Result of AGM

Grainger PLC

05 February 2025

 

5 February 2025

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and twelfth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 5 February 2025, all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 13 December 2024 were passed by Shareholders by a poll and details of the votes cast are set out below. 616,502,183 proxy votes were received representing 83.13% of the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The following table gives details of the proxy votes lodged with Grainger's registrar:

	Resolutions	Total Votes For/Discretion	% [1]	Total Votes Against	%	Total votes cast	Total Votes Withheld[2]
1	To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024	614,924,754	99.98	109,898	0.02	615,034,652	1,472,303
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2024	583,563,592	96.40	21,796,786	3.60	605,360,378	11,146,577
3	To declare a dividend	616,394,180	99.98	108,003	0.02	616,502,183	4,772
4	To re-elect Mark Clare	542,022,993	87.92	74,462,127	12.08	616,485,120	21,835
5	To re-elect Helen Gordon	616,364,629	99.98	120,491	0.02	616,485,120	21,835
6	To re-elect Robert Hudson	615,908,360	99.91	576,541	0.09	616,484,901	22,054
7	To re-elect Justin Read	606,431,268	98.37	10,053,852	1.63	616,485,120	21,835
8	To re-elect Janette Bell	600,910,129	97.47	15,574,991	2.53	616,485,120	21,835
9	To re-elect Carol Hui	607,070,241	98.47	9,413,846	1.53	616,484,087	22,868
10	To re-elect Michael Brodtman	607,074,103	98.47	9,411,017	1.53	616,485,120	21,835
11	To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	614,427,540	99.66	2,067,964	0.34	616,495,504	11,451
12	To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	616,375,105	99.98	123,241	0.02	616,498,346	8,609
13	To authorise the directors to allot shares	584,097,946	94.74	32,399,078	5.26	616,497,024	9,931
14	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash*	584,895,698	94.87	31,601,785	5.13	616,497,483	9,472
15	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash in relation to the acquisition or other capital investment *	577,894,542	95.45	27,524,030	4.55	605,418,572	11,088,383
16	To authorise the Company to purchase own shares*	614,307,960	99.66	2,068,845	0.34	616,376,805	130,150
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) to not less than 14 clear days' notice. *	597,058,926	96.85	19,429,937	3.15	616,488,863	18,092
18	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	608,370,528	98.77	7,552,044	1.23	615,922,572	584,383

(* special resolutions)

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 741,609,008[3] ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the FCA/UKLA and will be available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism.

Further information is available from:

Sapna B FitzGerald,

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

www.graingerplc.co.uk

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[1]  These are votes received supporting the resolution or granting the Chairman or another third-party discretion to vote on their behalf in respect of the resolution.

[2] A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

[3] As at close of business on Monday 3 February 2025, Grainger plc holds 1,506,300 shares in Treasury and has 741,609,008 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

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