Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 2822S

DFS Furniture PLC

12 November 2021

 

12 November 2021 

DFS Furniture PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DFS Furniture PLC (the "Company") announces that all of the resolutions set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 12 November 2021 were duly passed at today's Annual General Meeting.

Details of the votes cast were as follows:

	Resolution	For (including discretionary)	%	Against	%	Total	% of ISC voted	Withheld*
1.	Receive and adopt the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts	237,373,226	100.00%	1,000	0.00%	237,374,226	91.87	49,916
2.	Declare final dividend of 7.5 pence per ordinary share	237,424,005	100.00%	137	0.00%	237,424,142	91.89	0
3.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	232,955,355	98.12%	4,468,513	1.88%	237,423,868	91.89	274
4.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	232,954,298	98.12%	4,469,570	1.88%	237,423,868	91.89	274
5.	Approve Amendments to the Long Term Incentive Plan 2015	232,951,802	98.12%	4,467,984	1.88%	237,419,786	91.89	4,356
6.	Re-Elect Tim Stacey	237,423,973	100.00%	137	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
7.	Re-Elect Mike Schmidt	237,421,322	100.00%	2,788	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
8.	Re-Elect Ian Durant	237,414,973	100.00%	137	0.00%	237,415,110	91.88	9,032
9.	Re-Elect Alison Hutchinson	237,423,943	100.00%	167	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
10.	Re-Elect Jo Boydell	237,423,943	100.00%	167	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
11.	Re-Elect Steve Johnson	232,961,610	98.12%	4,462,500	1.88%	237,424,110	91.89	32
12.	Re-elect Jane Bednall	237,423,943	100.00%	167	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
13.	Elect Loraine Martins	237,414,943	100.00%	9,167	0.00%	237,424,110	91.89	32
14.	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor	237,286,908	99.94%	137,234	0.06%	237,424,142	91.89	0
15.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	237,424,005	100.00%	137	0.00%	237,424,142	91.89	0
16.	Directors' authority to allot shares	237,268,368	99.93%	155,774	0.07%	237,424,142	91.89	0
17.	General authority to dis-apply pre-emption right**	237,422,217	100.00%	1,925	0.00%	237,424,142	91.89	0
18.	Limited authority to dis-apply pre-emption right for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments**	235,928,846	99.37%	1,495,296	0.63%	237,424,142	91.89	0
19.	Authorise the Company to purchase its ordinary shares**	237,409,714	100.00%	10,326	0.00%	237,420,040	91.89	4,102
20.	Approve amended Articles of Association**	237,422,644	100.00%	1,224	0.00%	237,423,868	91.89	274
21.	Authorise calling general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice**	236,798,152	99.74%	625,990	0.26%	237,424,142	91.89	0

* 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.

** Indicates special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

In accordance with 9.6.2 (R) of the Listing Rules, Copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will in due course be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the DFS corporate website  https://www.dfscorporate.co.uk/

Enquiries:

DFS:  (enquiries via Tulchan)	TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)	James Macey-White
	Jessica Reid
Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)	Amber Ahluwalia
[e-mail]	[e-mail]

 
About DFS Furniture plc

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner.  We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options.  We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company".  

 

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