553  89.14  2,781
 11  Peter Ruis              178,854,691                              99.35%                              1,163,462                0.65%               180,018,153  89.14  3,181
 12  Vijay Talwar            178,854,497                              99.35%                              1,163,956                0.65%               180,018,453  89.14  2,881
 13  Kelly Devine            178,856,646                              99.35%                              1,161,507                0.65%               180,018,153  89.14  3,181
 14  Remuneration Policy     178,045,253                              99.12%                              1,573,989                0.88%               179,619,242  88.94  402,092
 15  Remuneration Report     172,705,866                              99.35%                              1,128,014                0.65%               173,833,880  86.08  6,187,454
 16  Auditors                179,939,472                              99.96%                              79,527                   0.04%               180,018,999  89.14  2,335
 17  Auditors' Remuneration  180,011,766                              100.00%                             8,349                    0.00%               180,020,115  89.14  1,219
 18  Allot Securities        179,044,101                              99.46%                              970,297                  0.54%               180,014,398  89.14  6,936
 19  Allot Equity            180,004,092                              99.99%                              10,701                   0.01%               180,014,793  89.14  6,541
 20  Allot Further Equity    179,810,003                              99.89%                              203,990                  0.11%               180,013,993  89.14  7,341
 21  Purchase Shares         176,994,332                              98.41%                              2,853,852                1.59%               179,848,184  89.06  173,150
 22  Rule 9 waiver           87,920,892                               95.28%                              4,358,936                4.72%               92,279,828   45.69  1,401,227
 23  14 Days                 178,176,397                              98.98%                              1,844,393                1.02%               180,020,790  89.14  544
 24  LTIP rules              179,103,125                              99.51%                              878,242                  0.49%               179,981,367  89.12  39,967
 25  SAYE rules              179,964,177                              99.97%                              55,190                   0.03%               180,019,367  89.14  1,967

 Votes of independent shareholders only

 06  Alison Brittain         91,636,405                               97.82%                              2,041,609                2.18%               93,678,014   81.03  3,041
 07  Marion Sears            90,669,483                               96.79%                              3,010,291                3.21%               93,679,774   81.03  1,281
 08  Ian Bull                92,514,854                               98.76%                              1,163,420                1.24%               93,678,274   81.03  2,781
 09  Arja Taaveniku          92,514,432                               98.76%                              1,163,742                1.24%               93,678,174   81.03  2,881
 10  William Reeve           92,515,205                               98.76%                              1,163,069                1.24%               93,678,274   81.03  2,781
 11  Peter Ruis              92,514,412                               98.76%                              1,163,462                1.24%               93,677,874   81.03  3,181
 12  Vijay Talwar            92,514,218                               98.76%                              1,163,956                1.24%               93,678,174   81.03  2,881
 13  Kelly Devine            92,516,367                               98.76%                              1,161,507                1.24%               93,677,874   81.03  3,181

 

Notes:

 

1.   At the date of the AGM, the Company has 203,426,835 ordinary shares in
issue, with 1,476,947 ordinary shares in treasury. Total voting rights are
therefore 201,949,888.

 

2.   The Controlling Shareholder and the Concert Party (each as defined in
the AGM Notice) were the same parties at the date of the AGM. On that date
they held 86,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 42.80% of the issued ordinary share
capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights. Such persons were not
eligible to vote on resolution 22. Resolutions 6-13 have been counted
separately excluding such persons.

 

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

 

4.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to 'the Chair of the meeting'
have been included in the 'For' totals above.

 

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, 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:

 

Luisa Wright, Company Secretary

 
 

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

 

 

 

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