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 |
% 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
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