REG - Sainsbury(J) PLC - Results of AGM
RNS Number : 8046ESainsbury(J) PLC09 July 20219 July 2021
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 6 March 2021, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor
1,792,422,819
99.99
142,296
0.01
1,792,565,115
80.02%
8,944,260
2
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
1,451,672,088
80.61
349,101,055
19.39
1,800,773,143
80.38%
733,825
3
To declare a final dividend of 7.4 pence per ordinary share in respect of the 52 weeks to 6 March 2021
1,797,419,784
99.80
3,573,775
0.20
1,800,993,559
80.39%
515,816
4
To elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
1,797,770,567
99.83
3,116,210
0.17
1,800,886,777
80.39%
619,022
5
To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director
1,797,341,403
99.80
3,545,195
0.20
1,800,886,598
80.39%
616,737
6
To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director
1,664,857,363
92.85
128,118,346
7.15
1,792,975,709
80.03%
8,533,623
7
To re-elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director
1,703,064,813
94.57
97,825,131
5.43
1,800,889,944
80.39%
619,359
8
To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director
1,798,075,536
99.84
2,830,807
0.16
1,800,906,343
80.39%
602,989
9
To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director
1,702,215,836
94.52
98,700,708
5.48
1,800,916,544
80.39%
592,691
10
To re-elect Simon Roberts as a Director
1,799,611,954
99.93
1,298,824
0.07
1,800,910,778
80.39%
599,464
11
To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director
1,786,903,975
99.22
14,000,514
0.78
1,800,904,489
80.39%
604,814
12
To re-elect Keith Weed as a Director
1,797,374,726
99.80
3,526,952
0.20
1,800,901,678
80.39%
607,654
13
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
1,792,590,257
99.54
8,263,153
0.46
1,800,853,410
80.39%
655,922
14
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration
1,800,421,015
99.98
292,339
0.02
1,800,713,354
80.38%
641,128
15
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
1,725,751,861
95.82
75,210,747
4.18
1,800,962,608
80.39%
546,767
16
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)
1,793,827,993
99.61
7,019,961
0.39
1,800,847,954
80.38%
661,378
17
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)
1,705,893,367
94.73
94,970,720
5.27
1,800,864,087
80.39%
645,245
18
To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'
1,450,814,960
99.51
7,120,131
0.49
1,457,935,091
65.08%
343,574,284
19
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)
1,782,093,129
99.19
14,549,901
0.81
1,796,643,030
80.20%
4,863,367
20
To authorise the Directors to operate the J Sainsbury 1980 Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (Sharesave)
1,799,074,459
99.89
1,918,064
0.11
1,800,992,523
80.39%
517,236
21
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)
1,667,836,981
92.61
133,112,773
7.39
1,800,949,754
80.39%
560,005
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 Board was pleased to see all resolutions approved by shareholders. Although Resolution 2 in respect of the Directors' Remuneration Report received the support of the majority of our shareholders, the Board notes that a minority were unsupportive of this resolution. The Remuneration Committee regularly consults with our major shareholders in order to understand their views on key decisions, and we will continue this dialogue in future years.
The total number of voting rights as at 7 July 2021 was 2,240,281,539 shares of 284/7 pence.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection 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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