Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3975Z

Grainger PLC

05 February 2014

 



5 February 2014

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

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and first Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 5 February 2014, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 December 2013 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		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 2013	300,868,461		0	300,868,461	2,923,743
2.	To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2013	267,625,281		21,638,526	289,263,807	14,528,397
3.	To approve the directors' policy on remuneration	216,275,016		27,612,838	243,887,854	59,904,350
4.	To declare a dividend	301,324,145		0	301,324,145	2,468,059
5.	To re-elect John Barnsley	233,514,390		51,288,116	284,802,506	18,989,698
6.	To re-elect Robin Broadhurst	300,367,093		957,052	301,324,145	2,468,059
8.	To re-elect Andrew Cunningham	300,978,068		346,077	301,324,145	2,468,059
9.	To re-elect Simon Davies	300,471,148		852,756	301,323,904	2,468,300
10.	To re-elect Margaret Ford	296,435,398		4,888,747	301,324,145	2,468,059
11.	To re-elect Mark Greenwood	300,978,068		346,077	301,324,145	2,468,059
12.	To re-elect Nick Jopling	300,971,389		352,756	301,324,145	2,468,059
13.	To re-elect Belinda Richards	300,572,989		737,647	301,310,636	2,481,568
14.	To re-elect Tony Wray	300,690,466		593,152	301,283,618	2,508,586
15.	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	294,805,429		6,518,716	301,324,145	2,468,059
16.	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of auditors	298,582,039		2,742,106	301,324,145	2,468,059
17.	To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006	278,807,439		22,273,380	301,080,819	2,711,385
18.	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares*	300,360,314		110,866	300,471,180	3,321,024
19.	To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares*	301,255,173		68,952	301,324,125	2,468,079
20.	To reduce the notice period for general meetings to not less than 14 clear days' notice and incur political expenditure*	269,474,235		31,849,910	301,324,145	2,468,059
21.	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	292,607,552		8,714,173	301,321,725	2,470,479
Note re resolution 7
Since the notice convening the Annual General Meeting was sent to shareholders, Peter Couch retired as a director on 31 January 2014, and therefore the resolution relating to his re-election was withdrawn.

Notes for the Disclosure

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 415,114,913 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

*Special resolutions

For further information:

Grainger plc Andrew Cunningham / Mark Greenwood / Kurt Mueller Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7795 4700 Tel: + 44 (0) 191 261 1819 For and behalf of Grainger plc

FTI Consulting Stephanie Highett / Dido Laurimore / Will Henderson / Nick Taylor Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7831 3113

M P Windle

Company Secretary

 

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