Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2092E

Grainger PLC

06 February 2015

 



6 February 2015

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

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and second Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 5 February 2015, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 December 2014 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 2014		322,918,558			201,000	323,119,558	89,239
2	To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2014		204,825,406			83,919,669	288,745,075	34,463,722
3	To declare a dividend		323,208,797			0	323,208,797	0
4	To re-elect Ian Coull		322,829,458			365,427	323,194,885	13,912
5	To re-elect Andrew Cunningham		322,847,765			357,427	323,205,192	3,605
6	To re-elect Simon Davies		322,360,222			844,412	323,204,634	4,163
7	To re-elect Margaret Ford		319,941,713			3,162,747	323,104,460	104,337
8	To re-elect Mark Greenwood		322,502,418			695,551	323,197,969	10,828
9	To re-elect Nick Jopling		322,709,641			495,551	323,205,192	3,605
10	To re-elect Belinda Richards		322,392,749			771,916	323,164,665	44,132
11	To re-elect Tony Wray		322,648,543			553,806	323,202,349	6,448
12	To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company		319,858,659			3,345,975	323,204,634	4,163
13	To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors		321,698,245			1,509,232	323,207,477	1,320
14	To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006		295,345,265			27,227,507	322,572,772	636,025
15	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares*		314,081,159			102,488	314,183,647	9,025,150
16	To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares*		323,027,605			173,949	323,201,554	7,243
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings to not less than 14 clear days' notice and incur political expenditure*		282,536,333			40,665,241	323,201,574	7,223
18	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate		313,357,707			9,836,989	323,194,696	14,101

Notes for the Disclosure

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 416,288,952 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 Adam McGhin /Michael Windle / Kurt Mueller Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7795 4700 Tel: + 44 (0) 191 261 1819

FTI Consulting  Dido Laurimore / Nick Taylor Tel: + 44 (0) 20 3727 1000

 

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