Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3485H

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

10 July 2012

 



MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 10 JULY 2012 - POLL RESULT
Resolution		For (see note 2)		Against (see note 2)		Number of votes Withheld (See note 3)	Total Capital Instructed
		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1	Receive Annual Report and Accounts	956,439,409	99.74	2,517,591	0.26	1,625,269	960,582,269
2	Approve the Remuneration report	914,089,519	96.26	35,472,690	3.74	11,028,334	960,590,543
3	Declare final dividend	956,575,791	99.75	2,394,228	0.25	1,649,494	960,619,513
4	Elect Vindi Banga	950,304,706	99.19	7,792,381	0.81	2,498,999	960,596,086
5	Elect Miranda Curtis	950,756,983	99.24	7,282,176	0.76	2,365,071	960,404,230
6	Re-elect Marc Bolland	914,010,596	95.37	44,372,417	4.63	2,215,603	960,598,616
7	Re-elect Kate Bostock	943,625,421	98.51	14,302,970	1.49	2,449,632	960,378,023
8	Re-elect Jeremy Darroch	950,927,756	99.24	7,301,302	0.76	2,320,880	960,549,938
9	Re-elect John Dixon	945,080,674	98.61	13,360,506	1.39	2,139,050	960,580,230
10	Re-elect Martha Lane Fox	949,283,182	99.05	9,057,893	0.95	2,218,606	960,559,681
11	Re-elect Steven Holliday	950,262,987	99.16	8,006,096	0.84	2,324,756	960,593,839
12	Re-elect Jan du Plessis	944,631,049	99.36	6,091,590	0.64	9,843,957	960,566,596
13	Re-elect Steven Sharp	944,598,299	98.58	13,652,134	1.42	2,214,010	960,464,443
14	Re-elect Alan Stewart	947,969,178	98.92	10,337,150	1.08	2,146,387	960,452,715
15	Re-elect Robert Swannell	950,635,097	99.20	7,685,221	0.80	2,180,828	960,501,146
16	Re-elect Laura Wade-Gery	945,372,432	98.65	12,895,401	1.35	2,223,588	960,491,421
17	Re-appoint PwC as audtiors	926,243,855	99.08	8,642,886	0.92	25,715,106	960,601,847
18	Authorise Audit Committee to determine auditors' remuneration	939,013,297	98.89	10,565,726	1.11	11,048,746	960,627,769
19	Authorise allotment of shares	806,756,017	89.56	94,054,433	10.44	6,528,947	907,339,397
20	Disapply pre-emption rights*	951,909,264	99.50	4,789,472	0.50	3,796,381	960,495,117
21	Authorise purchase of own shares*	953,237,240	99.46	5,197,363	0.54	2,135,611	960,570,214
22	Call general meetings on 14 days notice*	779,889,605	86.15	125,395,831	13.85	1,958,895	907,244,331
23	Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations	905,964,828	95.33	44,403,150	4.67	10,233,820	960,601,798
24	Approve renewal of the SIP	952,161,521	99.46	5,132,411	0.54	3,247,724	960,541,656
* Special Resoution
NOTES:  1   All resolutions were passed. 2   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.   3   A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. 4   Total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 9 July 2012 = 1,607,479,478 shares. 59.76% of voting capital was instructed. In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by Marks and Spencer Group plc shareholders, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

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