Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8290Z

Wolseley PLC

20 January 2011

 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: RESOLUTIONS 

Wolseley plc is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll.  The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.wolseley.com.  

The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below.

RESOLUTION NUMBER	IN FAVOUR		DISCRETIONARY		AGAINST		WITHHELD
	VOTES	%*	VOTES	%*	VOTES	%*	VOTES
1	218,067,662	98.56%	17,865	0.01%	3,182,121	1.44%	10,384
2	214,043,363	97.28%	17,398	0.01%	5,980,220	2.72%	1,236,584
3	219,699,629	99.30%	17,149	0.01%	1,556,264	0.70%	4,274
4	219,790,848	99.34%	15,979	0.01%	1,465,717	0.66%	3,602
5	219,791,342	99.34%	15,958	0.01%	1,465,223	0.66%	3,602
6	215,112,203	97.22%	15,789	0.01%	6,143,103	2.78%	4,861
7	219,304,067	99.12%	16,329	0.01%	1,952,590	0.88%	3,510
8	217,222,682	98.18%	16,308	0.01%	4,034,147	1.82%	3,338
9	214,783,190	97.70%	16,233	0.01%	6,193,023	2.80%	283,954
10	205,104,027	92.70%	17,739	0.01%	16,153,296	7.30%	2,844
11	206,098,251	93.93%	16,770	0.01%	13,309,696	6.07%	1,852,220
12	215,869,107	97.73%	17,163	0.01%	5,005,494	2.27%	385,566
13	196,261,978	89.45%	16,247	0.01%	23,149,893	10.46%	1,848,296
14	219,437,609	99.18%	15,887	0.01%	1,817,736	0.82%	4,822
15	217,375,843	99.82%	18,114	0.01%	396,343	0.18%	3,487,981

* percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes.

Total number of votes cast was 221,260,117.  At the close of business on 19 January 2011, the issued share capital was 284,525,483 ordinary shares.

A copy of the Non Routine Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For further information please contact:  

Wolseley plc

Richard I Shoylekov

Group Company Secretary and General Counsel

+ 44 (0)118 929 8700

+ 41 (0) 41 723 23 23

 

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