2 July 2020
J Sainsbury plc
(the Company)
Results of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
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Votes For |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes cast |
Votes cast as a % of ISC |
Votes Withheld1 |
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1 |
To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 7 March 2020, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor |
1,686,702,566 |
99.99 |
90,831 |
0.01 |
1,686,793,397 |
75.93% |
6,095,225 |
|
2 |
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration |
1,673,523,664 |
98.87 |
19,198,952 |
1.13 |
1,692,722,616 |
76.20% |
166,057 |
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3 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
1,636,228,923 |
97.00 |
50,624,806 |
3.00 |
1,686,853,729 |
75.93% |
6,034,944 |
|
4
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To elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director |
1,689,508,598 |
99.91 |
1,588,519 |
0.09 |
1,691,097,117 |
76.12% |
1,791,557 |
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5 |
To elect Simon Roberts as a Director |
1,690,302,236 |
99.95 |
827,662 |
0.05 |
1,691,129,898 |
76.13% |
1,759,398 |
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6 |
To elect Keith Weed as a Director |
1,689,307,619 |
99.89 |
1,812,051 |
0.11 |
1,691,119,670 |
76.13% |
1,769,004 |
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7 |
To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director |
1,689,291,944 |
99.89 |
1,865,140 |
0.11 |
1,691,157,084 |
76.13% |
1,731,590 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director |
1,678,136,652 |
99.55 |
7,579,774 |
0.45 |
1,685,716,426 |
75.88% |
7,172,248 |
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9 |
To re-elect David Keens as a Director |
1,689,269,287 |
99.89 |
1,864,676 |
0.11 |
1,691,133,963 |
76.13% |
1,754,711 |
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10 |
To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director |
1,686,304,161 |
99.72 |
4,811,338 |
0.28 |
1,691,115,499 |
76.13% |
1,773,175 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director |
1,683,644,949 |
99.56 |
7,496,746 |
0.44 |
1,691,141,695 |
76.13% |
1,746,979 |
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12 |
To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director |
1,673,285,764 |
99.15 |
14,306,833 |
0.85 |
1,687,592,597 |
75.97% |
5,296,077 |
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13 |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor |
1,692,095,034 |
99.98 |
319,882 |
0.02 |
1,692,414,916 |
76.18% |
473,658 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
1,692,228,433 |
99.98 |
284,225 |
0.02 |
1,692,512,658 |
76.19% |
376,016 |
|
15 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
1,595,265,433 |
94.24 |
97,447,437 |
5.76 |
1,692,712,870 |
76.20% |
175,804 |
|
16 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution) |
1,643,935,388 |
97.12 |
48,723,825 |
2.88 |
1,692,659,213 |
76.19% |
229,116 |
|
17 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution) |
1,592,181,734 |
94.06 |
100,506,465 |
5.94 |
1,692,688,199 |
76.20% |
200,474 |
|
18 |
To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure' |
1,675,523,443 |
99.08 |
15,620,192 |
0.92 |
1,691,143,635 |
76.13% |
1,745,039 |
|
19 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution) |
1,681,906,011 |
99.48 |
8,804,580 |
0.52 |
1,690,710,591 |
76.11% |
2,177,872 |
|
20 |
To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan Rules and Trust Deed |
1,682,424,922 |
99.39 |
10,255,441 |
0.61 |
1,692,680,363 |
76.20% |
208,311 |
|
21 |
To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association (Special Resolution) |
1,691,865,189 |
99.98 |
336,613 |
0.02 |
1,692,201,802 |
76.17% |
623,831 |
|
22 |
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) |
1,552,372,480 |
91.70 |
140,428,907 |
8.30 |
1,692,801,387 |
76.20% |
86,430 |
1A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at 30 June 2020 was 2,221,484,249 ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.
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