REG - Sainsbury(J) PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 8933RSainsbury(J) PLC02 July 20202 July 2020
J Sainsbury plc
(the Company)
Results of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
Votes For
% of Votes Cast
Votes Against
% of Votes Cast
Votes cast
Votes cast as a % of ISC
Votes Withheld1
1
To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 7 March 2020, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor
1,686,702,566
99.99
90,831
0.01
1,686,793,397
75.93%
6,095,225
2
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
1,673,523,664
98.87
19,198,952
1.13
1,692,722,616
76.20%
166,057
3
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
1,636,228,923
97.00
50,624,806
3.00
1,686,853,729
75.93%
6,034,944
4
To elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director
1,689,508,598
99.91
1,588,519
0.09
1,691,097,117
76.12%
1,791,557
5
To elect Simon Roberts as a Director
1,690,302,236
99.95
827,662
0.05
1,691,129,898
76.13%
1,759,398
6
To elect Keith Weed as a Director
1,689,307,619
99.89
1,812,051
0.11
1,691,119,670
76.13%
1,769,004
7
To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director
1,689,291,944
99.89
1,865,140
0.11
1,691,157,084
76.13%
1,731,590
8
To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director
1,678,136,652
99.55
7,579,774
0.45
1,685,716,426
75.88%
7,172,248
9
To re-elect David Keens as a Director
1,689,269,287
99.89
1,864,676
0.11
1,691,133,963
76.13%
1,754,711
10
To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director
1,686,304,161
99.72
4,811,338
0.28
1,691,115,499
76.13%
1,773,175
11
To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director
1,683,644,949
99.56
7,496,746
0.44
1,691,141,695
76.13%
1,746,979
12
To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director
1,673,285,764
99.15
14,306,833
0.85
1,687,592,597
75.97%
5,296,077
13
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
1,692,095,034
99.98
319,882
0.02
1,692,414,916
76.18%
473,658
14
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration
1,692,228,433
99.98
284,225
0.02
1,692,512,658
76.19%
376,016
15
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
1,595,265,433
94.24
97,447,437
5.76
1,692,712,870
76.20%
175,804
16
Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)
1,643,935,388
97.12
48,723,825
2.88
1,692,659,213
76.19%
229,116
17
Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)
1,592,181,734
94.06
100,506,465
5.94
1,692,688,199
76.20%
200,474
18
To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'
1,675,523,443
99.08
15,620,192
0.92
1,691,143,635
76.13%
1,745,039
19
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)
1,681,906,011
99.48
8,804,580
0.52
1,690,710,591
76.11%
2,177,872
20
To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan Rules and Trust Deed
1,682,424,922
99.39
10,255,441
0.61
1,692,680,363
76.20%
208,311
21
To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association (Special Resolution)
1,691,865,189
99.98
336,613
0.02
1,692,201,802
76.17%
623,831
22
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)
1,552,372,480
91.70
140,428,907
8.30
1,692,801,387
76.20%
86,430
1A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at 30 June 2020 was 2,221,484,249 ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.
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