Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6089F

Dunelm Group plc

17 November 2020

 

Dunelm Group plc

(the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

17 November 2020

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 17 November 2020 at Dunelm's Store Support Centre, Pontylue Way, Watermead Business Park, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1AD, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 9 October 2020 were duly passed.

Due to Government measures taken in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 AGM was run as a closed meeting and shareholders were unable to attend. Shareholders were encouraged to vote by proxy and to submit queries via the Company's Contact Us page on the website. A copy of questions submitted and answers will be posted on the website shortly.

All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll and results are detailed below. Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

Number	Resolution Name	Number of Votes Against	% of Votes Against	Number of Votes For & Discretionary	% of Votes For & Discretionary	Number of Votes Withheld	% of Votes Withheld
01	Accounts	15,845	0.01%	185,769,636	99.99%	312,198	0.17%
02	Will Adderley	1,562,575	0.84%	184,360,963	99.16%	174,141	0.09%
03	Nick Wilkinson	459,215	0.25%	185,464,324	99.75%	174,141	0.09%
04	Laura Carr	562,280	0.30%	185,361,259	99.70%	174,141	0.09%
05	Andy Harrison	1,148,592	0.62%	184,774,946	99.38%	174,141	0.09%
06	Andy Harrison (ind)*	1,148,698	1.37%	82,433,238	98.63%	175,465	0.21%
07	Marion Sears	1,351,040	0.73%	184,572,499	99.27%	174,141	0.09%
08	Marion Sears (ind)*	1,351,146	1.62%	82,230,791	98.38%	175,465	0.21%
09	William Reeve	577,594	0.31%	185,345,945	99.69%	174,141	0.09%
10	William Reeve (ind)*	577,700	0.69%	83,003,168	99.31%	176,534	0.21%
11	Peter Ruis	577,094	0.31%	185,346,445	99.69%	174,141	0.09%
12	Peter Ruis (ind)*	577,200	0.69%	83,003,668	99.31%	176,534	0.21%
13	Ian Bull	790,195	0.43%	185,133,343	99.57%	174,141	0.09%
14	Ian Bull (ind)*	790,801	0.95%	82,790,066	99.05%	176,534	0.21%
15	Paula Vennells	660,135	0.36%	185,263,403	99.64%	174,141	0.09%
16	Paula Vennells (ind)*	659,741	0.79%	82,921,126	99.21%	176,534	0.21%
17	Remuneration Policy	21,010	0.01%	185,828,351	99.99%	248,318	0.13%
18	Remuneration Report	237,317	0.13%	184,954,566	99.87%	905,796	0.49%
19	Auditors	3,830	0.00%	185,848,495	100.00%	245,355	0.13%
20	Auditors' Remuneration	2,140	0.00%	185,919,626	100.00%	175,914	0.09%
21	Allot Securities	575,681	0.31%	185,363,021	99.69%	158,978	0.09%
22	Allot Equity	12,128	0.01%	185,924,574	99.99%	160,978	0.09%
23	Allot Further Equity	125,120	0.07%	185,811,011	99.93%	161,548	0.09%
24	Purchase Shares	2,097,761	1.13%	183,833,963	98.87%	165,955	0.09%
25	Dunelm 2020 Share Plan	179,652	0.10%	185,752,569	99.90%	165,459	0.09%
26	Articles of association	12,769	0.01%	185,836,463	99.99%	248,447	0.13%
27	14 Days	1,436,312	0.77%	184,487,248	99.23%	174,120	0.09%

* Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolutions 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. At the date of the AGM, the Controlling Shareholders hold 102,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 50.8% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.

At the date of the AGM, the Company has 202,354,357   ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and in addition 479,574 ordinary shares in treasury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 , the full text of the resolutions passed and the new Articles of Association have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice and a copy of this announcement are available in the investor section of the Company's website at https://corporate. www.dunelm.com .

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary

[e-mail] .

 

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