REG - Kingfisher PLC - Result of AGM

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12/06/2018 17:15

RNS Number : 1769R
Kingfisher PLC
12 June 2018
 


 
KINGFISHER PLC
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, DIRECTORATE CHANGE
 
Tuesday 12 June 2018
 
Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') announces the results of voting on resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Tuesday 12 June 2018, 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 2018 AGM, Andrew Bonfield retired from the Board and Jeff Carr became Chairman of the Audit Committee. Jeff Carr is also now a member of the Nomination Committee.
 




Resolution


Votes
For*


%


Votes Against


%


Total

Votes


% of ISC


Votes**
Withheld
 




1


To receive the report and accounts


1,720,929,172


99.91


1,577,052


0.09


1,722,506,224


80.42


1,052,835




2


To approve the directors' remuneration report


1,685,785,098


98.05


33,484,744


1.95


1,719,269,842


80.26


4,289,317




3


To declare the final dividend


1,723,159,486


100.00


43,483


0.00


1,723,202,969


80.45


356,190




4


To appoint Jeff Carr as a director


1,714,690,099


99.51


8,460,183


0.49


1,723,150,282


80.45


408,877




5


To re-appoint Andy Cosslett as a director


1,700,246,518


98.67


22,909,317


1.33


1,723,155,835


80.45


403,324




6


To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director


1,717,329,121


99.66


5,824,663


0.34


1,723,153,784


80.45


405,374




7


To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director


1,720,357,313


99.84


2,794,692


0.16


1,723,152,005


80.45


407,154




8


To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director


1,703,287,986


98.85


19,860,652


1.15


1,723,148,638


80.45


410,020




9


To re-appoint Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director


1,597,203,814


92.75


124,801,915


7.25


1,722,005,729


80.39


1,552,930




10


To re-appoint Veronique Laury as a director


1,721,788,949


99.92


1,301,821


0.08


1,723,090,770


80.44


467,889




11


To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director


1,697,212,069


98.49


25,936,963


1.51


1,723,149,032


80.45


410,127




12


To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director


1,714,943,290


99.51


8,384,767


0.49


1,723,328,057


80.45


398,102




13


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors


1,706,559,239


99.30


11,954,683


0.70


1,718,513,922


80.23


5,045,236




14


To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration


1,712,439,013


99.38


10,736,138


0.62


1,723,175,151


80.45


384,008




15


To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations


1,663,947,016


96.57


59,118,659


3.43


1,723,065,675


80.44


485,255




16


To authorise the directors to allot shares


1,519,668,195


88.18


203,748,423


11.82


1,723,416,618


80.46


141,637




17


To disapply pre-emption rights


1,692,631,791


99.45


9,316,517


0.55


1,701,948,308


79.46


21,610,851




18


To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional fiver percent


1,633,760,659


95.99


68,192,204


4.01


1,701,952,863


79.46


21,606,178




19


To authorise the company to purchase its own shares


1,688,041,723


98.03


33,964,852


1.97


1,722,006,575


80.39


1,549,278




20


To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice


1,597,694,111


92.72


125,479,025


7.28


1,723,173,136


80.45


386,023




 
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 10.00pm on Friday 8 June 2018, 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 2,142,017,043 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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