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RNS Number : 0209O  Kingfisher PLC  23 June 2025

KINGFISHER PLC

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 23 June 2025

 

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 (http://www.kingfisher.com)

 

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

 Resolution                                                                         Votes          %       Votes Against  %       Total          % of ISC  Votes

For*
Votes

                                                                                                                                                           Withheld**

 1       To receive the report and accounts                                         1,534,740,012  99.98%  291,826        0.02%   1,535,031,838  86.93%    10,732,824
 2       To approve the directors' remuneration report                              1,537,294,447  99.54%  7,118,273      0.46%   1,544,412,720  87.46%    1,351,942
 3       To approve the directors' remuneration policy                              1,528,169,549  99.19%  12,420,785     0.81%   1,540,590,334  87.25%    5,174,328
 4       To declare the final dividend                                              1,541,716,177  99.79%  3,250,993      0.21%   1,544,967,170  87.50%    794,946
 5       To elect Ian McLeod as a director                                          1,540,641,059  99.76%  3,630,402      0.24%   1,544,271,461  87.46%    1,493,201
 6       To elect Bhavesh Mistry as a director                                      1,533,964,672  99.31%  10,679,223     0.69%   1,544,643,895  87.48%    1,120,767
 7       To elect Lucinda Riches as a director                                      1,488,628,629  96.40%  55,651,490     3.60%   1,544,280,119  87.46%    1,484,542
 8       To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director                                    1,407,122,680  91.09%  137,632,449    8.91%   1,544,755,129  87.48%    1,009,532
 9       To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director                                        1,510,773,162  97.80%  33,929,987     2.20%   1,544,703,149  87.48%    1,061,513
 10      To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director                                  1,543,066,273  99.88%  1,926,110      0.12%   1,544,992,383  87.50%    772,279
 11      To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director                                1,517,670,565  98.23%  27,284,327     1.77%   1,544,954,892  87.50%    809,770
 12      To re-elect Bill Lennie as a director                                      1,515,364,890  98.10%  29,336,595     1.90%   1,544,701,485  87.48%    1,060,823
 13      To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor                                      1,279,133,813  97.33%  35,154,033     2.67%   1,314,287,846  74.43%    231,476,816
 14      To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration       1,535,119,217  99.37%  9,738,289      0.63%   1,544,857,506  87.49%    907,156
 15      To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations  1,300,313,876  98.93%  14,073,165     1.07%   1,314,387,041  74.44%    231,374,942
 16      To authorise the directors to allot shares                                 1,228,133,174  79.50%  316,738,236    20.50%  1,544,871,410  87.49%    893,251
 17      To disapply pre-emption rights                                             1,299,878,511  84.37%  240,736,656    15.63%  1,540,615,167  87.25%    5,149,495
 18      To disapply pre-emption rights for an additional five percent              1,269,002,693  82.37%  271,635,052    17.63%  1,540,637,745  87.25%    5,126,916
 19      To authorise the company to purchase its own shares                        1,541,656,380  99.96%  659,319        0.04%   1,542,315,699  87.35%    3,448,963
 20      To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual    1,458,191,810  94.39%  86,709,895     5.61%   1,544,901,705  87.49%    862,956
         general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

The Board notes that Resolution 16 (Authority to allot shares) was supported
by the majority of shareholders voting at the AGM with 79.50% of votes cast in
favour and 20.50% cast against. The Company understands that certain of its
larger shareholders are not supportive of this authority as a matter of
general policy.

 

The Company will continue to consult and engage with shareholders to better
understand the reasons behind these votes against and will publish an update
of its shareholder engagement within six months of today's AGM.

 

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 Thursday, 19 June 2025, was
1,765,756,778.

 

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 UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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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