Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8933R
Sainsbury(J) PLC
02 July 2020
 

2 July 2020

 

 

J Sainsbury plc

(the Company)

 

Results of AGM

 

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:

 



Votes For

% of Votes Cast

Votes Against

% of Votes Cast

Votes cast

Votes cast as a % of ISC

Votes Withheld1

1

To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 7 March 2020, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor

1,686,702,566

99.99

90,831

0.01

1,686,793,397

75.93%

6,095,225

2

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

1,673,523,664

98.87

19,198,952

1.13

1,692,722,616

76.20%

166,057

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

1,636,228,923

97.00

50,624,806

3.00

1,686,853,729

75.93%

6,034,944

4

 

To elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director

1,689,508,598

99.91

1,588,519

0.09

1,691,097,117

76.12%

1,791,557

5

To elect Simon Roberts as a Director

1,690,302,236

99.95

827,662

0.05

1,691,129,898

76.13%

1,759,398

6

To elect Keith Weed as a Director

1,689,307,619

99.89

1,812,051

0.11

1,691,119,670

76.13%

1,769,004

7

To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director

1,689,291,944

99.89

1,865,140

0.11

1,691,157,084

76.13%

1,731,590

8

To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director

1,678,136,652

99.55

7,579,774

0.45

1,685,716,426

75.88%

7,172,248

9

To re-elect David Keens as a Director

1,689,269,287

99.89

1,864,676

0.11

1,691,133,963

76.13%

1,754,711

10

To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director

1,686,304,161

99.72

4,811,338

0.28

1,691,115,499

76.13%

1,773,175

11

To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director

1,683,644,949

99.56

7,496,746

0.44

1,691,141,695

76.13%

1,746,979

12

To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director

1,673,285,764

99.15

14,306,833

0.85

1,687,592,597

75.97%

5,296,077

13

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor

1,692,095,034

99.98

319,882

0.02

1,692,414,916

76.18%

473,658

14

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration

1,692,228,433

99.98

284,225

0.02

1,692,512,658

76.19%

376,016

15

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

1,595,265,433

94.24

97,447,437

5.76

1,692,712,870

76.20%

175,804

16

Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)

1,643,935,388

97.12

48,723,825

2.88

1,692,659,213

76.19%

229,116

17

Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)

1,592,181,734

94.06

100,506,465

5.94

1,692,688,199

76.20%

200,474

18

To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'

1,675,523,443

99.08

15,620,192

0.92

1,691,143,635

76.13%

1,745,039

19

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)

1,681,906,011

99.48

8,804,580

0.52

1,690,710,591

76.11%

2,177,872

20

To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan Rules and Trust Deed

1,682,424,922

99.39

10,255,441

0.61

1,692,680,363

76.20%

208,311

21

To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association (Special Resolution)

1,691,865,189

99.98

336,613

0.02

1,692,201,802

76.17%

623,831

22

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)

1,552,372,480

91.70

140,428,907

8.30

1,692,801,387

76.20%

86,430

1 A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.

 

The total number of voting rights as at 30 June 2020 was 2,221,484,249 ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.

Investor Relations Enquiries

Media Enquiries

James Collins

Rebecca Reilly

+44 (0) 20 7695 0080

+44 (0) 20 7695 7295

 

 

 

 


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