Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8724L

Dixons Carphone PLC

15 September 2021

 

15 September 2021

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 - 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 09:30am on Wednesday 15 September 2021, 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 1 May 2021	920,471,965	100.00	20,760	0.00	920,492,725	78.91%	1,665,896
2.	To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	855,375,711	92.78	66,608,140	7.22	921,983,851	79.04%	174,770
3.	To declare a final dividend of 3p per ordinary share	922,135,114	100.00	11,625	0.00	922,146,739	79.06%	11,882
4.	To elect Bruce Marsh as a director	920,782,311	99.85	1,338,469	0.15	922,120,780	79.05%	37,841
5.	To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director	921,358,418	99.92	775,714	0.08	922,134,132	79.05%	24,489
6.	To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE as a director	921,577,994	99.94	549,814	0.06	922,127,808	79.05%	30,813
7.	To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director	921,570,882	99.94	556,786	0.06	922,127,668	79.05%	30,953
8.	To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director	921,338,148	99.91	785,792	0.09	922,123,940	79.05%	34,681
9.	To re-elect Lord Livingston of Parkhead as a director	853,941,645	92.61	68,191,241	7.39	922,132,886	79.05%	25,735
10.	To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director	921,199,040	99.90	926,607	0.10	922,125,647	79.05%	32,974
11.	To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director	921,491,323	99.93	633,781	0.07	922,125,104	79.05%	33,517
12.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	838,507,597	90.93	83,617,652	9.07	922,125,249	79.05%	33,372
13.	Authority for the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	904,283,156	98.07	17,835,761	1.93	922,118,917	79.05%	39,704
14.	Authority to make political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total	867,698,630	94.10	54,413,935	5.90	922,112,565	79.05%	46,056
15.	Authority to allot shares	912,646,717	98.97	9,476,907	1.03	922,123,624	79.05%	34,997
16.	Authority to dis-apply   pre-emption rights *	921,910,930	99.98	197,389	0.02	922,108,319	79.05%	50,302
17.	Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares *	852,294,248	92.54	68,677,266	7.46	920,971,514	78.95%	1,187,107
18.	Authority to call general meetings at short  notice *	907,790,782	98.44	14,351,594	1.56	922,142,376	79.05%	16,245

* 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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