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RNS Number : 4681D  Howden Joinery Group PLC  07 May 2026

 

7 May 2026

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 May 2026, 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 16 were passed as ordinary
resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

 

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 6 May 2026 was 540,015,975.

 

The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were
as set out below:

 

                                                                                              Votes for (including discretionary votes)  %             Votes                                         %         Total number of votes validly cast  % of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast  Votes withheld*

                                                                                                                                          Votes for    against                                       Votes

                                                                                                                                                                                                     against
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1            To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts                                         456,168,435                      100.00%                        13,623                       0.00%               456,182,058               84.24%                                                                                    208,522
 2            To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                             428,423,499                      95.33%                  20,974,357                          4.67%               449,397,856               82.99%                                                                                 6,992,724
 3            To declare a final dividend of 16.9 pence per ordinary share                              456,365,323                      100.00%                           6,397                     0.00%               456,371,720               84.28%                                                                                      18,860
 4            To elect Jacqueline Callaway                                                              453,993,393                      99.48%                    2,355,373                         0.52%               456,348,766               84.27%                                                                                      41,814
 5            To re-elect Roisin Currie                                                                 451,670,367                      98.98%                    4,634,862                         1.02%               456,305,229               84.26%                                                                                      85,351
 6            To re-elect Louis Eperjesi                                                                425,158,456                      98.64%                    5,877,624                         1.36%               431,036,080               79.60%                                                                             25,354,500
 7            To re-elect Louise Fowler                                                                 451,658,632                      98.98%                    4,645,313                         1.02%               456,303,945               84.26%                                                                                      86,634
 8            To re-elect Andrew Livingston                                                             455,450,918                      99.81%                       857,485                        0.19%               456,308,403               84.26%                                                                                      82,176
 9            To re-elect Tim Lodge                                                                     449,957,767                      98.61%                    6,344,779                         1.39%               456,302,546               84.26%                                                                                      88,033
 10           To re-elect Vanda Murray                                                                  443,915,294                      97.29%                  12,386,734                          2.71%               456,302,028               84.26%                                                                                      88,551
 11           To re-elect Suzy Neubert                                                                  451,666,371                      98.98%                    4,633,118                         1.02%               456,299,489               84.26%                                                                                      91,090
 12           To re-elect Peter Ventress                                                                433,404,428                      94.98%                 22,895,469                           5.02%               456,299,897               84.26%                                                                                      90,682
 13           To reappoint KPMG LLP ('KPMG') as auditor                                                 456,237,819                      99.98%                       113,600                        0.02%               456,351,419               84.27%                                                                                      39,160
 14           To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration                        456,260,172                      99.98%                         88,519                       0.02%               456,348,691               84.27%                                                                                      41,888
 15           To renew authority to make political donations                                            421,031,351                      97.69%                    9,971,633                         2.31%               431,002,984               79.59%                                                                              25,386,095
 16           To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares                                         418,282,257                      91.67%                 38,027,535                           8.33%               456,309,792               84.27%                                                                                      80,787
 Special Resolutions
 17           To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights            429,385,850                      99.62%                    1,650,208                         0.38%               431,036,058               79.60%                                                                               25,354,521
 18           To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's               456,127,610                      99.98%                       103,974                        0.02%               456,231,584               84.25%                                                                                    158,995
              own shares
 19           To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice                         445,707,446                      97.66%                  10,662,236                          2.34%               456,369,682               84.28%                                                                                      20,897

*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/
(http://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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

Enquiries

Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary:
                +44 (0) 207 535 1110

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