Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4956U

Pets At Home Group Plc

12 July 2018

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 12 July 2018

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2018

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2018 at the Hallmark Hotel, Stanley Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3LD at 11am, a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting.  All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.

		VOTES FOR¹	%²	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC³	VOTES WITHHELD4
Ordinary Resolutions
1	To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 29 March 2018	351,274,250	99.99	35,386	0.01	351,309,636	70.26%	2,092
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 29 March 2018	338,597,756	98.51	5,106,423	1.49	343,704,179	68.74%	7,607,548
3	To declare a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 29 March 2018	351,310,075	100.00	1,248	0.00	351,311,323	70.26%	406
4	To re-elect the following individuals as directors
4A	Tony DeNunzio	339,110,385	97.15	9,958,253	2.85	349,068,638	69.81%	2,243,090
4B	Paul Moody	343,212,098	97.79	7,748,061	2.21	350,960,159	70.19%	351,569
4C	Dennis Millard	350,972,546	99.90	336,685	0.10	351,309,231	70.26%	2,498
4D	Sharon Flood	350,980,955	99.91	330,182	0.09	351,311,137	70.26%	592
4E	Stanislas Laurent	350,977,550	99.91	332,087	0.09	351,309,637	70.26%	2,092
4F	Mike Iddon	349,704,797	99.54	1,604,840	0.46	351,309,637	70.26%	2,092
5	To elect the following individuals as directors
5A	Peter Pritchard	349,858,516	99.59	1,451,121	0.41	351,309,637	70.26%	2,092
5B	Professor Susan Dawson	351,284,337	99.99	26,800	0.01	351,311,137	70.26%	592
6	To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor	341,648,417	97.25	9,661,845	2.75	351,310,262	70.26%	1,466
7	To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees	350,922,771	99.89	387,037	0.11	351,309,808	70.26%	1,920
8	To give the directors authority to allot shares	346,111,595	98.52	5,198,934	1.48	351,310,529	70.26%	1,200
9	To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations	346,160,359	99.02	3,413,956	0.98	349,574,315	69.91%	1,737,413
Special Resolutions
10	To disapply pre-emption rights	345,025,931	98.21	6,279,796	1.79	351,305,727	70.26%	6,002
11	Additional misapplication of pre-emption rights	322,080,937	91.68	29,224,789	8.32	351,305,726	70.26%	6,002
12	To authorise the Company to buy its own shares	342,146,042	97.43	9,008,053	2.57	351,154,095	70.23%	157,633
13	To authorise short notice general meetings	347,454,207	98.90	3,856,930	1.10	351,311,137	70.26%	592

Notes:

1.         Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

2.         Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

3.         Issued share capital at meeting date: 500,000,000.

4.         A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website https://investors.petsathome.com/investors

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2018, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information contact:

Louise Stonier

Group Company Secretary and

Chief People and Legal Officer

Pets at Home Group Plc

0161 486 3590

 

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