Result of AGM

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Kingfisher PLC
14 June 2012
 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

                                                          Thursday 14 June 2012

 

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 14 June 2012, as set out in the AGM notice.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 16 and 20 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For*

%

Votes Against

%

Total
Votes

% of ISC

Votes**

Withheld

 

1

To receive the report and accounts

1,742,071,736

99.97

539,412

0.03

1,742,611,148

73.54

11,261,635

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,668,803,968

98.22

30,313,352

1.78

1,699,117,320

71.71

54,752,184

3

To declare the final dividend

1,751,786,485

100.00

15,964

0.00

1,751,802,449

73.93

2,050,473

4

To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director

1,736,309,020

99.13

15,314,168

0.87

1,751,623,188

73.92

2,248,857

5

To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director

1,748,146,854

99.80

3,553,032

0.20

1,751,699,886

73.93

2,172,248

6

To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director

1,750,006,150

99.91

1,648,684

0.09

1,751,654,834

73.93

2,217,118

7

To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director

1,748,114,242

99.80

3,551,781

0.20

1,751,666,023

73.93

2,205,911

8

To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director

1,745,215,994

99.63

6,477,259

0.37

1,751,693,253

73.93

2,178,246

9

To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director

1,748,345,167

99.81

3,298,343

0.19

1,751,643,510

73.93

2,223,951

10

To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director

1,746,323,496

99.70

5,213,809

0.30

1,751,537,305

73.92

2,331,521

11

To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director

1,745,292,897

99.63

6,411,856

0.37

1,751,704,753

73.93

2,165,869

12

To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director

1,749,961,494

99.91

1,645,282

0.09

1,751,606,776

73.92

2,254,442

13

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

1,729,537,056

99.33

11,629,380

0.67

1,741,166,436

73.48

12,669,948

14

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,747,517,056

99.76

4,276,593

0.24

1,751,793,649

73.93

2,078,396

15

To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,713,866,636

97.85

37,655,060

2.15

1,751,521,696

73.92

2,293,992

16

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,496,346,457

86.88

225,930,452

13.12

1,722,276,909

72.69

31,588,659

17

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,696,285,673

98.37

28,105,867

1.63

1,724,391,540

72.78

29,477,926

18

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,749,160,474

99.85

2,634,711

0.15

1,751,795,185

73.93

2,059,689

19

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

1,511,074,360

86.26

240,652,791

13.74

1,751,727,151

73.93

2,141,268

20

To authorise the Kingfisher Sharesave Plan rules.

1,687,673,788

96.40

63,108,742

3.60

1,750,782,530

73.89

3,086,366

 

Notes

 

*    Includes discretionary votes

**   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of   

     votes for and against a resolution.

 

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,369,464,201 shares of 15 5/7 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.


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