Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6857P

Kingfisher PLC

09 June 2015

 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                                                          Tuesday 9 June 2015

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Tuesday 9 June 2015, 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 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	1,711,593,928	99.94	1,026,043	0.06	1,712,619,971	73.64	8,793,849
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,679,245,535	98.23	30,289,770	1.77	1,709,535,305	73.51	11,879,890
3	To declare the final dividend	1,717,838,029	100.00	21,859	0.00	1,717,859,888	73.87	3,555,242
4	To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director	1,705,154,384	99.31	11,899,367	0.69	1,717,053,751	73.83	4,359,036
5	To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director	1,708,512,425	99.95	893,582	0.05	1,709,406,007	73.51	12,007,827
6	To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director	1,716,845,875	99.95	932,620	0.05	1,717,778,495	73.87	3,632,282
7	To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director	1,716,383,497	99.92	1,352,994	0.08	1,717,736,491	73.86	3,676,425
8	To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director	1,683,466,025	98.86	19,478,934	1.14	1,702,944,959	73.23	18,463,032
9	To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director	1,706,206,849	99.33	11,566,230	0.67	1,717,773,079	73.87	3,633,743
10	To appoint Veronique Laury as a director	1,716,854,677	99.95	889,165	0.05	1,717,743,842	73.86	3,628,974
11	To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director	1,715,099,936	99.84	2,679,388	0.16	1,717,779,324	73.87	3,633,010
12	To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director	1,712,692,066	99.70	5,067,588	0.30	1,717,759,654	73.86	3,628,236
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,707,469,291	99.90	1,737,188	0.10	1,709,206,479	73.50	12,207,121
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,717,750,541	100.00	71,344	0.00	1,717,821,885	73.87	3,591,409
15	To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,687,611,357	98.25	30,041,115	1.75	1,717,652,472	73.86	3,736,790
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,468,468,036	85.84	242,144,141	14.16	1,710,612,177	73.56	10,801,260
17	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,685,150,152	99.56	7,425,425	0.44	1,692,575,577	72.78	28,835,930
18	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,715,513,976	99.87	2,277,523	0.13	1,717,791,499	73.87	3,623,672
	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,442,320,027	83.96	275,492,995	16.04	1,717,813,022	73.87	3,601,395

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 2,325,563,643 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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