Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1055V

Tesco PLC

03 July 2009

 



Tesco PLC

3 July 2009

Tesco PLC - Results of AGM 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 3 July 2009 were passed by shareholders, with the exception of resolution number 23, Requisitionists resolution, which the Board of Directors recommended was voted against.

Tesco PLC Annual General Meeting Poll Results

		For	Against	Withheld	Total
1	To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts	4,783,837,205	1,838,495	13,668,725	4,799,344,425
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	4,447,633,386	290,095,895	61,615,144	4,799,344,425
3	To declare a final dividend	4,798,398,207	160,718	785,473	4,799,344,398
4	To re-elect Mr Richard Brasher as a director	4,645,989,513	92,422,644	60,931,670	4,799,343,827
5	To re-elect Mr Philip Clarke as a director	4,645,316,771	92,607,210	61,382,334	4,799,306,315
6	To re-elect Mr Andrew Higginson as a director	4,645,575,983	92,432,481	61,330,333	4,799,338,797
7	To re-elect Mr Charles Allen as a director	4,496,166,590	280,046,593	23,130,616	4,799,343,799
8	To re-elect Mr Harold Einsmann as a director	4,451,383,391	278,067,255	69,873,841	4,799,324,487
9	To elect Ms Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker as a director	4,773,692,887	23,169,806	2,469,665	4,799,332,358
10	To elect Mr Patrick Cescau as a director	4,772,412,047	24,382,514	2,491,633	4,799,286,194
11	To elect Mr Ken Hanna as a director	4,773,684,979	22,879,463	2,779,025	4,799,343,467
12	To elect Mr Laurie McIlwee as a director	4,646,629,097	91,768,369	60,946,085	4,799,343,551
13	To re-appoint the auditors	4,684,478,462	52,559,109	62,305,657	4,799,343,228
14	To set the auditors' remuneration Special business	4,753,985,027	32,771,021	12,587,179	4,799,343,227
15	To increase the authorised share capital of the Company	4,735,501,809	54,904,442	8,936,575	4,799,342,826
16	To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities	3,999,933,220	581,943,852	217,425,132	4,799,302,204
17	To disapply pre-emption rights	4,722,312,450	71,831,087	5,180,465	4,799,324,002
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	4,782,338,191	4,652,416	12,346,919	4,799,337,526
19	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries	4,629,245,076	101,413,114	68,625,715	4,799,283,905
20	To adopt the Tesco PLC Group Bonus Plan 2009	4,749,091,789	10,084,874	40,165,764	4,799,342,427
21	To amend the Tesco PLC 2004 Discretionary Share Option Plan	2,635,363,457	1,969,209,738	194,770,432	4,799,343,627
22	To authorise short notice general meetings	4,647,927,299	148,928,208	2,456,196	4,799,311,703
23	Requisitionists' resolution	500,410,734	3,964,929,533	334,111,282	4,799,451,549

Results of the poll can also be viewed on the Company's website: http://www.investorcentre.tescoplc.com/plc/ir/shareholder_info/agm/ 

*Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

Shares in issue: 7,931,271,903

Enquiries:        J Lloyd

                      Company Secretary

                      Tesco plc

                      Delamare Road

                      Cheshunt

                      Hertfordshire

                      EN8 9SL

                      Tel. [phone]

 

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