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RNS Number : 8360U Marks and Spencer Group PLC 02 July 2024
Marks and Spencer Group plc
Result of AGM
Marks and Spencer Group plc (the "Company") today, 2 July 2024, held its
Annual General Meeting. All resolutions proposed were passed by shareholders.
The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:
MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 2 JULY 2024 - POLL RESULT
For (see note 1) Against (see note 1) Number of votes Withheld (See note 2) Total Capital Instructed
Resolution No. of shares % No. of shares %
1 Receive Annual Report and Accounts 1,196,711,220 100.00 44,852 0.00 5,535,125 58.69%
2 Approve the Remuneration Report 1,145,166,769 95.26 56,933,938 4.74 190,883 58.69%
3 Approve the final dividend 1,199,540,043 99.78 2,701,428 0.22 50,190 58.69%
4 Re-elect Archie Norman 1,156,740,347 96.22 45,455,499 3.78 93,792 58.69%
5 Re-elect Stuart Machin 1,197,759,293 99.63 4,407,276 0.37 125,500 58.69%
6 Re-elect Evelyn Bourke 1,153,100,351 96.83 37,802,130 3.17 11,386,677 58.69%
7 Re-elect Fiona Dawson 1,174,029,758 97.66 28,123,680 2.34 135,720 58.69%
8 Re-elect Ronan Dunne 1,176,757,561 97.89 25,390,492 2.11 141,105 58.69%
9 Re-elect Tamara Ingram 1,168,564,001 97.21 33,596,966 2.79 128,191 58.69%
10 Re-elect Justin King 1,176,753,274 97.88 25,440,802 2.12 95,565 58.69%
11 Re-elect Cheryl Potter 1,176,729,765 97.89 25,416,333 2.11 143,060 58.69%
12 Re-elect Sapna Sood 1,176,684,493 97.88 25,457,618 2.12 147,050 58.69%
13 Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors 1,188,040,416 99.76 2,857,257 0.24 11,394,393 58.69%
14 Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine auditors' remuneration 1,201,183,870 99.92 936,217 0.08 171,979 58.69%
15 Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations 1,174,349,319 97.70 27,629,579 2.30 312,688 58.69%
16 Authorise allotment of ordinary shares 1,152,503,144 95.87 49,645,971 4.13 136,735 58.69%
17 General disapplication pre-emption rights* 1,139,635,289 94.86 61,713,282 5.14 937,281 58.69%
18 Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights* 1,086,040,533 90.97 107,758,254 9.03 8,486,305 58.69%
19 Authorise purchase of own shares* 1,187,157,835 98.89 13,354,800 1.11 1,775,942 58.69%
20 Call general meetings on 14 days' notice* 1,147,480,388 95.45 54,697,329 4.55 111,443 58.69%
* Special Resolution
NOTES:
1 Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes
received.
2 A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3 Total number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on 28 June 2024 =
2,048,690,931 shares. 58.69% of voting capital was instructed.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not
constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted
to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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