Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4648Q
Wolseley PLC
29 November 2016
 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: RESOLUTIONS 

 

Wolseley plc (the "Company") 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

For

%*

Against

%*

Votes Total

% Votes cast**

Votes Withheld***

1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts

206,496,158

100.00

3,394

0.00

206,499,552

81.67

19,169

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

193,161,428

98.11

3,722,912

1.89

196,884,340

77.86

9,634,381

3. To declare a final dividend

206,510,731

100.00

198

0.00

206,510,929

81.67

7,792

4. To re-elect Tessa Bamford

203,910,899

98.74

2,596,703

1.26

206,507,602

81.67

11,119

5. To re-elect John Daly

203,906,549

98.74

2,601,279

1.26

206,507,828

81.67

10,893

6. To re-elect Gareth Davis

188,637,713

92.73

14,779,910

7.27

203,417,623

80.45

3,101,098

7. To re-elect Pilar López

201,308,024

97.48

5,200,100

2.52

206,508,124

81.67

10,597

8. To re-elect John Martin

206,094,030

99.80

405,945

0.20

206,499,975

81.67

18,746

9. To re-elect Alan Murray

203,857,788

98.72

2,650,213

1.28

206,508,001

81.67

10,720

10. To re-elect Frank Roach

206,102,475

99.80

405,645

0.20

206,508,120

81.67

10,601

11. To re-elect Darren Shapland

203,777,057

98.68

2,730,586

1.32

206,507,643

81.67

11,078

12. To re-elect Jacqueline Simmonds

203,876,657

98.73

2,631,417

1.27

206,508,074

81.67

10,647

13. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

206,374,701

99.93

135,193

0.07

206,509,894

81.67

8,827

14. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

206,501,241

100.00

3,026

0.00

206,504,267

81.67

14,454

15. Authority of limited political expenditure and political donations

204,108,921

99.42

1,183,737

0.58

205,292,658

81.19

1,226,063

16. Authority to allot securities

182,168,854

88.54

23,581,058

11.46

205,749,912

81.37

768,809

17. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

198,794,245

96.29

7,659,725

3.71

206,453,970

81.65

64,751

18. Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for specified capital investment

182,407,372

88.35

24,045,278

11.65

206,452,650

81.65

66,071

19. Authority to purchase own shares

197,874,315

96.38

7,429,034

3.62

205,303,349

81.19

1,215,372

  

 

 

 

*           percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes

**          percentage of issued share capital (excluding 13,779,023 treasury shares)

***        a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution

 

As at 27 November 2016, the Company:

 

(i)  had 266,636,106 issued ordinary shares of 1053/66 pence, each ordinary share having one vote;

 

(ii) held 13,779,023 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and

 

(iii) accordingly, had total voting rights of 252,857,083.

 

 

For further information please contact:  

 

Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary

+ 41 (0) 41 723 22 30


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