REG - Howden Joinery Grp - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 8119XHowden Joinery Group PLC06 May 2021
HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 6 May 2021, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.
The AGM was convened with the requisite quorum of at least two shareholders (or their corporate representatives or proxies). The AGM comprised only the formal business as set out in the Notice of AGM (dated 17 March 2021).
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 5 May 2021 was 597,296,306.
The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below:
Votes for (including discretionary votes)
%
Votes for
Votes
against
%
Votes
against
Total number of votes validly cast
% of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast
Votes withheld*
Ordinary Resolutions
1
To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts
470,459,793
99.91%
412,574
0.09%
470,872,367
78.83%
5,551,921
2
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
454,168,793
95.36%
22,107,554
4.64%
476,276,347
79.74%
147,941
3
To declare a final dividend
474,361,001
99.59%
1,946,443
0.41%
476,307,444
79.74%
116,844
4
To elect Paul Hayes
475,440,706
99.83%
831,737
0.17%
476,272,443
79.74%
151,845
5
To re-elect Karen Caddick
473,870,318
99.49%
2,406,457
0.51%
476,276,775
79.74%
147,513
6
To re-elect Andrew Cripps
469,842,585
98.65%
6,431,888
1.35%
476,274,473
79.74%
149,815
7
To re-elect Geoff Drabble
412,648,905
88.72%
52,468,080
11.28%
465,116,985
77.87%
11,307,303
8
To re-elect Louise Fowler
474,581,427
99.64%
1,695,192
0.36%
476,276,619
79.74%
147,669
9
To re-elect Andrew Livingston
476,253,103
100.00%
22,584
0.00%
476,275,687
79.74%
148,601
10
To re-elect Richard Pennycook
455,963,538
99.03%
4,448,350
0.97%
460,411,888
77.08%
16,012,400
11
To re-elect Debbie White
474,585,056
99.64%
1,691,313
0.36%
476,276,369
79.74%
147,919
12
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor
468,371,170
98.34%
7,917,760
1.66%
476,288,930
79.74%
135,358
13
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
475,123,179
99.76%
1,163,350
0.24%
476,286,529
79.74%
137,759
14
To renew authority to make political donations
464,088,858
97.54%
11,710,431
2.46%
475,799,289
79.66%
624,999
15
To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares
452,239,291
94.93%
24,147,676
5.07%
476,386,967
79.76%
37,321
Special Resolutions
16
To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights
472,929,790
99.98%
90,445
0.02%
473,020,235
79.19%
3,404,053
17
To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares
470,729,352
98.91%
5,170,558
1.09%
475,899,910
79.68%
524,378
18
To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice
463,250,629
97.26%
13,043,317
2.74%
476,293,946
79.74%
130,342
*A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.
Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries
Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary: +44 (0) 207 535 1137
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