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RNS Number : 3952MHowden Joinery Group PLC06 May 2015HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of Howden Joinery Group Plc held on 6 May 2015, 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 13 to 18 were passed as special business of the AGM. Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the close of business on 5 May 2015 was 651,580,815.
The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.
Resolution Number
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*
1
Annual report & accounts
482,945,123
99.61
1,873,218
0.39
484,818,341
74.41%
225,848
2
Directors' remuneration report
472,485,448
97.46
12,336,984
2.54
484,822,432
74.41%
221,756
3
Final Dividend
484,838,872
100.00
3,344
0.00
484,842,216
74.41%
201,973
4
Re-elect Will Samuel
476,679,031
98.38
7,850,284
1.62
484,529,315
74.36%
514,373
5
Re-elect Matthew Ingle
483,553,136
99.73
1,286,180
0.27
484,839,316
74.41%
204,873
6
Re-elect Mark Robson
483,357,033
99.69
1,481,456
0.31
484,838,489
74.41%
205,700
7
Re-elect Mark Allen
477,431,315
99.43
2,716,428
0.57
480,147,743
73.69%
4,896,445
8
Re-elect Tiffany Hall
484,149,327
99.86
690,089
0.14
484,839,416
74.41%
204,773
9
Re-elect Richard Pennycook
477,428,174
98.47
7,409,165
1.53
484,837,339
74.41%
206,850
10
Re-elect Michael Wemms
484,167,009
99.86
670,557
0.14
484,837,566
74.41%
206,623
11
Re-appoint Auditors
462,377,741
95.37
22,452,908
4.63
484,830,649
74.41%
213,539
12
Auditors' Remuneration
478,579,736
98.71
6,242,438
1.29
484,822,174
74.41%
221,515
13
Authority to make political donations
479,706,347
98.96
5,056,203
1.04
484,762,550
74.40%
280,389
14
Approval of share plan rules
484,143,893
99.86
678,773
0.14
484,822,666
74.41%
219,523
15
Authority to allot shares
460,472,562
95.04
24,017,887
4.96
484,490,449
74.36%
551,740
16
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
475,657,793
99.95
258,170
0.05
475,915,963
73.04%
9,126,226
17
Purchase own shares
484,797,786
99.99
35,559
0.01
484,833,345
74.41%
208,844
18
Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice
454,733,702
93.79
30,104,424
6.21
484,838,126
74.41%
206,063
*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.
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 www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: http://www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/
Enquiries should be directed to:
Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary: +44 (0)207 535 1137
This information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock ExchangeENDRAGUNUSRVKAVRAR
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