Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 0495P

Ferguson PLC

23 May 2018

 

FERGUSON PLC
(the "Company")

GENERAL MEETING: RESOLUTIONS

The Company is pleased to announce that, at its General Meeting held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the special resolutions by the requisite majority on a poll.

The full text of each special resolution is contained in the Notice of General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.fergusonplc.com

The total number of votes cast for each special resolution is set out in the table below.

Resolution	For	%*	Against	%*	Votes Total	% Votes cast**	Votes Withheld***
1. To approve the special dividend and share consolidation	193,980,765	99.99	12,671	0.01	193,993,436	78.97%	212,517
2. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	191,357,545	98.63	2,657,277	1.37	194,014,822	78.98%	191,131

*           percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes

**          percentage of issued share capital (excluding 20,972,300 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 21 May 2018, the Company:

(i)  had 266,636,101 issued ordinary shares of 10⁵³/₆₆ pence, each ordinary share having one vote;

(ii) held 20,972,300 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and

(iii) accordingly, had total voting rights of 245,663,801.

Enquiries:

Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary (00 41 41 723 2230)

 

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