REG - Kingfisher PLC - Result of AGM

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24/07/2020 13:40

RNS Number : 0585U
  
Kingfisher PLC
  
24 July 2020
  
 

KINGFISHER PLC
 
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 July 2020
 
At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com 
 
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows: 
 



Resolution


Votes
For*


%


Votes Against


%


Total

Votes


% of ISC


Votes**
Withheld
 




1


To receive the report and accounts


1,704,358,794


99.95


838,134


0.05


1,705,196,928


80.81%


6,454,691




2


To approve the directors' remuneration report


1,674,266,051


98.08


32,722,506


1.92


1,706,988,557


80.89%


4,651,921




3


To elect Bernard Bot as a director


1,705,736,829


99.93


1,252,244


0.07


1,706,989,073


80.89%


4,651,406




4


To elect Thierry Garnier as a director


1,710,467,099


99.94


1,081,397


0.06


1,711,548,496


81.11%


91,983




5


To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director


1,622,933,747


98.87


18,477,966


1.13


1,641,411,713


77.79%


70,228,766




6


To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director


1,698,638,957


99.24


12,934,326


0.76


1,711,573,283


81.11%


67,196




7


To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director


1,707,389,855


99.76


4,162,856


0.24


1,711,552,711


81.11%


87,768




8


To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director


1,483,944,912


86.70


227,616,786


13.30


1,711,561,698


81.11%


78,781




9


To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director


1,708,314,038


99.81


3,210,891


0.19


1,711,524,929


81.11%


115,550




10


To re-elect Mark Seligman as a director


1,543,758,616


93.79


102,259,697


6.21


1,646,018,313


78.01%


65,622,166




11


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors


1,704,168,102


99.57


7,385,416


0.43


1,711,553,518


81.11%


86,601




12


To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration


1,711,131,397


99.97


429,775


0.03


1,711,561,172


81.11%


79,307




13


To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations


1,698,416,925


99.24


13,076,356


0.76


1,711,493,281


81.11%


142,863




14


To authorise the directors to allot shares


1,510,593,805


88.26


200,978,165


11.74


1,711,571,970


81.11%


68,509




15


To disapply pre-emption rights


1,588,035,628


92.78


123,515,779


7.22


1,711,551,407


81.11%


88,197




16


To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional five percent


1,537,921,110


89.86


173,627,666


10.14


1,711,548,776


81.11%


91,702




17


To authorise the company to purchase its own shares


1,672,896,998


99.21


13,326,286


0.79


1,686,223,284


79.91%


25,417,094




18


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


1,549,480,610


90.53


162,122,496


9.47


1,711,603,106


81.11%


36,720



 
 
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.
 
The number of Ordinary shares in issue at 10.00pm on Wednesday 22 July 2020, was 2,110,130,155.
 
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com  
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  
 
CONTACT
 
For further information, please contact: 
 



 
Investor Relations


Tel:
+44 (0) 20 7644 1082


Email:
investorenquiries@kingfisher.com 




Media Relations


+44 (0) 20 7644 1030


corpcomms@kingfisher.com 




Teneo


+44 (0) 20 7260 2700


Kfteam@teneo.com 



 


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