Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6673E

Pets At Home Group Plc

08 July 2021

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 8 July 2021

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2021

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 8 July 2021 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 11.00 a.m., a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting.  All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.

		VOTES FOR¹	%²	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC³	VOTES WITHHELD 4
Ordinary Resolutions
1	To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 25 March 2021	396,970,853	99.80	805,498	0.20	397,776,351	79.56	1,074,305
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 25 March 2021	385,572,259	96.68	13,251,020	3.32	398,823,279	79.76	27,377
3	To declare a final dividend of 5.5 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 25 March 2021	398,839,032	100.00	3,760	0.00	398,842,792	79.77	7,864
4	To re-elect the following individuals as directors
4A	Peter Pritchard	398,832,064	100.00	7,472	0.00	398,839,536	79.77	11,120
4B	Mike Iddon	397,705,104	99.72	1,127,909	0.28	398,833,013	79.77	17,643
4C	Dennis Millard	398,822,330	100.00	9,858	0.00	398,832,188	79.77	18,468
4D	Sharon Flood	398,523,252	99.92	315,592	0.08	398,838,844	79.77	11,812
4E	Stanislas Laurent	398,816,342	100.00	16,185	0.00	398,832,527	79.77	18,129
4F	Professor Susan Dawson	398,823,101	100.00	15,438	0.00	398,838,539	79.77	12,117
4G	Ian Burke	398,526,388	99.92	303,633	0.08	398,830,021	79.77	20,635
5	To elect Zarin Patel as director	398,436,929	99.90	392,599	0.10	398,829,528	79.77	21,128
6	To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor	345,455,404	86.62	53,376,639	13.38	398,832,043	79.77	18,613
7	To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees	394,587,266	98.93	4,260,024	1.07	398,847,290	79.77	3,366
8	To give the directors authority to allot shares	373,158,772	93.56	25,668,856	6.44	398,827,628	79.77	23,028
9	To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations	397,964,973	99.78	873,679	0.22	398,838,652	79.77	11,254
Special Resolutions
10	To disapply pre-emption rights	390,189,982	99.98	96,509	0.02	390,286,491	78.06	8,564,165
11	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights	375,812,873	96.29	14,473,618	3.71	390,286,491	78.06	8,564,165
12	To authorise the Company to buy its own shares	396,665,662	99.66	1,348,496	0.34	398,014,158	79.60	836,118
13	To authorise short notice general meetings	386,550,365	96.92	12,298,213	3.08	398,848,578	79.77	2,078

Notes:

1.  Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

2.  Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

3.  Issued share capital at meeting date: 500,000,000.

4.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website http://investors.petsathome.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 8 July 2021, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information contact:

Lucy Williams

Group Company Secretary and

Legal Director

Pets at Home Group Plc

0161 486 6688

 

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