Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3014X

Grainger PLC

06 February 2013

Company Announcements Office

The London Stock Exchange

Old Broad Street

London

EC2N 1JP

6 February 2013

ISIN Number: GB00B04V1276

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

At the one hundredth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 6 February 2013, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 December 2012 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:

Resolutions

		Votes For	Votes against	Total votes	Votes withheld

1	To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2012	275,104,559	8,971,082	284,075,641	0
2	To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2012	257,717,424	24,886,079	282,603,503	1,472,138
3	To declare a dividend	284,073,766	1,875	284,075,641	0
4	To re-elect Simon Davies	283,776,298	291,051	284,067,349	8,292
5	To re-elect Robin Broadhurst	277,019,108	572,071	277,591,179	6,484,462
6	To re-elect Andrew Cunningham	275,285,324	967,398	276,252,722	7,822,919
7	To re-elect Peter Couch	275,229,358	1,020,364	276,249,722	7,825,919
8	To re-elect Mark Greenwood	275,285,243	967,479	276,252,722	7,822,919
9	To re-elect Nick Jopling	275,285,243	967,479	276,252,722	7,822,919
10	To re-elect John Barnsley	252,774,388	23,452,524	276,226,912	7,848,729
11	To re-elect Margaret Ford	272,847,032	11,177,031	284,024,063	51,578
12	To re-elect Belinda Richards	272,736,194	11,290,628	284,026,822	48,819
13	To re-elect Tony Wray	274,174,612	9,879,228	284,053,840	21,801
14	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	245,217,077	38,858,564	284,075,641	0
15	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of auditors.	247,161,009	36,914,632	284,075,641	0
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006	260,961,939	16,345,668	277,307,607	6,768,034
17	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares*	276,202,307	50,806	276,253,113	7,822,528
18	To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares*	284,057,861	17,780	284,075,641	0
19	To reduce the notice period for general meetings to 14 days*	251,087,263	32,961,360	284,048,623	27,018
20	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	276,406,704	7,650,320	284,057,024	18,617

Notes for the Disclosure

As at the date of the meeting there were 414,874,906 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue. (Excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at hhtp://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

*Special resolutions

For further information:

Grainger plc	Financial Dynamics

Andrew Cunningham / Mark Greenwood / Kurt Mueller	Stephanie Highett / Dido Laurimore / Will Henderson

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