RNS Number : 0005H
Kingfisher PLC
13 June 2013
 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

                                                          Thursday 13 June 2013

 

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 13 June 2013, as set out in the AGM notice.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 18 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For*

%

Votes Against

%

Total
Votes

% of ISC

Votes**

Withheld

 

1

To receive the report and accounts

1,735,217,719

100.00

22,458

0.00

1,735,240,177

73.13

4,867,267

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,585,211,665

97.66

38,040,731

2.34

1,623,252,396

68.41

116,857,614

3

To declare the final dividend

1,738,728,032

100.00

45,411

0.00

1,738,773,443

73.28

1,331,815

4

To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director

1,710,051,249

99.07

15,974,876

0.93

1,726,026,125

72.74

14,085,164

5

To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director

1,734,524,140

99.76

4,149,836

0.24

1,738,673,976

73.27

1,433,414

6

To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director

1,735,398,695

99.81

3,313,523

0.19

1,738,712,218

73.28

1,387,948

7

To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director

1,727,178,076

99.34

11,483,974

0.66

1,738,622,050

73.27

1,441,775

8

To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director

1,710,943,359

98.53

25,572,038

1.47

1,736,515,397

73.18

3,588,256

9

To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director

1,727,433,364

99.53

8,215,794

0.47

1,735,649,158

73.15

4,458,478

10

To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director

1,730,522,407

99.53

8,186,183

0.47

1,738,708,590

73.28

1,388,804

11

To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director

1,707,791,298

98.35

28,663,019

1.65

1,736,454,317

73.18

3,608,032

12

To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director

1,733,280,055

99.69

5,428,170

0.31

1,738,708,225

73.28

1,387,060

13

To appoint Philippe Tible as a director

1,728,995,601

99.44

9,730,122

0.56

1,738,725,723

73.28

1,384,100

14

To appoint Karen Witts as a director

1,729,005,774

99.44

9,708,332

0.56

1,738,714,106

73.28

1,392,936

15

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

1,732,535,135

99.64

6,200,707

0.36

1,738,735,842

73.28

1,371,690

16

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,737,564,034

99.93

1,174,920

0.07

1,738,738,954

73.28

1,356,724

17

To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,656,986,234

96.64

57,569,218

3.36

1,714,555,452

72.26

25,535,214

18

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,509,063,503

86.97

226,051,435

13.03

1,735,114,938

73.12

4,969,739

19

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,716,014,459

99.79

3,558,828

0.21

1,719,573,287

72.47

20,533,629

20

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,736,563,965

99.88

2,167,946

0.12

1,738,731,911

73.28

1,375,630

21

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

1,532,261,097

88.13

206,466,374

11.87

1,738,727,471

73.28

1,378,319

 

Notes

 

*    Includes discretionary votes

**   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of   

     votes for and against a resolution.

 

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,372,823,620 shares of 15 5/7 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.


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