Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4230F
DFS Furniture PLC
04 November 2022
 

4 November 2022   

 

 

DFS Furniture PLC

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

DFS Furniture PLC (the "Company") announces that all of the resolutions set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 4 November 2022 were duly passed at today's Annual General Meeting.

Details of the votes cast were as follows:


Resolution

For (including

discretionary)

%

Against

%

Total

% of ISC voted

Withheld*

1.

Receive and adopt the 202 2 Annual Report and Accounts

201,237,437

100.00

0

0.00

201,237,437

83.61%

0

2.

Declare final dividend of 3.7 pence per ordinary share

201,237,437

100.00

0

0.00

201,237,437

83.61%

0

3.

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

184,785,252

91.83

16,441,953

8.17

201,227,205

83.61%

10,232

4.

Re-Elect Tim Stacey

201,236,992

100.00

413

0.00

201,237,405

83.61%

32

5.

Re-Elect Alison Hutchinson

200,161,065

99.47

1,066,109

0.53

201,227,174

83.61%

10,263

6.

Re-Elect Jo Boydell

196,125,316

97.47

5,088,524

2.53

201,213,840

83.60%

23,597

7.

Re-Elect Steve Johnson

196,138,329

97.47

5,088,844

2.53

201,227,173

83.61%

10,264

8.

Re-elect Jane Bednall

200,161,065

99.47

1,066,109

0.53

201,227,174

83.61%

10,263

9.

Re- Elect Loraine Martins

200,161,065

99.47

1,066,109

0.53

201,227,174

83.61%

10,263

10.

Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor

201,191,687

99.98

35,519

0.02

201,227,206

83.61%

10,231

  11.

Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

201,215,925

99.99

10,868

0.01

201,226,793

83.61%

10,644

1 2.

Directors' authority to allot shares

201,105,082

99.93

132,356

0.07

201,237,438

83.61%

0

1 3.

General authority to dis-apply pre-emption right**

201,160,613

99.99

18,537

0.01

201,179,150

83.59%

58,287

14.

Limited authority to dis-apply pre-emption right for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments**

201,160,613

99.99

18,537

0.01

201,179,150

83.59%

58,287

15.

Authorise the Company to purchase its ordinary shares**

201,178,605

99.99

10,776

0.01

201,189,381

83.59%

48,056

16

Authorise calling general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice**

200,972,945

99.90

206,205

0.10

201,179,150

83.59%

58,287

 

* 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.


** Indicates special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

 

In accordance with 9.6.2 (R) of the Listing Rules, Copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will in due course be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the DFS corporate website  https://www.dfscorporate.co.uk/

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of DFS is Liz McDonald, Company Secretary.

Enquiries:

DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)

Liz McDonald ( Group Company Secretary)

Tulchan:

James Macey-White

Jessica Reid

+44 (0)20 7353 4200

dfs@tulchangroup.com

 

About DFS Furniture plc

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner.  We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options.  We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company Limited"

 

 

 

 

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