Result of AGM re: Resolutions
Kingfisher PLC
03 June 2004
Kingfisher plc
Kingfisher announces that at today's Annual General Meeting (AGM) all
resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a show of hands.
Proxies were received from shareholders of 1,413,008,669 shares amounting to
60.6% of the issued share capital. Not all shareholders voted on each
resolution. In addition, shareholders holding 39.4% of the issued share capital
refrained from voting by not returning their proxy forms. Votes for (including
the Chairman's discretionary votes) and against each resolution, from those
returning the proxies, were as follows:-
Resolution 1 (Annual Report & Accounts)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,389,630,646 5,534,121 99.76%
59.57% 0.24%
Resolution 2 (Directors' Remuneration Report)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,324,294,209 20,070,255 99.14%
56.77% 0.86%
Resolution 3 (Final Dividend)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,412,988,840 10,848 99.99%
60.57% 0.0005%
Resolution 4 (Election of Mr Duncan Tatton-Brown)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,396,157,765 4,841,848 99.79%
59.85% 0.21%
Resolution 5 (Re-election of Sir Francis Mackay)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,378,097,563 5,385,675 99.76%
59.08% 0.23%
Resolution 6 (Re-election of Mr Michael Hepher)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,409,672,369 3,261,669 99.86%
60.43% 0.14%
Resolution 7 (Re-election of Mrs Margaret Salmon)
For/ Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,409,713,116 3,217,685 99.86%
60.43% 0.14%
Resolution 8 (Re-appointment of Auditors)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,369,023,892 30,569,343 98.69%
58.69% 1.31%
Resolution 9 (Authorisation to Allot Shares)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,397,091,359 15,797,248 99.32%
59.89% 0.68%
Resolution 10 (Renewal of Authority to Offer a Scrip Alternative)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,410,977,963 1,982,445 99.91%
60.49% 0.08%
Resolution 11 (Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,392,567,575 20,331,303 99.12%
59.70% 0.87%
Resolution 12 (Share Buyback)
For/Percentage of Against/Percentage of Percentage in Favour
Issued Shares Issued Shares
1,412,688,372 211,903 99.99%
60.56% 0.01%
A document listing the Resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the
UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14
5HS
Tel. No (020) 7066 1000
For further information in connection with this announcement please contact the
Company Secretarial Department at Kingfisher plc on 020 7373 8008.
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