Dunelm Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
21 November 2017
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 9.30am on 21 November 2017 at Dunelm's Stoke 2 Distribution Centre, Whiterock Road, Prologis Park, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4FA, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 13 October 2017 were duly passed.
Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands. Voting on resolutions 6,8,10,12 and 14 was by Independent Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) only.
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 number |
Resolution Name |
Number of Votes Against |
% of Votes Against |
Number of Votes For & Discretionary |
% of Votes For & Discretionary |
Number of Votes Witheld |
% of Votes Witheld |
01 |
Accounts |
2,013 |
0.00% |
181,564,023 |
100.00% |
114,166 |
0.06% |
02 |
Dividend |
0 |
0.00% |
181,566,036 |
100.00% |
114,166 |
0.06% |
03 |
Will Adderley |
676,888 |
0.37% |
180,887,406 |
99.63% |
115,908 |
0.06% |
04 |
Keith Down |
371,070 |
0.20% |
181,193,393 |
99.80% |
115,739 |
0.06% |
05 |
Andy Harrison |
591,409 |
0.33% |
180,973,054 |
99.67% |
115,739 |
0.06% |
06 |
Andy Harrison |
261,570 |
0.33% |
77,930,814 |
99.67% |
116,042 |
0.15% |
07 |
Marion Sears |
1,417,009 |
0.78% |
180,148,667 |
99.22% |
114,526 |
0.06% |
08 |
Marion Sears |
1,417,009 |
1.81% |
76,776,097 |
98.19% |
115,320 |
0.15% |
09 |
Liz Doherty |
169,701 |
0.09% |
181,396,152 |
99.91% |
114,349 |
0.06% |
10 |
Liz Doherty |
169,202 |
0.22% |
78,023,781 |
99.78% |
115,443 |
0.15% |
11 |
William Reeve |
156,923 |
0.09% |
181,408,753 |
99.91% |
114,526 |
0.06% |
12 |
William Reeve |
156,038 |
0.20% |
78,036,875 |
99.80% |
115,513 |
0.15% |
13 |
Peter Ruis |
153,393 |
0.08% |
181,411,990 |
99.92% |
114,819 |
0.06% |
14 |
Peter Ruis |
153,393 |
0.20% |
78,039,613 |
99.80% |
115,420 |
0.15% |
15 |
Remuneration Policy |
1,086,936 |
0.60% |
180,477,797 |
99.40% |
115,469 |
0.06% |
16 |
Remuneration Report |
648,496 |
0.36% |
180,381,216 |
99.64% |
650,490 |
0.36% |
17 |
Auditors |
3,625 |
0.00% |
180,858,464 |
100.00% |
818,113 |
0.45% |
18 |
Auditors Remuneration |
3,712 |
0.00% |
181,559,573 |
100.00% |
116,917 |
0.06% |
19 |
Allot Securities |
9,690 |
0.01% |
181,555,966 |
99.99% |
114,546 |
0.06% |
20 |
Allot Securities |
15,033 |
0.01% |
181,549,143 |
99.99% |
116,026 |
0.06% |
21 |
Allot Further Securities |
6,422,590 |
3.54% |
175,141,586 |
96.46% |
116,026 |
0.06% |
22 |
Purchase Shares |
1,009,589 |
0.56% |
180,335,933 |
99.44% |
334,680 |
0.18% |
23 |
LTIP |
1,314,385 |
0.72% |
180,248,756 |
99.28% |
117,061 |
0.06% |
24 |
14 Days |
2,023,332 |
1.11% |
179,542,528 |
98.89% |
114,341 |
0.06% |
* Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolutions 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. At the date of the AGM, the Controlling Shareholders hold 103,371,779 Ordinary Shares, 51.3% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.
At the date of the AGM, the Company has 201,709,777 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and in addition 1,124,154 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