Result of AGM

Kingfisher PLC

20 June 2024

 

KINGFISHER PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 20 June 2024

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 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 16 to 19 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	1,630,912,734	99.98%	383,143	0.02%	1,631,295,877	87.93%	15,032,653
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,392,800,765	89.91%	156,289,797	10.09%	1,549,090,562	83.50%	97,236,214
3	To declare the final dividend	1,644,656,458	99.93%	1,182,851	0.07%	1,645,839,309	88.71%	489,221
4	To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director	1,590,808,232	96.67%	54,836,414	3.33%	1,645,644,646	88.70%	683,884
5	To re-elect Bernard Bot as a director	1,639,740,623	99.66%	5,593,645	0.34%	1,645,334,268	88.69%	994,145
6	To re-elect Catherine Bradley as a director	1,617,174,924	98.28%	28,368,990	1.72%	1,645,543,914	88.70%	784,616
7	To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director	1,617,097,761	98.27%	28,439,809	1.73%	1,645,537,570	88.70%	790,960
8	To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director	1,644,578,282	99.93%	1,171,141	0.07%	1,645,749,423	88.71%	579,107
9	To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director	1,613,058,850	98.27%	28,333,689	1.73%	1,641,392,539	88.47%	4,935,991
10	To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director	1,611,828,048	97.95%	33,682,031	2.05%	1,645,510,079	88.69%	818,451
11	To re-elect Bill Lennie as a director	1,617,251,707	98.28%	28,333,372	1.72%	1,645,585,079	88.70%	743,451
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	1,359,151,472	98.13%	25,847,098	1.87%	1,384,998,570	74.65%	261,329,960
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	1,633,483,038	99.26%	12,207,785	0.74%	1,645,690,823	88.70%	637,707
14	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,367,368,480	99.14%	11,853,843	0.86%	1,379,222,323	74.34%	267,096,010
15	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,304,067,582	79.24%	341,548,602	20.76%	1,645,616,184	88.70%	703,749
16	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,381,145,119	83.94%	264,183,060	16.06%	1,645,328,179	88.68%	1,000,348
17	To disapply pre-emption rights for an additional five percent	1,340,869,812	81.51%	304,241,159	18.49%	1,645,110,971	88.67%	1,217,556
18	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,636,720,605	99.65%	5,721,881	0.35%	1,642,442,486	88.53%	3,886,044
19	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,550,860,686	94.23%	94,938,691	5.77%	1,645,799,377	88.71%	529,153

The Board notes that Resolution 15 (Authority to allot shares) was supported by the majority of shareholders voting at the AGM with 79.24% of votes cast in favour and 20.76% cast against. The Company understands that certain of its larger shareholders are not supportive of this authority as a matter of general policy.

The Company will continue to consult and engage with shareholders to better understand the reasons behind these votes against and will publish an update of its shareholder engagement within six months of today's AGM.

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 on Tuesday, 18 June 2024, was 1,855,251,735.

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.  

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