REG - Kingfisher PLC - Result of AGM

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22/06/2022 16:00

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RNS Number : 8524P  Kingfisher PLC  22 June 2022

KINGFISHER PLC

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 June 2022

 

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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions;
resolutions 19 to 22 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 (http://www.kingfisher.com)

 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                         Votes          %       Votes Against  %      Total          % of ISC  Votes**

Votes

                                                                                    For*                                                                  Withheld

 1       To receive the report and accounts                                         1,734,401,468  100.00  40,586         0.00   1,734,442,054  86.29%    5,890,704
 2       To approve the directors' remuneration report                              1,676,791,695  96.36   63,391,071     3.64   1,740,182,766  86.57%    150,191
 3       To approve the directors' remuneration policy                              1,620,253,983  93.11   119,882,346    6.89   1,740,136,329  86.57%    195,473
 4       To approve the Kingfisher Performance Share Plan                           1,725,838,644  99.17   14,361,685     0.83   1,740,200,329  86.57%    132,629
 5       To declare the final dividend                                              1,739,920,511  99.98   338,416        0.02   1,740,258,927  86.58%    74,031
 6       To elect Bill Lennie as a director                                         1,737,060,948  99.83   2,965,735      0.17   1,740,026,683  86.57%    306,275
 7       To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director                                    1,524,703,790  87.62   215,376,752    12.38  1,740,080,542  86.57%    252,416
 8       To re-elect Bernard Bot as a director                                      1,725,871,209  99.19   14,129,150     0.81   1,740,000,359  86.56%    332,399
 9       To re-elect Catherine Bradley                                              1,501,336,004  86.29   238,616,652    13.71  1,739,952,656  86.56%    380,102
 10      To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director                                        1,705,155,360  97.99   34,889,679     2.01   1,740,045,039  86.57%    287,719
 11      To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director                                  1,671,004,688  96.03   69,058,876     3.97   1,740,063,564  86.57%    269,194
 12      To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director                                  1,737,468,579  99.85   2,664,367      0.15   1,740,132,946  86.57%    199,812
 13      To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director                                1,501,303,293  86.50   234,385,439    13.50  1,735,688,732  86.35%    4,644,026
 14      To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director                               1,505,185,487  86.50   234,887,880    13.50  1,740,073,367  86.57%    259,391
 15      To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor                                      1,721,646,589  98.94   18,449,540     1.06   1,740,096,129  86.57%    236,629
 16      To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration       1,728,956,450  99.36   11,162,530     0.64   1,740,118,980  86.57%    213,415
 17      To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations  1,730,149,983  99.43   9,849,287      0.57   1,739,999,270  86.56%    322,183
 18      To authorise the directors to allot shares                                 1,467,586,001  84.33   272,613,285    15.67  1,740,199,286  86.57%    133,472
 19      To disapply pre-emption rights                                             1,552,515,306  89.40   184,072,835    10.60  1,736,588,141  86.39%    3,742,952
 20      To disapply pre-emption rights for an additional five percent              1,541,316,310  88.76   195,251,900    11.24  1,736,568,210  86.39%    3,764,548
 21      To authorise the company to purchase its own shares                        1,730,473,935  99.58   7,272,725      0.42   1,737,746,660  86.45%    2,586,098
 22      To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual    1,657,791,463  95.27   82,354,301     4.73   1,740,145,764  86.57%    186,994
         general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

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 on Monday 20 June 2022, was
2,010,079,636.

 

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be
available at www.kingfisher.com (http://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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

CONTACT

 

For further information, please contact:

 

                      Tel:                   Email:

 Investor Relations   +44 (0) 20 7644 1082   investorenquiries@kingfisher.com (mailto:investorenquiries@kingfisher.com)
 Media Relations      +44 (0) 20 7644 1030   corpcomms@kingfisher.com (mailto:corpcomms@kingfisher.com)
 Teneo                +44 (0) 20 7420 3184   Kfteam@teneo.com (mailto:Kfteam@teneo.com)

 

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