Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5229J

Kingfisher PLC

12 June 2014

 



RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                                                          Thursday 12 June 2014

Kingfisher plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 12 June 2014, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 19 and 24 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 23 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC	Votes** Withheld
1	To receive the report and accounts	1,719,871,788	100.00	21,430	0.00	1,719,893,218	72.62	4,992,845
2	To approve the directors' remuneration policy	1,702,954,306	98.93	18,469,377	1.07	1,721,423,683	72.68	3,461,480
3	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,686,846,369	99.73	4,572,092	0.27	1,691,418,461	71.42	33,467,604
4	To declare the final dividend	1,722,309,213	100.00	6,473	0.00	1,722,315,686	72.72	2,568,337
5	To re-appoint Daniel Bernard as a director	1,702,319,671	98.84	19,922,237	1.16	1,722,241,908	72.72	2,643,368
6	To re-appoint Andrew Bonfield as a director	1,716,087,752	99.64	6,155,067	0.36	1,722,242,819	72.72	2,640,904
7	To re-appoint Pascal Cagni as a director	1,716,069,555	99.64	6,167,695	0.36	1,722,237,250	72.72	2,644,090
8	To re-appoint Clare Chapman as a director	1,715,128,036	99.59	7,113,544	0.41	1,722,241,580	72.72	2,640,392
9	To re-appoint Ian Cheshire as a director	1,703,240,338	98.90	19,013,375	1.10	1,722,253,713	72.72	2,629,836
10	To re-appoint Anders Dahlvig as a director	1,697,655,156	99.06	16,175,053	0.94	1,713,830,209	72.36	11,051,292
11	To re-appoint Janis Kong as a director	1,715,998,090	99.64	6,211,024	0.36	1,722,209,114	72.72	2,671,083
12	To re-appoint Kevin O'Byrne as a director	1,699,336,590	98.67	22,927,556	1.33	1,722,264,146	72.72	2,620,299
13	To re-appoint Mark Seligman as a director	1,715,688,714	99.62	6,497,807	0.38	1,722,186,521	72.71	2,695,000
14	To re-appoint Philippe Tible as a director	1,700,102,042	98.71	22,139,405	1.29	1,722,241,447	72.72	2,641,343
15	To re-appoint Karen Witts as a director	1,710,720,082	99.33	11,549,187	0.67	1,722,269,269	72.72	2,615,872
16	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,720,234,418	99.88	2,033,768	0.12	1,722,268,186	72.72	2,613,857
17	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,722,133,347	99.99	137,880	0.01	1,722,271,227	72.72	2,609,700
18	To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,712,067,636	99.42	10,060,582	0.58	1,722,128,218	72.71	2,730,840
19	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,441,357,374	84.14	271,747,281	15.86	1,713,104,655	72.33	11,781,951
20	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,684,462,203	99.68	5,463,455	0.32	1,689,925,658	71.35	34,956,570
21	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,719,703,433	99.85	2,571,784	0.15	1,722,275,217	72.72	2,606,957
22	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,508,580,621	87.59	213,701,362	12.41	1,722,281,983	72.72	2,595,323
23	To adopt new articles of association of the Company	1,706,480,052	99.55	7,679,013	0.45	1,714,159,065	72.38	10,727,192
24	To approve the Kingfisher Incentive Share plan.	1,655,122,934	97.19	47,856,140	2.81	1,702,979,074	71.90	21,907,495

Notes

*    Includes discretionary votes

**   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of   

     votes for and against a resolution.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,368,418,155 shares of 15 5/7 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

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