RNS Number : 8524P
Kingfisher PLC
22 June 2022
 

KINGFISHER PLC

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 June 2022

 

At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com

 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes

For*

%

Votes Against

%

Total
Votes

% of ISC

Votes**

Withheld

 

1

To receive the report and accounts

1,734,401,468

100.00

40,586

0.00

1,734,442,054

86.29%

5,890,704

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,676,791,695

96.36

63,391,071

3.64

1,740,182,766

86.57%

150,191

3

To approve the directors' remuneration policy

1,620,253,983

93.11

119,882,346

6.89

1,740,136,329

86.57%

195,473

4

To approve the Kingfisher Performance Share Plan

1,725,838,644

99.17

14,361,685

0.83

1,740,200,329

86.57%

132,629

5

To declare the final dividend

1,739,920,511

99.98

338,416

0.02

1,740,258,927

86.58%

74,031

6

To elect Bill Lennie as a director

1,737,060,948

99.83

2,965,735

0.17

1,740,026,683

86.57%

306,275

7

To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director

1,524,703,790

87.62

215,376,752

12.38

1,740,080,542

86.57%

252,416

8

To re-elect Bernard Bot as a director

1,725,871,209

99.19

14,129,150

0.81

1,740,000,359

86.56%

332,399

9

To re-elect Catherine Bradley

1,501,336,004

86.29

238,616,652

13.71

1,739,952,656

86.56%

380,102

10

To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director

1,705,155,360

97.99

34,889,679

2.01

1,740,045,039

86.57%

287,719

11

To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director

1,671,004,688

96.03

69,058,876

3.97

1,740,063,564

86.57%

269,194

12

To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director

1,737,468,579

99.85

2,664,367

0.15

1,740,132,946

86.57%

199,812

13

To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director

1,501,303,293

86.50

234,385,439

13.50

1,735,688,732

86.35%

4,644,026

14

To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director

1,505,185,487

86.50

234,887,880

13.50

1,740,073,367

86.57%

259,391

15

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor

1,721,646,589

98.94

18,449,540

1.06

1,740,096,129

86.57%

236,629

16

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

1,728,956,450

99.36

11,162,530

0.64

1,740,118,980

86.57%

213,415

17

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,730,149,983

99.43

9,849,287

0.57

1,739,999,270

86.56%

322,183

18

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,467,586,001

84.33

272,613,285

15.67

1,740,199,286

86.57%

133,472

19

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,552,515,306

89.40

184,072,835

10.60

1,736,588,141

86.39%

3,742,952

20

To disapply pre-emption rights for an additional five percent

1,541,316,310

88.76

195,251,900

11.24

1,736,568,210

86.39%

3,764,548

21

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,730,473,935

99.58

7,272,725

0.42

1,737,746,660

86.45%

2,586,098

22

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

1,657,791,463

95.27

82,354,301

4.73

1,740,145,764

86.57%

186,994

 

 

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.

 

The number of Ordinary shares in issue on Monday 20 June 2022, was 2,010,079,636.

 

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com.  

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  

 

CONTACT

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Investor Relations

Tel:

+44 (0) 20 7644 1082

Email:

investorenquiries@kingfisher.com

Media Relations

+44 (0) 20 7644 1030

corpcomms@kingfisher.com

Teneo

+44 (0) 20 7420 3184

Kfteam@teneo.com

 

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