Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7650G

Dunelm Group plc

24 November 2015

 

Dunelm Group plc

(the 'Company')

Company number 4708277

Results of Annual General Meeting

24 November 2015

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 9.30am on 24 November 2015 at Fuller's The Parcel Yard, King's Cross Station, London N1C 4AH the resolutions set out in Part 5 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 16 October 2015 were duly passed.

Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands, apart from resolution 25, where the voting was by poll as required by the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.  A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.

Prior to the meeting proxy votes had been received as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	Votes against	Votes withheld
1 - Approve Accounts	99.8%	0.2%	0.1%
2 - Approve dividend	100%	0%	0%
3 - Re-elect Will Adderley	99.1%	0.9%	0%
4 - Re-elect David Stead	99.9%	0.1%	0%
5 - Elect John Browett	99.9%	0.1%	0%
6 - Re-elect Andy Harrison	99.9%	0.1%	0.6%
7 - Re-elect Andy Harrison (independent vote)	99.6%	0.4%	0.6%
8 - Re-elect Marion Sears	99.1%	0.9%	0.2%
9 - Re-elect Marion Sears (independent vote)	97.7%	2.3%	0.2%
10 - Re-elect Simon Emeny	99.8%	0.2%	1.0%
11 - Re-elect Simon Emeny (independent vote)	99.6%	0.4%	1.0%
112- Re-elect Liz Doherty	99.8%	0.2%	0%
13 - Re-elect Liz Doherty (independent vote)	99.6%	0.4%	0%
14 - Elect William Reeve	99.8%	0.2%	0%
15 - Elect William Reeve (independent vote)	99.5%	0.5%	0%
16 - Elect Peter Ruis	99.8%	0.2%	0%
17 - Elect Peter Ruis (independent vote)	99.5%	0.5%	0%
18 - Approve Remuneration Policy	97.7%	2.3%	0%
19 - Approve Annual Report on Remuneration	99.1%	0.9%	1.0%
20 - Appoint auditor	99.9%	0.1%	0%
21 - Auditor's remuneration	99.9%	0.1%	0%
22 - Authority to allot shares	100%	0.%	0%
23 - Dis-apply pre-emption rights	97.4%	2.6%	0%
24- Approve own share  purchases	99.8%	0.2%	0%
25 - Rule 9 waiver	70.2%	29.8%	0.1%
26 -  Approve amendments to Long Term Incentive Plan	97.4%	2.6%	0.2%
27 - Approve Share Award Agreement	96.2%	3.8%	0.5%
28 - Approve Articles of Association	99.2%	0.8%	0.5%
29 - General Meeting notice period 14 days	99.0%	1.0%	0%

* Note that members of the Concert Party (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolution 17. The number of ordinary shares held by the Concert Party is 111,371,779, 55.1% of the issued ordinary share capital in issue with voting rights.

The Company has 202,479,676 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and 354,255 ordinary shares in treasury.

Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice are available in the investor section of the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary

0116 2644439

 

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