Result of AGM

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Kingfisher PLC
09 June 2015
 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

                                                          Tuesday 9 June 2015

 

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Tuesday 9 June 2015, 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 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

1,711,593,928

99.94

1,026,043

0.06

1,712,619,971

73.64

8,793,849

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,679,245,535

98.23

30,289,770

1.77

1,709,535,305

73.51

11,879,890

3

To declare the final dividend

1,717,838,029

100.00

21,859

0.00

1,717,859,888

73.87

3,555,242

4

To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director

1,705,154,384

99.31

11,899,367

0.69

1,717,053,751

73.83

4,359,036

5

To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director

1,708,512,425

99.95

893,582

0.05

1,709,406,007

73.51

12,007,827

6

To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director

1,716,845,875

99.95

932,620

0.05

1,717,778,495

73.87

3,632,282

7

To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director

1,716,383,497

99.92

1,352,994

0.08

1,717,736,491

73.86

3,676,425

8

To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director

1,683,466,025

98.86

19,478,934

1.14

1,702,944,959

73.23

18,463,032

9

To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director

1,706,206,849

99.33

11,566,230

0.67

1,717,773,079

73.87

3,633,743

10

To appoint Veronique Laury as a director

1,716,854,677

99.95

889,165

0.05

1,717,743,842

73.86

3,628,974

11

To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director

1,715,099,936

99.84

2,679,388

0.16

1,717,779,324

73.87

3,633,010

12

To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director

1,712,692,066

99.70

5,067,588

0.30

1,717,759,654

73.86

3,628,236

13

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

1,707,469,291

99.90

1,737,188

0.10

1,709,206,479

73.50

12,207,121

14

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,717,750,541

100.00

71,344

0.00

1,717,821,885

73.87

3,591,409

15

To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,687,611,357

98.25

30,041,115

1.75

1,717,652,472

73.86

3,736,790

16

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,468,468,036

85.84

242,144,141

14.16

1,710,612,177

73.56

10,801,260

17

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,685,150,152

99.56

7,425,425

0.44

1,692,575,577

72.78

28,835,930

18

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,715,513,976

99.87

2,277,523

0.13

1,717,791,499

73.87

3,623,672


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

1,442,320,027

83.96

275,492,995

16.04

1,717,813,022

73.87

3,601,395

 

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 2,325,563,643 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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