Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4093X

Howden Joinery Group PLC

05 May 2016

 

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR

Results of AGM

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 5 May 2016, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 inclusive were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 4 May 2016 was 634,801,973.

The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.

		Votes for (including discretionary votes)	% Votes for	Votes against	% Votes against	Total number of votes validly cast	% of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast	Votes withheld*
Ordinary Resolutions
1	To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts	462,285,442	98.46	7,221,369	1.54	469,506,811	73.96	3,498,091
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration  Report	456,012,247	97.67	10,876,601	2.33	466,888,848	73.55	6,115,054
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	455,170,496	96.25	17,736,754	3.75	472,907,250	74.50	97,652
4	To declare a final dividend	472,927,951	100.00	4,851	0.00	472,932,802	74.50	72,100
5	To elect Andrew Cripps	466,121,928	98.57	6,779,161	1.43	472,901,089	74.50	103,813
6	To elect Geoff Drabble	468,062,311	98.98	4,839,622	1.02	472,901,933	74.50	102,969
7	To re-elect Richard Pennycook	466,740,220	98.70	6,164,975	1.30	472,905,195	74.50	99,707
8	To re-elect Matthew Ingle	468,568,328	99.08	4,358,780	0.92	472,927,108	74.50	77,794
9	To re-elect Mark Robson	467,658,658	98.89	5,268,794	1.11	472,927,452	74.50	77,450
10	To re-elect Michael Wemms	463,289,281	97.97	9,615,802	2.03	472,905,083	74.50	99,819
11	To re-elect Tiffany Hall	465,913,071	98.52	6,986,092	1.48	472,899,163	74.50	105,739
12	To re-elect Mark Allen	470,176,084	99.42	2,728,829	0.58	472,904,913	74.50	99,989
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor	450,323,214	95.22	22,605,649	4.78	472,928,863	74.50	76,039
14	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	465,840,802	98.50	7,079,924	1.50	472,920,726	74.50	83,676
15	To renew authority to make political donations	468,157,556	99.01	4,677,793	0.99	472,835,349	74.49	167,503
16	To approve amendments to the Long Term Incentive Plan	449,502,450	96.91	14,354,878	3.09	463,857,328	73.07	9,146,324
17	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	432,805,489	91.68	39,290,575	8.32	472,096,064	74.37	908,838
Special Resolutions
18	To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights	463,647,760	99.99	66,436	0.01	463,714,196	73.05	9,290,706
19	To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares	465,311,129	98.38	7,678,086	1.62	472,989,215	74.51	15,687
20	To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice	438,003,326	92.62	34,904,497	7.38	472,907,823	74.50	97,079

*A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/

Retirement of Director

As previously announced, Will Samuel stood down from the Board following the conclusion of the AGM. As a result of this retirement, Richard Pennycook assumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman and relinquished his role as Chair of the Audit Committee, as well as his membership of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Andrew Cripps, who the Board considers has the necessary financial, audit and accounting expertise, has assumed the role of Chair of the Audit Committee.

Enquiries:

Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary:

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