Results of AGM

Dunelm Group plc

16 November 2023

 

16 November 2023

Dunelm Group plc

(the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 16 November 2023 at Stoke 2 Distribution Centre, White Rock Road, Prologis Park, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4FA ("AGM"), a poll was taken on all resolutions set out in Part 5 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice"). All resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by the members entitled to vote.

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are as follows:

#	Resolution Name	Number of Votes For & Discretionary	% of Votes For & Discretionary	Number of Votes Against	% of Votes Against	Votes Total	% ISC	Votes Withheld
Votes of all shareholders
01	Accounts	179,681,300	100.00%	2,125	0.00%	179,683,425	88.97	337,909
02	Dividend	179,464,643	99.69%	555,879	0.31%	180,020,522	89.14	812
03	Will Adderley	176,536,551	98.07%	3,481,694	1.93%	180,018,245	89.14	3,089
04	Nick Wilkinson	179,679,831	99.81%	339,608	0.19%	180,019,439	89.14	1,895
05	Karen Witts	179,229,297	99.56%	789,256	0.44%	180,018,553	89.14	2,781
06	Alison Brittain	177,976,684	98.87%	2,041,609	1.13%	180,018,293	89.14	3,041
07	Marion Sears	177,009,762	98.33%	3,010,291	1.67%	180,020,053	89.14	1,281
08	Ian Bull	178,855,133	99.35%	1,163,420	0.65%	180,018,553	89.14	2,781
09	Arja Taaveniku	178,854,711	99.35%	1,163,742	0.65%	180,018,453	89.14	2,881
10	William Reeve	178,855,484	99.35%	1,163,069	0.65%	180,018,553	89.14	2,781
11	Peter Ruis	178,854,691	99.35%	1,163,462	0.65%	180,018,153	89.14	3,181
12	Vijay Talwar	178,854,497	99.35%	1,163,956	0.65%	180,018,453	89.14	2,881
13	Kelly Devine	178,856,646	99.35%	1,161,507	0.65%	180,018,153	89.14	3,181
14	Remuneration Policy	178,045,253	99.12%	1,573,989	0.88%	179,619,242	88.94	402,092
15	Remuneration Report	172,705,866	99.35%	1,128,014	0.65%	173,833,880	86.08	6,187,454
16	Auditors	179,939,472	99.96%	79,527	0.04%	180,018,999	89.14	2,335
17	Auditors' Remuneration	180,011,766	100.00%	8,349	0.00%	180,020,115	89.14	1,219
18	Allot Securities	179,044,101	99.46%	970,297	0.54%	180,014,398	89.14	6,936
19	Allot Equity	180,004,092	99.99%	10,701	0.01%	180,014,793	89.14	6,541
20	Allot Further Equity	179,810,003	99.89%	203,990	0.11%	180,013,993	89.14	7,341
21	Purchase Shares	176,994,332	98.41%	2,853,852	1.59%	179,848,184	89.06	173,150
22	Rule 9 waiver	87,920,892	95.28%	4,358,936	4.72%	92,279,828	45.69	1,401,227
23	14 Days	178,176,397	98.98%	1,844,393	1.02%	180,020,790	89.14	544
24	LTIP rules	179,103,125	99.51%	878,242	0.49%	179,981,367	89.12	39,967
25	SAYE rules	179,964,177	99.97%	55,190	0.03%	180,019,367	89.14	1,967
Votes of independent shareholders only
06	Alison Brittain	91,636,405	97.82%	2,041,609	2.18%	93,678,014	81.03	3,041
07	Marion Sears	90,669,483	96.79%	3,010,291	3.21%	93,679,774	81.03	1,281
08	Ian Bull	92,514,854	98.76%	1,163,420	1.24%	93,678,274	81.03	2,781
09	Arja Taaveniku	92,514,432	98.76%	1,163,742	1.24%	93,678,174	81.03	2,881
10	William Reeve	92,515,205	98.76%	1,163,069	1.24%	93,678,274	81.03	2,781
11	Peter Ruis	92,514,412	98.76%	1,163,462	1.24%	93,677,874	81.03	3,181
12	Vijay Talwar	92,514,218	98.76%	1,163,956	1.24%	93,678,174	81.03	2,881
13	Kelly Devine	92,516,367	98.76%	1,161,507	1.24%	93,677,874	81.03	3,181

Notes:

1.   At the date of the AGM, the Company has 203,426,835 ordinary shares in issue, with 1,476,947 ordinary shares in treasury. Total voting rights are therefore 201,949,888.

2.   The Controlling Shareholder and the Concert Party (each as defined in the AGM Notice) were the same parties at the date of the AGM. On that date they held 86,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 42.80% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights. Such persons were not eligible to vote on resolution 22. Resolutions 6-13 have been counted separately excluding such persons.

3.   Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

4.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to 'the Chair of the meeting' have been included in the 'For' totals above.

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

The Annual Report and Accounts, the AGM Notice and a copy of this announcement are available in the investor section of the Company's website at https://corporate.dunelm.com.

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Luisa Wright, Company Secretary

[e-mail].

 

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