Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0585U

Kingfisher PLC

24 July 2020

 

KINGFISHER PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 July 2020

At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com  

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC	Votes** Withheld
1	To receive the report and accounts	1,704,358,794	99.95	838,134	0.05	1,705,196,928	80.81%	6,454,691
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,674,266,051	98.08	32,722,506	1.92	1,706,988,557	80.89%	4,651,921
3	To elect Bernard Bot as a director	1,705,736,829	99.93	1,252,244	0.07	1,706,989,073	80.89%	4,651,406
4	To elect Thierry Garnier as a director	1,710,467,099	99.94	1,081,397	0.06	1,711,548,496	81.11%	91,983
5	To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director	1,622,933,747	98.87	18,477,966	1.13	1,641,411,713	77.79%	70,228,766
6	To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director	1,698,638,957	99.24	12,934,326	0.76	1,711,573,283	81.11%	67,196
7	To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director	1,707,389,855	99.76	4,162,856	0.24	1,711,552,711	81.11%	87,768
8	To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director	1,483,944,912	86.70	227,616,786	13.30	1,711,561,698	81.11%	78,781
9	To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director	1,708,314,038	99.81	3,210,891	0.19	1,711,524,929	81.11%	115,550
10	To re-elect Mark Seligman as a director	1,543,758,616	93.79	102,259,697	6.21	1,646,018,313	78.01%	65,622,166
11	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,704,168,102	99.57	7,385,416	0.43	1,711,553,518	81.11%	86,601
12	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,711,131,397	99.97	429,775	0.03	1,711,561,172	81.11%	79,307
13	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,698,416,925	99.24	13,076,356	0.76	1,711,493,281	81.11%	142,863
14	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,510,593,805	88.26	200,978,165	11.74	1,711,571,970	81.11%	68,509
15	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,588,035,628	92.78	123,515,779	7.22	1,711,551,407	81.11%	88,197
16	To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional five percent	1,537,921,110	89.86	173,627,666	10.14	1,711,548,776	81.11%	91,702
17	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,672,896,998	99.21	13,326,286	0.79	1,686,223,284	79.91%	25,417,094
18	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,549,480,610	90.53	162,122,496	9.47	1,711,603,106	81.11%	36,720

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.

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at 10.00pm on Wednesday 22 July 2020, was 2,110,130,155.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .  

CONTACT

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