Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7599X
Ferguson PLC
28 November 2017
 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: RESOLUTIONS 

 

Ferguson plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll.  The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.fergusonplc.com.  

 

The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below. Resolutions 1 to 18 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19, 20 and 21 are special resolutions.

 

Resolution

For

%*

Against

%*

Votes Total

% Votes cast**

Votes Withheld***

1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts

195,790,279

100.00

8,440

0.00

195,798,719

78.17%

58,569

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

190,565,944

98.61

2,685,822

1.39

193,251,766

77.15%

2,605,522

3. To declare a final dividend

195,798,713

99.98

46,838

0.02

195,845,551

78.19%

11,737

4. To elect Kevin Murphy

195,376,740

99.76

468,041

0.24

195,844,781

78.19%

12,507

5. To elect Michael Powell

194,006,061

99.06

1,838,460

0.94

195,844,521

78.19%

12,767

6. To elect Nadia Shouraboura

195,428,814

99.79

415,257

0.21

195,844,071

78.19%

13,217

7. To re-elect Tessa Bamford

195,429,173

99.79

415,229

0.21

195,844,402

78.19%

12,886

8. To re-elect John Daly

195,374,018

99.76

468,404

0.24

195,842,422

78.19%

14,866

9. To re-elect Gareth Davis

186,696,066

96.86

6,054,763

3.14

192,750,829

76.95%

3,106,459

10. To re-elect Pilar López

195,429,027

99.79

415,605

0.21

195,844,632

78.19%

12,656

11. To re-elect John Martin

195,373,492

99.76

471,039

0.24

195,844,531

78.19%

12,757

12. To re-elect Alan Murray

195,383,433

99.76

461,309

0.24

195,844,742

78.19%

12,546

13. To re-elect Darren Shapland

195,323,424

99.73

521,259

0.27

195,844,683

78.19%

12,605

14. To re-elect Jacqueline Simmonds

194,579,223

99.35

1,265,034

0.65

195,844,257

78.19%

13,031

15. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

195,696,296

99.92

147,215

0.08

195,843,511

78.19%

13,777

16. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

195,831,467

100.00

7,840

0.00

195,839,307

78.18%

17,981

17. Authority of limited political expenditure and political donations

194,290,880

99.23

1,501,880

0.77

195,792,760

78.17%

64,528

18. Authority to allot securities

186,236,026

95.09

9,608,249

4.91

195,844,275

78.19%

13,013

19. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

195,551,224

99.89

219,289

0.11

195,770,513

78.16%

86,775

20. Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for specified capital investment

186,945,260

95.49

8,825,108

4.51

195,770,368

78.16%

86,920

21. Authority to purchase own shares

193,098,051

98.68

2,581,938

1.32

195,679,989

78.12%

177,299

  

 

 

 

*           percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes

**          percentage of issued share capital (excluding 16,152,365 treasury shares)

***        a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution

 

 

As at 26 November 2017, the Company:

 

(i)  had 266,636,106 issued ordinary shares of 1053/66 pence, each ordinary share having one vote;

 

(ii) held 16,152,365 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended;  and

 

(iii)   accordingly, had total voting rights of 250,483,741.

 

 

For further information please contact:  

 

Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary

+ 41 (0) 41 723 22 30


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