Result of AGM

Result of AGM

Centrica plc

13 May 2013

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF CENTRICA PLC – 2013 POLL RESULTS

The Centrica plc Annual General Meeting was held at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre at 2.00 pm on Monday, 13 May 2013. In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting. Each resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution     For*    

%

    Against    

%

   

Total votes
cast

   

%
Issued
Capital

    Withheld**
1     To receive the Report and Accounts     3,361,192,693     99.88     4,183,377     0.12     3,365,376,070     64.87     11,877,697
2     To approve the Remuneration Report     3,106,096,662     93.17     227,719,213     6.83     3,333,815,875     64.26     43,387,372
3     To declare a final dividend     3,365,978,273     99.99     324,426     0.01     3,366,302,699     64.89     10,985,206
4     To re-appoint Sir Roger Carr     3,310,699,176     98.41     53,617,977     1.59     3,364,317,153     64.85     12,897,992
5     To re-appoint Sam Laidlaw     3,279,524,770     97.45     85,760,087     2.55     3,365,284,857     64.87     11,944,329
6     To re-appoint Phil Bentley     3,313,443,915     98.47     51,563,367     1.53     3,365,007,282     64.86     12,206,108
7     To re-appoint Margherita Della Valle     3,346,380,962     99.45     18,609,060     0.55     3,364,990,022     64.86     12,144,602
8     To re-appoint Mary Francis     3,346,429,267     99.44     18,745,307     0.56     3,365,174,574     64.87     12,051,893
9     To re-appoint Mark Hanafin     3,316,312,561     98.55     48,814,180     1.45     3,365,126,741     64.86     12,078,515
10     To re-appoint Lesley Knox     3,344,980,064     99.40     20,159,117     0.60     3,365,139,181     64.87     12,088,631
11     To re-appoint Nick Luff     3,316,757,037     98.56     48,377,788     1.44     3,365,134,825     64.86     12,071,936
12     To re-appoint Ian Meakins     3,346,901,858     99.46     18,099,967     0.54     3,365,001,825     64.86     12,188,741
13     To re-appoint Paul Rayner     3,315,784,856     98.54     49,222,501     1.46     3,365,007,357     64.86     12,123,726
14     To re-appoint Chris Weston     3,316,453,575     98.55     48,650,437     1.45     3,365,104,012     64.86     11,990,188
15     To re-appoint the Auditors     3,299,435,078     99.34     21,981,203     0.66     3,321,416,281     64.02     55,679,619
16     To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors’ remuneration     3,350,922,795     99.83     5,751,673     0.17     3,356,674,468     64.70     20,483,000

17

   

Authority for political donations and political expenditure in the European Union

   

3,222,928,038

   

97.60

   

79,359,521

   

2.40

   

3,302,287,559

   

63.65

   

74,885,965

18     Authority to allot shares     3,129,416,669     93.60     213,920,517     6.40     3,343,337,186     64.44     33,803,973
19     Authority to disapply pre-emption rights***     3,329,512,620     99.61     12,927,802     0.39     3,342,440,422     64.43     34,629,456
20     Authority to purchase own shares ***     3,356,868,728     99.76     7,992,599     0.24     3,364,861,327     64.86     12,279,248
21     Notice of General Meetings***     3,041,205,958     90.37     324,262,486     9.63     3,365,468,444     64.87     11,667,860
                               

Notes to the disclosure:
* Includes discretionary votes received
** A ‘Vote withheld’ is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against‘ a resolution.
*** Indicates a special resolution

This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s website, www.centrica.com

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority’s Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by Centrica plc shareholders, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Further enquiries:
Luke Thomas
Head of Governance, Centrica plc

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