Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2731F

Pets At Home Group Plc

11 July 2019

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 11 July 2019

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2019

 Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 11 July 2019 at the Hallmark Hotel, Stanley Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3LD at 11.00 a.m., 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 28 March 2019	375,805,972	99.97	94,192	0.03	375,900,164	75.18%	883,059
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 28 March 2019	362,089,073	98.59	5,179,674	1.41	367,268,747	73.45%	9,514,475
3	To declare a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 28 March 2019	376,780,569	100.00	1,248	0.00	376,781,817	75.36%	1,407
4	To re-elect the following individuals as directors
4A	Tony DeNunzio	362,543,580	96.39	13,595,103	3.61	376,138,683	75.23%	644,540
4B	Peter Pritchard	373,097,856	99.03	3,665,246	0.97	376,763,102	75.35%	20,122
4C	Mike Iddon	371,219,947	98.53	5,543,155	1.47	376,763,102	75.35%	20,122
4D	Dennis Millard	374,202,820	99.32	2,560,282	0.68	376,763,102	75.35%	20,122
4E	Paul Moody	358,115,624	98.47	5,564,002	1.53	363,679,626	72.74%	13,103,598
4F	Sharon Flood	374,103,004	99.29	2,676,380	0.71	376,779,384	75.36%	3,840
4G	Stanislas Laurent	374,203,265	99.32	2,559,837	0.68	376,763,102	75.35%	20,122
4H	Professor Susan Dawson	374,219,967	99.32	2,559,417	0.68	376,779,384	75.36%	3,840
5	To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor	365,547,604	97.16	10,692,998	2.84	376,240,602	75.25%	542,621
6	To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees	373,815,693	99.21	2,964,601	0.79	376,780,294	75.36%	2,929
7	To give the directors authority to allot shares	370,661,618	98.38	6,119,304	1.62	376,780,922	75.36%	2,301
8	To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations	370,824,895	98.87	4,219,439	1.13	375,044,334	75.01%	1,738,690
Special Resolutions
9	To disapply pre-emption rights	374,424,297	99.38	2,346,169	0.62	376,770,466	75.35%	12,758
10	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights	353,864,203	93.92	22,906,160	6.08	376,770,363	75.35%	12,860
11	To authorise the Company to buy its own shares	366,438,710	97.59	9,050,475	2.41	375,489,185	75.10%	1,294,038
12	To authorise short notice general meetings	370,752,861	98.40	6,028,214	1.60	376,781,075	75.36%	2,149

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 11 July 2019, 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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