REG - Kingfisher PLC - Result of AGM

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30/06/2021 15:40

RNS Number : 7096D
  
Kingfisher PLC
  
30 June 2021
  
 

KINGFISHER PLC
 
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 30 June 2021
 
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 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 17 to 20 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


1,704,770,637


100.00


20,975


0.00


1,704,791,612


80.74%


1,734,444




2


To approve the directors' remuneration report


1,577,736,596


92.74


123,473,483


7.26


1,701,210,079


80.57%


5,315,819




3


To declare the final dividend


1,705,663,417


99.98


368,269


0.02


1,706,031,686


80.80%


496,620




4 


To elect Catherine Bradley as a director 


1,704,794,806


99.93


1,176,384


0.07


1,705,971,190


80.79%


557,116




5


To elect Tony Buffin as a director


1,704,796,158


99.93


1,163,228


0.07


1,705,959,386


80.79%


568,920




6


To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director


1,700,664,077


99.69


5,305,789


0.31


1,705,969,866


80.79%


557,421




7


To re-elect Bernard Bot as a director 


1,686,583,479


98.86


19,390,195


1.14


1,705,973,674


80.79%


554,632




8


To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director


1,700,030,411


99.65


5,940,113


0.35


1,705,970,524


80.79%


557,782




9


To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director


1,648,137,013


96.62


57,711,770


3.38


1,705,848,783


80.79%


679,523




10


To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director


1,700,518,738


99.68


5,460,952


0.32


1,705,979,690


80.80%


548,616




11


To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director


1,471,995,507


86.29


233,971,133


13.71


1,705,966,640


80.79%


561,666




12


To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director


1,700,630,303


99.69


5,333,214


0.31


1,705,963,517


80.79%


564,789




13


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors


1,685,974,897


98.83


20,000,268


1.17


1,705,975,165


80.79%


552,332




14


To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration


1,695,584,217


99.39


10,409,473


0.61


1,705,993,690


80.80%


534,616




15


To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations


1,696,713,788


99.46


9,235,884


0.54


1,705,949,672


80.79%


575,609




16


To authorise the directors to allot shares


1,551,899,075


91.20


149,790,038


8.80


1,701,689,113


80.59%


4,839,192




17


To disapply pre-emption rights


1,638,038,794


96.16


65,458,501


3.84


1,703,497,295


80.68%


3,030,799




18


To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional five percent


1,596,614,355


93.73


106,889,237


6.27


1,703,503,592


80.68%


3,024,502




19


To authorise the company to purchase its own shares


1,692,195,557


99.57


7,237,789


0.43


1,699,433,346


80.49%


7,094,960




20


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


1,572,448,045


92.17


133,534,354


7.83


1,705,982,399


80.80%


545,907



 
 
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 Monday 28 June 2021, was 2,111,486,828.
 
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 




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+44 (0) 20 7420 3184


Kfteam@teneo.com 



 

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