Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5531E

Sainsbury(J) PLC

04 July 2019

 

4 July 2019

J Sainsbury plc

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 audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 9 March 2019	1,665,214,414	100.00	52,182	0.00	1,665,266,596	75.30	797,534
2	To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	1,506,526,818	90.44	159,305,541	9.56	1,665,832,359	75.32	236,874
3	To declare a final dividend of 7.9 pence per ordinary share	1,665,166,622	99.95	835,315	0.05	1,666,001,937	75.33	67,130
4	To elect Martin Scicluna as a Director	1,652,275,388	99.19	13,491,139	0.81	1,665,766,527	75.32	304,535
5	To re-elect Matt Brittin as a Director	1,658,385,401	99.56	7,379,657	0.44	1,665,765,058	75.32	302,935
6	To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director	1,658,007,760	99.53	7,755,975	0.47	1,665,763,735	75.32	303,910
7	To re-elect Mike Coupe as a Director	1,656,348,728	99.53	7,827,274	0.47	1,664,176,002	75.25	1,904,417
8	To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director	1,658,245,709	99.55	7,517,201	0.45	1,665,762,910	75.32	305,607
9	To re-elect David Keens as a Director	1,658,359,995	99.56	7,409,283	0.44	1,665,769,278	75.32	299,239
10	To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director	1,656,608,990	99.45	9,166,371	0.55	1,665,775,361	75.32	295,021
11	To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director	1,657,078,761	99.48	8,707,682	0.52	1,665,786,443	75.32	282,074
12	To re-elect John Rogers as a Director	1,656,097,497	99.49	8,505,255	0.51	1,664,602,752	75.27	1,462,880
13	To re-elect Jean Tomlin as a Director	1,658,638,065	99.57	7,105,389	0.43	1,665,743,454	75.32	307,141
14	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	1,665,090,816	99.96	684,176	0.04	1,665,774,992	75.32	280,656
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	1,665,238,398	99.97	557,681	0.03	1,665,796,079	75.32	255,305
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,553,748,991	93.27	112,091,500	6.73	1,665,840,491	75.33	211,745
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)	1,593,847,837	95.69	71,845,818	4.31	1,665,693,655	75.32	358,921
18	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)	1,522,617,969	91.41	143,097,807	8.59	1,665,715,776	75.32	333,667
19	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	1,605,522,654	96.98	50,037,456	3.02	1,655,560,110	74.86	10,496,849
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)	1,657,770,659	99.59	6,837,027	0.41	1,664,607,686	75.27	1,447,048
21	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,500,543,131	90.37	159,822,423	9.63	1,660,365,554	75.08	5,690,285

¹A 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 2 July 2019 was 2,211,526,870 shares of 28⁴/₇ pence.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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

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