Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4591D

Sainsbury(J) PLC

06 July 2016

 

6 July 2016

Announcement of AGM Poll Results

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

		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Voted total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive and adopt the audited accounts for the 52 weeks to 12 March 2016 together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors	1,328,730,615	99.99	87,072	0.01	1,328,817,687	69.01%	178,514
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the 52 weeks to 12 March 2016	1,277,085,823	98.77	15,848,289	1.23	1,292,934,112	67.15%	36,059,343
3	To declare a final dividend of 8.1 pence per ordinary share	1,328,855,450	100.00	59,992	0.00	1,328,915,442	69.02%	76,815
4	To elect Brian Cassin as a Director	1,328,165,464	99.97	412,861	0.03	1,328,578,325	69.00%	414,577
5	To re-elect Matt Brittin as a Director	1,327,898,009	99.94	734,922	0.06	1,328,632,931	69.00%	360,135
6	To re-elect Mike Coupe as a Director	1,328,121,112	99.96	542,325	0.04	1,328,663,437	69.00%	330,717
7	To re-elect Mary Harris as a Director	1,320,123,656	99.36	8,528,395	0.64	1,328,652,051	69.00%	344,028
8	To re-elect David Keens as a Director	1,328,243,177	99.97	409,411	0.03	1,328,652,588	69.00%	343,259
9	To re-elect Susan Rice as a Director	1,326,614,626	99.85	2,049,360	0.15	1,328,663,986	69.00%	335,053
10	To re-elect John Rogers as a Director	1,327,855,239	99.94	814,787	0.06	1,328,670,026	69.00%	334,175
11	To re-elect Jean Tomlin as a Director	1,327,959,206	99.95	718,676	0.05	1,328,677,882	69.00%	317,790
12	To re-elect David Tyler as a Director	1,319,311,276	99.30	9,356,944	0.70	1,328,668,220	69.00%	318,358
13	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor	1,326,016,769	99.80	2,681,455	0.20	1,328,698,224	69.00%	299,550
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	1,328,405,397	99.97	338,269	0.03	1,328,743,666	69.01%	250,486
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,296,204,636	97.56	32,419,400	2.44	1,328,624,036	69.00%	366,704
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)	1,290,039,132	97.11	38,392,022	2.89	1,328,431,154	68.99%	555,811
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)	1,280,393,719	96.38	48,057,832	3.62	1,328,451,551	68.99%	533,716
18	To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'	1,286,413,562	97.31	35,524,348	2.69	1,321,937,910	68.65%	6,979,727
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)	1,314,544,612	99.40	7,888,033	0.60	1,322,432,645	68.68%	6,554,585
20	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,201,693,014	90.85	120,984,666	9.15	1,322,677,680	68.69%	6,314,253
21	To approve the rules of J Sainsbury plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016	1,279,017,771	98.83	15,118,322	1.17	1,294,136,093	67.21%	34,853,155

Please note 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 5 July 2016 were 1,925,530,156 shares of 28⁴/₇ pence.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.  

A copy of the voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/investor-centre/investor-news/rns/#tabbed_section 

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