Result of AGM

Sainsbury(J) PLC

06 July 2023

 

6 July 2023

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. The Board was pleased to see all resolutions approved by shareholders.

		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 4 March 2023	1,796,853,091	99.97	564,090	0.03	1,797,417,181	75.95%	819,570
2	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	1,756,970,275	98.84	20,579,681	1.16	1,777,549,956	75.11%	20,686,795
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	1,782,120,758	99.12	15,865,534	0.88	1,797,986,292	75.97%	246,459
4	To declare a final dividend of 9.2 pence per ordinary share in respect of the 52 weeks to 4 March 2023	1,793,432,051	99.74	4,736,681	0.26	1,798,168,732	75.98%	67,825
5	To elect Bláthnaid Bergin as a Director	1,795,002,416	99.83	3,065,649	0.17	1,798,068,065	75.97%	165,236
6	To re-elect Jo Bertram as a Director	1,758,603,821	97.80	39,475,051	2.20	1,798,078,872	75.97%	152,310
7	To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director	1,758,276,856	97.79	39,803,964	2.21	1,798,080,820	75.97%	150,362
8	To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director	1,754,069,911	97.55	44,016,935	2.45	1,798,086,846	75.97%	144,336
9	To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director	1,734,153,600	96.44	63,933,313	3.56	1,798,086,913	75.97%	144,269
10	To re-elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director	1,757,868,242	97.77	40,183,010	2.23	1,798,051,252	75.97%	179,930
11	To re-elect Simon Roberts as a Director	1,797,717,715	99.98	342,117	0.02	1,798,059,832	75.97%	174,486
12	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director	1,727,643,781	96.08	70,415,950	3.92	1,798,059,731	75.97%	171,451
13	To re-elect Keith Weed as a Director	1,758,572,908	97.80	39,495,758	2.20	1,798,068,666	75.97%	160,762
14	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	1,793,080,531	99.72	4,959,977	0.28	1,798,040,508	75.97%	192,793
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	1,796,922,507	99.94	1,097,713	0.06	1,798,020,220	75.97%	216,531
16	Directors' general authority to allot shares	1,765,461,264	98.18	32,654,819	1.82	1,798,116,083	75.98%	120,668
17	Directors' general authority to disapply pre-emption rights without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)	1,766,730,904	98.26	31,287,930	1.74	1,798,018,834	75.97%	214,467
18	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)	1,754,711,189	97.59	43,315,938	2.41	1,798,027,127	75.97%	206,174
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)	1,793,300,783	99.78	3,916,788	0.22	1,797,217,571	75.94%	1,019,180
20	To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'	1,457,140,882	99.63	5,361,588	0.37	1,462,502,470	61.79%	335,732,816
21	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,690,366,655	94.01	107,743,363	5.99	1,798,110,018	75.98%	126,733

¹A 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 4 July 2023 was 2,366,702,347 shares of 28⁴/₇ pence.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection 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.

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