Result of AGM

Howden Joinery Group PLC

04 May 2023

 

4 May 2023

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 4 May 2023, 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 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 3 May 2023 was 552,030,794.

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	406,604,857	99.90%	421,127	0.10%	407,025,984	73.73	5,668,680
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration  Report	353,118,407	86.06%	57,182,970	13.94%	410,301,377	74.33	2,392,924
3	To declare a final dividend of 15.9 pence per ordinary share	412,677,353	100.00%	6,974	0.00%	412,684,327	74.76	10,362
4	To elect Peter Ventress	397,118,769	96.23%	15,539,179	3.77%	412,657,948	74.75	35,172
5	To re-elect Karen Caddick	380,137,913	93.95%	24,492,582	6.05%	404,630,495	73.30	8,063,619
6	To re-elect Andrew Cripps	380,585,156	94.06%	24,042,621	5.94%	404,627,777	73.30	8,066,371
7	To re-elect Louise Fowler	393,690,194	97.30%	10,937,916	2.70%	404,628,110	73.30	8,066,685
8	To re-elect Paul Hayes	410,117,873	99.39%	2,497,603	0.61%	412,615,476	74.75	78,224
9	To re-elect Andrew Livingston	411,917,452	99.83%	701,542	0.17%	412,618,994	74.75	75,135
10	To re-elect Debbie White	386,038,703	96.46%	14,187,661	3.54%	400,226,364	72.50	12,468,431
11	To reappoint KPMG LLP ('KPMG') as auditor	408,114,002	98.90%	4,551,947	1.10%	412,665,949	74.75	28,488
12	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	412,623,005	99.99%	46,836	0.01%	412,669,841	74.75	25,477
13	To renew authority to make political donations	405,324,262	98.24%	7,276,798	1.76%	412,601,060	74.74	94,147
14	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	402,978,788	97.65%	9,681,107	2.35%	412,659,895	74.75	35,330
Special Resolutions
15	To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights	410,239,315	99.75%	1,015,392	0.25%	411,254,707	74.50	1,439,913
16	To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares	406,831,377	98.81%	4,906,318	1.19%	411,737,695	74.59	957,319
17	To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice	402,497,083	97.53%	10,180,069	2.47%	412,677,152	74.76	16,856

*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.

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

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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  

Enquiries

Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary:               [phone]

 

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