Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1769R

Kingfisher PLC

12 June 2018

 

KINGFISHER PLC

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Tuesday 12 June 2018

Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') announces the results of voting on resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Tuesday 12 June 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions which were all passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are presented in the table below.

The Company also confirms that, following the conclusion of the Company's 2018 AGM, Andrew Bonfield retired from the Board and Jeff Carr became Chairman of the Audit Committee. Jeff Carr is also now a member of the Nomination Committee.

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC	Votes** Withheld
1	To receive the report and accounts	1,720,929,172	99.91	1,577,052	0.09	1,722,506,224	80.42	1,052,835
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,685,785,098	98.05	33,484,744	1.95	1,719,269,842	80.26	4,289,317
3	To declare the final dividend	1,723,159,486	100.00	43,483	0.00	1,723,202,969	80.45	356,190
4	To appoint Jeff Carr as a director	1,714,690,099	99.51	8,460,183	0.49	1,723,150,282	80.45	408,877
5	To re-appoint Andy Cosslett as a director	1,700,246,518	98.67	22,909,317	1.33	1,723,155,835	80.45	403,324
6	To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director	1,717,329,121	99.66	5,824,663	0.34	1,723,153,784	80.45	405,374
7	To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director	1,720,357,313	99.84	2,794,692	0.16	1,723,152,005	80.45	407,154
8	To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director	1,703,287,986	98.85	19,860,652	1.15	1,723,148,638	80.45	410,020
9	To re-appoint Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director	1,597,203,814	92.75	124,801,915	7.25	1,722,005,729	80.39	1,552,930
10	To re-appoint Veronique Laury as a director	1,721,788,949	99.92	1,301,821	0.08	1,723,090,770	80.44	467,889
11	To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director	1,697,212,069	98.49	25,936,963	1.51	1,723,149,032	80.45	410,127
12	To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director	1,714,943,290	99.51	8,384,767	0.49	1,723,328,057	80.45	398,102
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,706,559,239	99.30	11,954,683	0.70	1,718,513,922	80.23	5,045,236
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,712,439,013	99.38	10,736,138	0.62	1,723,175,151	80.45	384,008
15	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,663,947,016	96.57	59,118,659	3.43	1,723,065,675	80.44	485,255
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,519,668,195	88.18	203,748,423	11.82	1,723,416,618	80.46	141,637
17	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,692,631,791	99.45	9,316,517	0.55	1,701,948,308	79.46	21,610,851
18	To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional fiver percent	1,633,760,659	95.99	68,192,204	4.01	1,701,952,863	79.46	21,606,178
19	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,688,041,723	98.03	33,964,852	1.97	1,722,006,575	80.39	1,549,278
20	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,597,694,111	92.72	125,479,025	7.28	1,723,173,136	80.45	386,023

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 10.00pm on Friday 8 June 2018, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,142,017,043 shares of 15 ^5/7 pence each.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Kingfisher website at www.kingfisher.com/agm. A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available on the Kingfisher website, also at www.kingfisher.com/agm.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than those considered ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

CONTACT

For further information, please contact:

Paul Moore, Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Kingfisher plc

3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6PX

 

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