Result of AGM

Marks and Spencer Group PLC

07 July 2026

 

Marks and Spencer Group plc

Result of AGM

Marks and Spencer Group plc (the "Company") today, 7 July 2026, held its Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 21 were passed by shareholders. The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:

MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 7 JULY 2026 - POLL RESULT
		For (see note 1)		Against (see note 1)		Number of votes Withheld (See note 2)	Total Capital Instructed
Resolution		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1	Receive Annual Report and Accounts	1,439,252,574	99.98	301,242	0.02	1,569,532	69.30%
2	Approve the Remuneration Report	1,380,027,462	95.78	60,860,830	4.22	235,057	69.30%
3	Approve the Remuneration Policy	1,351,968,392	93.83	88,829,983	6.17	324,614	69.30%
4	Approve the final dividend	1,440,926,604	99.99	123,671	0.01	77,412	69.30%
5	Re-elect Archie Norman	1,405,955,425	97.57	35,030,618	2.43	140,983	69.30%
6	Re-elect Stuart Machin	1,433,821,239	99.50	7,152,918	0.50	153,568	69.30%
7	Re-elect Alison Dolan	1,432,266,690	99.40	8,657,872	0.60	203,163	69.30%
8	Re-elect Fiona Dawson	1,365,038,413	94.73	75,873,452	5.27	215,860	69.30%
9	Re-elect Evelyn Bourke	1,411,402,461	97.95	29,513,154	2.05	212,110	69.30%
10	Re-elect Tamara Ingram	1,394,211,424	96.76	46,687,031	3.24	224,572	69.30%
11	Re-elect Sapna Sood	1,404,531,527	97.48	36,369,173	2.52	222,327	69.30%
12	Elect Roger Burnley	1,434,828,499	99.58	6,060,661	0.42	233,867	69.30%
13	Elect Sean Doyle	1,439,523,061	99.91	1,347,756	0.09	252,210	69.30%
14	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,391,251,634	96.55	49,737,800	3.45	133,594	69.30%
15	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine auditors' remuneration	1,408,750,261	97.82	31,440,873	2.18	931,894	69.30%
16	Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations	1,413,130,501	98.55	20,819,561	1.45	7,172,966	69.30%
17	Authorise allotment of ordinary shares	1,390,148,567	96.48	50,791,846	3.52	182,614	69.30%
18	General disapplication pre-emption rights*	1,342,688,149	93.19	98,142,355	6.81	291,823	69.30%
19	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights*	1,273,975,523	88.42	166,845,959	11.58	301,545	69.30%
20	Authorise purchase of own shares*	1,440,108,239	99.96	642,287	0.04	376,017	69.30%
21	Call general meetings on 14 days' notice*	1,391,477,038	96.57	49,488,293	3.43	157,786	69.30%
* Special Resolution
NOTES:  1   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.   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   Total number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on 3 July 2026 = 2,079,636,943 shares. 69.30% of voting capital was instructed.

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2(R), copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: corporate.marksandspencer.com.

 

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