Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9231X
Howden Joinery Group PLC
02 May 2019
 

 

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 2 May 2019, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 30 April 2019 was 604,948,281.

 

The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.

 

 

 

Votes for (including discretionary votes)

% Votes for

Votes

against

%

Votes

against

Total number of votes validly cast

% of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast

Votes withheld*

Ordinary Resolutions








1

To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts

486,827,898

99.99

37,883

0.01

486,865,781

80.48%

2,357,683

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration  Report

469,031,339

96.68

16,098,201

3.32

485,129,540

80.19%

4,093,923

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

474,625,161

97.15

13,908,311

2.85

488,533,472

80.76%

689,992

4

To declare a final dividend of 7.9 pence per ordinary share

488,551,247

100.00

5,667

0.00

488,556,914

80.76%

666,551

5

To elect Karen Caddick

486,462,714

99.57

2,089,341

0.43

488,552,055

80.76%

671,410

6

To re-elect Mark Allen

482,320,289

99.42

2,809,057

0.58

485,129,346

80.19%

4,094,118

7

To re-elect Andrew Cripps

481,816,084

98.62

6,721,508

1.38

488,537,592

80.76%

685,873

8

To re-elect Geoff Drabble

482,323,340

99.42

2,806,942

0.58

485,130,282

80.19%

4,093,182

9

To re-elect Tiffany Hall

474,591,580

97.15

13,945,217

2.85

488,536,797

80.76%

686,668

10

To re-elect Andrew Livingston

488,511,419

99.99

25,378

0.01

488,536,797

80.76%

686,668

11

To re-elect Richard Pennycook

470,408,896

98.76

5,892,187

1.24

476,301,083

78.73%

12,922,482

12

To re-elect Mark Robson

488,339,732

99.96

199,315

0.04

488,539,047

80.76%

684,418

13

To re-elect Debbie White

456,494,924

99.42

2,685,719

0.58

459,180,643

75.90%

30,042,822

14

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor

480,461,939

98.34

8,086,560

1.66

488,548,499

80.76%

674,965

15

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

485,541,971

99.38

3,008,510

0.62

488,550,481

80.76%

672,983

16

To renew authority to make political donations

473,246,259

98.18

8,771,189

1.82

482,017,448

79.68%

7,206,017

17

To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

442,291,665

90.41

46,893,353

9.59

489,185,018

80.86%

38,447

18

To approve the adoption of the Long Term Incentive Plan

478,468,118

97.80

10,740,770

2.20

489,208,888

80.87%

14,576

Special Resolutions








19

To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights

488,469,800

99.86

695,483

0.14

489,165,283

80.86%

58,182

20

To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares

484,926,923

99.16

4,124,829

0.84

489,051,752

80.84%

171,712

21

To replace article 135 of the Company's articles of association

488,463,460

100.00

17,297

0.00

488,480,757

80.75%

742,708

22

To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice

462,542,195

94.68

26,011,470

5.32

488,553,665

80.76%

669,800

*A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 

 

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/ 

 

 

Enquiries:

Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary:                    +44 (0) 207 535 1137


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