Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 0495P
Ferguson PLC
23 May 2018
 

FERGUSON PLC
(the "Company")

GENERAL MEETING: RESOLUTIONS

 

The Company is pleased to announce that, at its General Meeting held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the special resolutions by the requisite majority on a poll.

 

The full text of each special resolution is contained in the Notice of General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.fergusonplc.com

 

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

 

Resolution

For

%*

Against

%*

Votes Total

% Votes cast**

Votes Withheld***

1. To approve the special dividend and share consolidation

193,980,765

99.99

12,671

0.01

193,993,436

78.97%

212,517

2. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

191,357,545

98.63

2,657,277

1.37

194,014,822

78.98%

191,131

  

*           percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes

**          percentage of issued share capital (excluding 20,972,300 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 21 May 2018, the Company:

 

(i)  had 266,636,101 issued ordinary shares of 1053/66 pence, each ordinary share having one vote;

 

(ii) held 20,972,300 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and

 

(iii) accordingly, had total voting rights of 245,663,801.

 

Enquiries:

Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary
(00 41 41 723 2230)


 


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