Home Retail Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting 2008
The Board of Home Retail Group plc is pleased to
announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting earlier today were duly passed. The results of the polls are as follows:
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Votes For |
% Cast |
Votes Against |
% Cast |
Votes Withheld |
Resolution 1: |
606,333,074 |
99.77 |
1,403,385 |
0.23 |
3,820,083 |
To receive the 2008 Annual Report and Accounts |
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Resolution 2: |
592,296,424 |
97.79 |
13,402,577 |
2.21 |
5,857,698 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
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Resolution 3: |
606,667,823 |
100.00 |
9,229 |
0.00 |
4,874,447 |
To declare a final dividend of 10.0p per share |
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Resolution 4: |
600,377,584 |
98.78 |
7,404,363 |
1.22 |
3,766,051 |
To re-elect Terry Duddy as a director |
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Resolution 5: |
606,506,993 |
99.79 |
1,253,163 |
0.21 |
3,791,891 |
To re-elect John Coombe as a director |
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Resolution 6: |
589,619,950 |
99.63 |
2,217,990 |
0.37 |
19,692,607 |
To re-appoint the auditor |
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Resolution 7: |
599,232,011 |
99.67 |
1,954,693 |
0.33 |
10,348,495 |
To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's fees |
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Resolution 8: |
600,443,050 |
99.25 |
4,555,722 |
0.75 |
6,557,727 |
To authorise political donations and expenditure |
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Resolution 9: |
601,548,475 |
99.08 |
5,593,797 |
0.92 |
3,879,364 |
To renew the authority to allot shares |
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Resolution 10: (Special Resolution) |
604,896,025 |
99.55 |
2,732,927 |
0.45 |
3,927,747 |
To renew the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
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Resolution 11: (Special Resolution) |
606,346,273 |
99.76 |
1,433,305 |
0.24 |
3,772,469 |
To allow the Company to buy back shares |
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Resolution 12: (Special Resolution) |
605,261,757 |
99.70 |
1,791,591 |
0.30 |
4,498,699 |
To adopt new articles of association |
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Resolution 13: (Special Resolution) |
605,655,612 |
99.77 |
1,374,520 |
0.23 |
4,521,567 |
To amend the new articles of association |
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The total number of shares in issue is 877,445,001 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law, and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution.
Copies of all resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at:
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
The voting results are also available to view on the Home Retail Group plc website at www.homeretailgroup.com/home/investors/shservices/agm/
Gordon Bentley
Secretary
2 July 2008