Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2217E

Grainger PLC

07 February 2018

 

7 February 2018

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

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and fifth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 7 February 2018, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 21 December 2017 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 (* special resolutions):

	Resolutions	Votes for	% For	Votes against	% Against	Total votes	Votes withheld
1	To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2017	309,480,584	99.94	200,000	0.06	309,680,584	89,701
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2017	306,176,534	98.84	3,580,060	1.16	309,756,594	13,691
3	To declare a dividend	309,770,285	100	0	0	309,770,285	0
4	To re-elect Helen Gordon	307,793,903	99.36	1,975,925	0.64	309,769,828	457
5	To re-elect Vanessa Simms	307,477,873	99.26	2,291,955	0.74	309,769,828	457
6	To re-elect Tony Wray	307,731,077	99.34	2,038,751	0.66	309,769,828	457
7	To re-elect Andrew Carr-Locke	307,727,492	99.34	2,040,051	0.66	309,767,543	2,742
8	To re-elect Rob Wilkinson	307,717,739	99.34	2,038,751	0.66	309,756,490	13,795
9	To elect Mark Clare	307,263,848	99.19	2,501,401	0.81	309,765,249	5,036
10	To elect Justin Read	307,715,998	99.34	2,040,251	0.66	309,756,249	14,036
11	To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	309,511,285	99.92	250,000	0.08	309,761,285	9,000
12	To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	308,850,258	99.7	914,231	0.3	309,764,489	5,796
13	To authorise the directors to allot shares	294,146,956	94.96	15,611,812	5.04	309,758,768	11,517
14	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash*	308,528,110	99.6	1,227,141	0.4	309,755,251	15,034
15	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash in relation to the acquisition or other capital investment *	291,614,736	94.14	18,140,515	5.86	309,755,251	15,034
16	To authorise the Company to purchase own shares*	306,478,047	99.24	2,340,814	0.76	308,818,861	951,424
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) to not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	278,754,148	89.99	31,015,896	10.01	309,770,044	241
18	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	306,374,226	98.92	3,353,860	1.08	309,728,086	42,199

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 417,114,937 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and also via the Company's website at http://www.graingerplc.co.uk/.

Adam McGhin

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

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