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KingfisherAnnouncement

13/06/2017 16:45

RNS Number : 9879H
Kingfisher PLC
13 June 2017
KINGFISHER PLC
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, DIRECTORATE CHANGE
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') announces the results of voting on resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Tuesday 13 June 2017, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions which were all passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are presented in the table below. 
The Company also confirms that, following the conclusion of the Company's 2017 AGM, Daniel Bernard retired from the Board and Andy Cosslett became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Andy Cosslett is now a member of both the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. 
Resolution
Votes 
For*
%
Votes Against
%
Total
Votes
% of ISC
Votes**
Withheld
1
To receive the report and accounts
1,731,724,865
99.66
5,913,848
0.34
1,737,638,713
78.61
828,289
2
To approve the directors' remuneration report
1,710,904,475
98.82
20,440,793
1.18
1,731,345,268
78.32
7,122,213
3
To declare the final dividend
1,738,160,114
100.00
17,407
0.00
1,738,177,521
78.63
286,907
4
To appoint Andy Cosslett as a director
1,735,386,389
99.84
2,734,669
0.16
1,738,121,058
78.63
345,944
5
To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director
1,735,920,581
99.87
2,208,831
0.13
1,738,129,412
78.63
337,590
6
To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director
1,737,927,454
99.99
195,597
0.01
1,738,123,051
78.63
343,951
7
To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director
1,736,604,230
99.91
1,524,219
0.09
1,738,128,449
78.63
338,553
8
To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director
1,729,117,159
99.48
9,006,450
0.52
1,738,123,609
78.63
343,393
9
To re-appoint Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director
1,596,078,784
91.83
142,038,885
8.17
1,738,117,669
78.63
349,332
10
To re-appoint Veronique Laury as a director
1,737,904,796
99.99
193,091
0.01
1,738,097,887
78.63
369,115
11
To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director
1,737,928,100
99.99
195,490
0.01
1,738,123,590
78.63
343,412
12
To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director
1,728,904,364
99.47
9,220,959
0.53
1,738,125,323
78.63
341,679
13
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
1,727,553,416
99.84
2,695,811
0.16
1,730,249,227
78.27
8,210,450
14
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration
1,737,855,649
99.98
292,852
0.02
1,738,148,501
78.63
318,501
15
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations
1,677,681,425
97.01
51,769,031
2.99
1,729,450,456
78.24
9,001,706
16
To authorise the directors to allot shares
1,625,851,017
93.79
107,737,484
6.21
1,733,588,501
78.42
4,867,546
17
To disapply pre-emption rights
1,706,742,835
99.89
1,909,616
0.11
1,708,652,451
77.30
29,814,551
18
To authorise the company to purchase its own shares
1,722,995,547
99.23
13,367,818
0.77
1,736,363,365
78.55
2,103,636
19
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice
1,606,580,411
92.89
123,002,182
7.11
1,729,582,593
78.24
8,884,407
20
To adopt new Articles of Association
1,736,566,519
99.92
1,474,271
0.08
1,738,040,790
78.63
426,035
NOTES
* Includes discretionary votes
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of 
 votes for and against a resolution.
As at 6.00pm on Friday 9 June 2017, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,210,531,432 shares of 15 5/7 pence each.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Kingfisher website at www.kingfisher.com/agm. A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available on the Kingfisher website, also at www.kingfisher.com/agm.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than those considered ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
CONTACT
For further information, please contact: 
Paul Moore, Group Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)207 644 1041
Kingfisher plc
3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6PX

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