Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8724L
Dixons Carphone PLC
15 September 2021
 

15 September 2021

 

 

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 - POLL RESULTS

The Board of Dixons Carphone plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 09:30am on Wednesday 15 September 2021, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

The results of the polls were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Total

Issued Share Capital Voted

Votes Withheld

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

1.

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the directors and auditor for the period ended 1 May 2021

920,471,965

100.00

20,760

0.00

920,492,725

78.91%

1,665,896

2.

To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report

855,375,711

92.78

66,608,140

7.22

921,983,851

79.04%

174,770

3.

To declare a final dividend of 3p per ordinary share

922,135,114

100.00

11,625

0.00

922,146,739

79.06%

11,882

4.

To elect Bruce Marsh as a director

920,782,311

99.85

1,338,469

0.15

922,120,780

79.05%

37,841

5.

To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director

921,358,418

99.92

775,714

0.08

922,134,132

79.05%

24,489

6.

To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE as a director

921,577,994

99.94

549,814

0.06

922,127,808

79.05%

30,813

7.

To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director

921,570,882

99.94

556,786

0.06

922,127,668

79.05%

30,953

8.

To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director

921,338,148

99.91

785,792

0.09

922,123,940

79.05%

34,681

9.

To re-elect Lord Livingston of Parkhead as a director

853,941,645

92.61

68,191,241

7.39

922,132,886

79.05%

25,735

10.

To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director

921,199,040

99.90

926,607

0.10

922,125,647

79.05%

32,974

11.

To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director

921,491,323

99.93

633,781

0.07

922,125,104

79.05%

33,517

12.

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company

838,507,597

90.93

83,617,652

9.07

922,125,249

79.05%

33,372

13.

Authority for the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

904,283,156

98.07

17,835,761

1.93

922,118,917

79.05%

39,704

14.

Authority to make political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total

867,698,630

94.10

54,413,935

5.90

922,112,565

79.05%

46,056

15.

Authority to allot shares

912,646,717

98.97

9,476,907

1.03

922,123,624

79.05%

34,997

16.

Authority to dis-apply   pre-emption rights *

921,910,930

99.98

197,389

0.02

922,108,319

79.05%

50,302

17.

Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares *

852,294,248

92.54

68,677,266

7.46

920,971,514

78.95%

1,187,107

18.

Authority to call general meetings at short  notice *

907,790,782

98.44

14,351,594

1.56

922,142,376

79.05%

16,245

* Special Resolutions

 

Notes:

1.  The total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,166,458,443 and all of these have voting rights.

2.  Percentages above are rounded to 2 decimal places.

3.  A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Further information:

Nigel Paterson, General Counsel and Company Secretary

07401 373 188

 

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