Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8933R

Sainsbury(J) PLC

02 July 2020

 

2 July 2020

J Sainsbury plc

(the Company)

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:

		Votes For	% of Votes Cast	Votes Against	% of Votes Cast	Votes cast	Votes cast as a % of ISC	Votes Withheld1
1	To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 7 March 2020, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor	1,686,702,566	99.99	90,831	0.01	1,686,793,397	75.93%	6,095,225
2	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	1,673,523,664	98.87	19,198,952	1.13	1,692,722,616	76.20%	166,057
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	1,636,228,923	97.00	50,624,806	3.00	1,686,853,729	75.93%	6,034,944
4	To elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director	1,689,508,598	99.91	1,588,519	0.09	1,691,097,117	76.12%	1,791,557
5	To elect Simon Roberts as a Director	1,690,302,236	99.95	827,662	0.05	1,691,129,898	76.13%	1,759,398
6	To elect Keith Weed as a Director	1,689,307,619	99.89	1,812,051	0.11	1,691,119,670	76.13%	1,769,004
7	To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director	1,689,291,944	99.89	1,865,140	0.11	1,691,157,084	76.13%	1,731,590
8	To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director	1,678,136,652	99.55	7,579,774	0.45	1,685,716,426	75.88%	7,172,248
9	To re-elect David Keens as a Director	1,689,269,287	99.89	1,864,676	0.11	1,691,133,963	76.13%	1,754,711
10	To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director	1,686,304,161	99.72	4,811,338	0.28	1,691,115,499	76.13%	1,773,175
11	To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director	1,683,644,949	99.56	7,496,746	0.44	1,691,141,695	76.13%	1,746,979
12	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director	1,673,285,764	99.15	14,306,833	0.85	1,687,592,597	75.97%	5,296,077
13	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	1,692,095,034	99.98	319,882	0.02	1,692,414,916	76.18%	473,658
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	1,692,228,433	99.98	284,225	0.02	1,692,512,658	76.19%	376,016
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,595,265,433	94.24	97,447,437	5.76	1,692,712,870	76.20%	175,804
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution)	1,643,935,388	97.12	48,723,825	2.88	1,692,659,213	76.19%	229,116
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)	1,592,181,734	94.06	100,506,465	5.94	1,692,688,199	76.20%	200,474
18	To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'	1,675,523,443	99.08	15,620,192	0.92	1,691,143,635	76.13%	1,745,039
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)	1,681,906,011	99.48	8,804,580	0.52	1,690,710,591	76.11%	2,177,872
20	To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan Rules and Trust Deed	1,682,424,922	99.39	10,255,441	0.61	1,692,680,363	76.20%	208,311
21	To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association (Special Resolution)	1,691,865,189	99.98	336,613	0.02	1,692,201,802	76.17%	623,831
22	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,552,372,480	91.70	140,428,907	8.30	1,692,801,387	76.20%	86,430

¹ A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.

The total number of voting rights as at 30 June 2020 was 2,221,484,249 ordinary shares of 28⁴/₇ pence each.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.

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