Result of AGM

Marks and Spencer Group PLC

02 July 2024

 

Marks and Spencer Group plc

Result of AGM

Marks and Spencer Group plc (the "Company") today, 2 July 2024, held its Annual General Meeting. All resolutions proposed were passed by shareholders. The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:

MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 2 JULY 2024 - POLL RESULT
		For (see note 1)		Against (see note 1)		Number of votes Withheld (See note 2)	Total Capital Instructed
Resolution		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1	Receive Annual Report and Accounts	1,196,711,220	100.00	44,852	0.00	5,535,125	58.69%
2	Approve the Remuneration Report	1,145,166,769	95.26	56,933,938	4.74	190,883	58.69%
3	Approve the final dividend	1,199,540,043	99.78	2,701,428	0.22	50,190	58.69%
4	Re-elect Archie Norman	1,156,740,347	96.22	45,455,499	3.78	93,792	58.69%
5	Re-elect Stuart Machin	1,197,759,293	99.63	4,407,276	0.37	125,500	58.69%
6	Re-elect Evelyn Bourke	1,153,100,351	96.83	37,802,130	3.17	11,386,677	58.69%
7	Re-elect Fiona Dawson	1,174,029,758	97.66	28,123,680	2.34	135,720	58.69%
8	Re-elect Ronan Dunne	1,176,757,561	97.89	25,390,492	2.11	141,105	58.69%
9	Re-elect Tamara Ingram	1,168,564,001	97.21	33,596,966	2.79	128,191	58.69%
10	Re-elect Justin King	1,176,753,274	97.88	25,440,802	2.12	95,565	58.69%
11	Re-elect Cheryl Potter	1,176,729,765	97.89	25,416,333	2.11	143,060	58.69%
12	Re-elect Sapna Sood	1,176,684,493	97.88	25,457,618	2.12	147,050	58.69%
13	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,188,040,416	99.76	2,857,257	0.24	11,394,393	58.69%
14	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine auditors' remuneration	1,201,183,870	99.92	936,217	0.08	171,979	58.69%
15	Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations	1,174,349,319	97.70	27,629,579	2.30	312,688	58.69%
16	Authorise allotment of ordinary shares	1,152,503,144	95.87	49,645,971	4.13	136,735	58.69%
17	General disapplication pre-emption rights*	1,139,635,289	94.86	61,713,282	5.14	937,281	58.69%
18	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights*	1,086,040,533	90.97	107,758,254	9.03	8,486,305	58.69%
19	Authorise purchase of own shares*	1,187,157,835	98.89	13,354,800	1.11	1,775,942	58.69%
20	Call general meetings on 14 days' notice*	1,147,480,388	95.45	54,697,329	4.55	111,443	58.69%
* Special Resolution
NOTES:  1   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.   2   A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. 3   Total number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on 28 June 2024 = 2,048,690,931 shares. 58.69% of voting capital was instructed.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: corporate.marksandspencer.com.

 

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