Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5229J
Kingfisher PLC
12 June 2014
 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

                                                          Thursday 12 June 2014

 

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 12 June 2014, 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 19 and 24 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 23 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

1,719,871,788

100.00

21,430

0.00

1,719,893,218

72.62

4,992,845

2

To approve the directors' remuneration policy

1,702,954,306

98.93

18,469,377

1.07

1,721,423,683

72.68

3,461,480

3

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,686,846,369

99.73

4,572,092

0.27

1,691,418,461

71.42

33,467,604

4

To declare the final dividend

1,722,309,213

100.00

6,473

0.00

1,722,315,686

72.72

2,568,337

5

To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director

1,702,319,671

98.84

19,922,237

1.16

1,722,241,908

72.72

2,643,368

6

To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director

1,716,087,752

99.64

6,155,067

0.36

1,722,242,819

72.72

2,640,904

7

To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director

1,716,069,555

99.64

6,167,695

0.36

1,722,237,250

72.72

2,644,090

8

To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director

1,715,128,036

99.59

7,113,544

0.41

1,722,241,580

72.72

2,640,392

9

To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director

1,703,240,338

98.90

19,013,375

1.10

1,722,253,713

72.72

2,629,836

10

To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director

1,697,655,156

99.06

16,175,053

0.94

1,713,830,209

72.36

11,051,292

11

To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director

1,715,998,090

99.64

6,211,024

0.36

1,722,209,114

72.72

2,671,083

12

To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director

1,699,336,590

98.67

22,927,556

1.33

1,722,264,146

72.72

2,620,299

13

To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director

1,715,688,714

99.62

6,497,807

0.38

1,722,186,521

72.71

2,695,000

14

To re-appoint Philippe Tible as a director

1,700,102,042

98.71

22,139,405

1.29

1,722,241,447

72.72

2,641,343

15

To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director

1,710,720,082

99.33

11,549,187

0.67

1,722,269,269

72.72

2,615,872

16

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

1,720,234,418

99.88

2,033,768

0.12

1,722,268,186

72.72

2,613,857

17

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,722,133,347

99.99

137,880

0.01

1,722,271,227

72.72

2,609,700

18

To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,712,067,636

99.42

10,060,582

0.58

1,722,128,218

72.71

2,730,840

19

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,441,357,374

84.14

271,747,281

15.86

1,713,104,655

72.33

11,781,951

20

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,684,462,203

99.68

5,463,455

0.32

1,689,925,658

71.35

34,956,570

21

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,719,703,433

99.85

2,571,784

0.15

1,722,275,217

72.72

2,606,957

22

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

1,508,580,621

87.59

213,701,362

12.41

1,722,281,983

72.72

2,595,323

23

To adopt new articles of association of the Company

1,706,480,052

99.55

7,679,013

0.45

1,714,159,065

72.38

10,727,192

24

To approve the Kingfisher Incentive Share plan.

1,655,122,934

97.19

47,856,140

2.81

1,702,979,074

71.90

21,907,495

 

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 2,368,418,155 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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