Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4052F

Kingfisher PLC

14 June 2012

 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                                                          Thursday 14 June 2012

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 14 June 2012, 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 16 and 20 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 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	1,742,071,736	99.97	539,412	0.03	1,742,611,148	73.54	11,261,635
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,668,803,968	98.22	30,313,352	1.78	1,699,117,320	71.71	54,752,184
3	To declare the final dividend	1,751,786,485	100.00	15,964	0.00	1,751,802,449	73.93	2,050,473
4	To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director	1,736,309,020	99.13	15,314,168	0.87	1,751,623,188	73.92	2,248,857
5	To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director	1,748,146,854	99.80	3,553,032	0.20	1,751,699,886	73.93	2,172,248
6	To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director	1,750,006,150	99.91	1,648,684	0.09	1,751,654,834	73.93	2,217,118
7	To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director	1,748,114,242	99.80	3,551,781	0.20	1,751,666,023	73.93	2,205,911
8	To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director	1,745,215,994	99.63	6,477,259	0.37	1,751,693,253	73.93	2,178,246
9	To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director	1,748,345,167	99.81	3,298,343	0.19	1,751,643,510	73.93	2,223,951
10	To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director	1,746,323,496	99.70	5,213,809	0.30	1,751,537,305	73.92	2,331,521
11	To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director	1,745,292,897	99.63	6,411,856	0.37	1,751,704,753	73.93	2,165,869
12	To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director	1,749,961,494	99.91	1,645,282	0.09	1,751,606,776	73.92	2,254,442
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,729,537,056	99.33	11,629,380	0.67	1,741,166,436	73.48	12,669,948
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,747,517,056	99.76	4,276,593	0.24	1,751,793,649	73.93	2,078,396
15	To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,713,866,636	97.85	37,655,060	2.15	1,751,521,696	73.92	2,293,992
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,496,346,457	86.88	225,930,452	13.12	1,722,276,909	72.69	31,588,659
17	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,696,285,673	98.37	28,105,867	1.63	1,724,391,540	72.78	29,477,926
18	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,749,160,474	99.85	2,634,711	0.15	1,751,795,185	73.93	2,059,689
19	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,511,074,360	86.26	240,652,791	13.74	1,751,727,151	73.93	2,141,268
20	To authorise the Kingfisher Sharesave Plan rules.	1,687,673,788	96.40	63,108,742	3.60	1,750,782,530	73.89	3,086,366

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 2,369,464,201 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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