Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0005H

Kingfisher PLC

13 June 2013

 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                                                          Thursday 13 June 2013

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 13 June 2013, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 18 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC	Votes** Withheld
1	To receive the report and accounts	1,735,217,719	100.00	22,458	0.00	1,735,240,177	73.13	4,867,267
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,585,211,665	97.66	38,040,731	2.34	1,623,252,396	68.41	116,857,614
3	To declare the final dividend	1,738,728,032	100.00	45,411	0.00	1,738,773,443	73.28	1,331,815
4	To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director	1,710,051,249	99.07	15,974,876	0.93	1,726,026,125	72.74	14,085,164
5	To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director	1,734,524,140	99.76	4,149,836	0.24	1,738,673,976	73.27	1,433,414
6	To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director	1,735,398,695	99.81	3,313,523	0.19	1,738,712,218	73.28	1,387,948
7	To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director	1,727,178,076	99.34	11,483,974	0.66	1,738,622,050	73.27	1,441,775
8	To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director	1,710,943,359	98.53	25,572,038	1.47	1,736,515,397	73.18	3,588,256
9	To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director	1,727,433,364	99.53	8,215,794	0.47	1,735,649,158	73.15	4,458,478
10	To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director	1,730,522,407	99.53	8,186,183	0.47	1,738,708,590	73.28	1,388,804
11	To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director	1,707,791,298	98.35	28,663,019	1.65	1,736,454,317	73.18	3,608,032
12	To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director	1,733,280,055	99.69	5,428,170	0.31	1,738,708,225	73.28	1,387,060
13	To appoint Philippe Tible as a director	1,728,995,601	99.44	9,730,122	0.56	1,738,725,723	73.28	1,384,100
14	To appoint Karen Witts as a director	1,729,005,774	99.44	9,708,332	0.56	1,738,714,106	73.28	1,392,936
15	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,732,535,135	99.64	6,200,707	0.36	1,738,735,842	73.28	1,371,690
16	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,737,564,034	99.93	1,174,920	0.07	1,738,738,954	73.28	1,356,724
17	To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,656,986,234	96.64	57,569,218	3.36	1,714,555,452	72.26	25,535,214
18	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,509,063,503	86.97	226,051,435	13.03	1,735,114,938	73.12	4,969,739
19	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,716,014,459	99.79	3,558,828	0.21	1,719,573,287	72.47	20,533,629
20	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,736,563,965	99.88	2,167,946	0.12	1,738,731,911	73.28	1,375,630
21	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,532,261,097	88.13	206,466,374	11.87	1,738,727,471	73.28	1,378,319

Notes

*    Includes discretionary votes

**   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of   

     votes for and against a resolution.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,372,823,620 shares of 15 5/7 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

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 ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

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