Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4109S

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

07 July 2015

 



MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 07 JULY 2015 - POLL RESULT
		For (see note 2)		Against (see note 2)		Number of votes Withheld (See note 3)	Total Capital Instructed
Resolution		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1	Receive Annual Reports and Accounts	1,020,894,247	99.94	602,739	0.06	2,394,836	62.09%
2	Approve the Remuneration report	999,791,106	99.07	9,400,794	0.93	14,741,053	62.09%
3	Declare final dividend	1,017,794,671	99.99	69,101	0.01	6,058,784	62.09%
4	Elect Helen Weir	1,007,788,324	98.68	13,461,755	1.32	2,663,872	62.09%
5	Elect Richard Solomons	1,020,271,704	99.93	701,893	0.07	2,670,500	62.07%
6	Re-elect Vindi Banga	1,017,060,304	99.61	3,979,217	0.39	2,669,528	62.08%
7	Re-elect Alison Brittain	1,018,331,027	99.73	2,778,833	0.27	2,608,558	62.08%
8	Re-elect Marc Bolland	959,313,413	93.95	61,796,107	6.05	2,608,456	62.08%
9	Re-elect Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne	1,008,992,126	98.81	12,164,738	1.19	2,671,234	62.08%
10	Re-elect Miranda Curtis	1,017,529,699	99.63	3,743,040	0.37	2,582,697	62.09%
11	Re-elect John Dixon	1,009,110,351	98.83	11,896,244	1.17	2,633,093	62.07%
12	Re-elect Martha Lane Fox	1,017,462,195	99.62	3,862,719	0.38	2,590,130	62.09%
13	Re-elect Andy Halford	1,018,475,529	99.73	2,732,633	0.27	2,636,146	62.09%
14	Re-elect Steve Rowe	1,009,209,254	98.84	11,857,433	1.16	2,601,951	62.08%
15	Re-elect Robert Swannell	1,015,214,775	99.41	6,057,068	0.59	2,620,900	62.09%
16	Re-elect Laura Wade-Gery	1,009,272,341	98.82	12,014,329	1.18	2,628,651	62.09%
17	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as audtiors	1,004,066,376	99.39	6,141,632	0.61	13,761,026	62.09%
18	Authorise Audit Committee to determine auditors' remuneration	1,009,939,888	99.47	5,416,416	0.53	8,712,477	62.10%
19	Authorise allotment of shares	872,270,729	89.00	107,803,447	11.00	3,917,289	59.67%
20	Disapply pre-emption rights*	1,011,254,792	99.53	4,825,912	0.47	7,840,126	62.09%
21	Authorise purchase of own shares*	1,018,390,022	99.72	2,835,485	0.28	2,730,544	62.09%
22	Call general meetings on 14 days notice*	876,820,686	89.34	104,648,009	10.66	2,538,691	59.67%
23	Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations	967,506,246	94.80	53,078,235	5.20	3,359,615	62.09%
24	Introduce a new Performance Share Plan	993,189,266	97.97	20,572,593	2.03	10,042,615	62.08%
25	Introduce a new Executive Share Option Plan	978,771,734	95.94	41,398,007	4.06	3,810,085	62.09%
* 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 3 July 2015 = 1,649,079,759 shares. 62.10% of voting capital was instructed.

 

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