AGM Statement

RNS Number : 7064O

Grainger PLC

10 February 2016

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and third Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 10 February 2016, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 17 December 2015 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:

	Resolutions	Votes for	% For	Votes against	Total votes	Votes withheld
1	To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2015	308,232,257	99.2	2,511,584	310,743,841	2,599,525
2	To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2015	288,823,290	92.9	22,002,475	310,825,765	2,517,601
3	To declare a dividend	310,815,131	100.0	11,176	310,826,307	2,517,059
4	To re-elect Baroness Margaret Ford	292,066,711	94.3	17,716,769	309,783,480	3,559,886
5	To re-elect Nick Jopling	310,338,714	99.8	484,766	310,823,480	2,519,886
6	To re-elect Belinda Richards	310,325,005	99.8	498,475	310,823,480	2,519,886
7	To re-elect Tony Wray	310,340,505	99.8	469,466	310,809,971	2,533,395
8	To re-elect Andrew Carr-Locke	310,324,964	99.8	484,766	310,809,730	2,533,636
9	To re-elect Helen Gordon	310,325,005	99.8	498,475	310,823,480	2,519,886
10	To re-elect Rob Wilkinson	310,324,564	99.8	485,166	310,809,730	2,533,636
11	To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	310,312,464	99.0	3,030,360	313,342,824	542
12	To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	310,813,564	100.0	12,201	310,825,765	2,517,601
13	To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006	291,737,366	94.2	18,043,057	309,780,423	3,562,943
14	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares*	278,054,828	91.9	24,455,079	302,509,907	10,833,459
15	To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares*	310,751,742	100.0	74,545	310,826,287	2,517,079
16	To reduce the notice period for general meetings to not less than 14 clear days' notice and incur political expenditure*	287,354,620	92.4	23,471,687	310,826,307	2,517,059
17	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	306,999,450	98.8	3,812,092	310,811,542	2,531,824