Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6631Y

Dixons Carphone PLC

10 September 2020

 

10 September 2020

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 - POLL RESULTS

The Board of Dixons Carphone plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 11:00am on Thursday 10 September 2020, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

The results of the polls were as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Total	Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the directors and auditor for the period ended 2 May 2020	926,936,463	99.99%	128,314	0.01%	927,064,777	79.48	767,474
2.	To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	866,889,321	93.65%	58,771,953	6.35%	925,661,274	79.36	2,170,977
3.	To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director	927,102,647	99.93%	691,964	0.07%	927,794,611	79.54	37,641
4.	To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE as a director	927,091,322	99.92%	704,967	0.08%	927,796,289	79.54	35,963
5.	To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director	926,972,974	99.91%	817,229	0.09%	927,790,203	79.54	42,048
6.	To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director	920,094,260	99.17%	7,700,406	0.83%	927,794,666	79.54	37,586
7.	To re-elect Lord Livingston of Parkhead as a director	926,185,938	99.83%	1,604,011	0.17%	927,789,949	79.54	42,303
8.	To re-elect Jonny Mason as a director	923,702,219	99.56%	4,090,676	0.44%	927,792,895	79.54	39,357
9.	To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director	915,942,360	98.72%	11,853,803	1.28%	927,796,163	79.54	36,088
10.	To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director	868,837,583	93.65%	58,956,912	6.35%	927,794,495	79.54	37,756
11.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	859,489,417	92.64%	68,309,623	7.36%	927,799,040	79.54	33,211
12.	Authority for the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	917,463,834	98.88%	10,346,634	1.12%	927,810,468	79.54	21,783
13.	Authority to make political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total	862,428,836	92.95%	65,369,767	7.05%	927,798,603	79.54	33,649
14.	To approve the amendments to the LTIP scheme rules	924,868,346	99.84%	1,491,366	0.16%	926,359,712	79.42	1,472,540
15.	Authority to allot shares	915,987,270	98.73%	11,821,230	1.27%	927,808,500	79.54	23,752
16.	Authority to dis-apply   pre-emption rights *	927,598,619	99.98%	197,654	0.02%	927,796,273	79.54	35,979
17.	Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares *	868,861,438	93.71%	58,347,038	6.29%	927,208,476	79.49	623,775
18.	Authority to call general meetings at short  notice *	909,534,576	98.03%	18,287,996	1.97%	927,822,572	79.54	9,680

* Special Resolutions

Notes:

1.  The total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,166,458,443 and all of these have voting rights.

2.  Percentages above are rounded to 2 decimal places.

3.  A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Further information:

Nigel Paterson, General Counsel and Company Secretary

07401 373 188

 

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