Results of Annual General Mee

RNS Number : 1748Y
Home Retail Group Plc
02 July 2008
 



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:



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












Resolution 2:

592,296,424

97.79

13,402,577

2.21

5,857,698

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report












Resolution 3:

606,667,823

100.00

9,229

0.00

4,874,447

To declare a final dividend of 10.0p per share












Resolution 4:

600,377,584

98.78

7,404,363

1.22

3,766,051

To re-elect Terry Duddy as a director












Resolution 5:

606,506,993

99.79

1,253,163

0.21

3,791,891

To re-elect John Coombe as a director












Resolution 6:

589,619,950

99.63

2,217,990

0.37

19,692,607

To re-appoint the auditor












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












Resolution 8:

600,443,050

99.25

4,555,722

0.75

6,557,727

To authorise political donations and expenditure












Resolution 9:

601,548,475

99.08

5,593,797

0.92

3,879,364

To renew the authority to allot shares












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  












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  












Resolution 12: (Special Resolution)

605,261,757

99.70

1,791,591

0.30

4,498,699

To adopt new articles of association  












Resolution 13: (Special Resolution)

605,655,612

99.77

1,374,520

0.23

4,521,567

To amend the new articles of association   








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




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