Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 0585U
Kingfisher PLC
24 July 2020
 

KINGFISHER PLC

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 July 2020

 

At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com 

 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes

For*

%

Votes Against

%

Total
Votes

% of ISC

Votes**

Withheld

 

1

To receive the report and accounts

1,704,358,794

99.95

838,134

0.05

1,705,196,928

80.81%

6,454,691

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

1,674,266,051

98.08

32,722,506

1.92

1,706,988,557

80.89%

4,651,921

3

To elect Bernard Bot as a director

1,705,736,829

99.93

1,252,244

0.07

1,706,989,073

80.89%

4,651,406

4

To elect Thierry Garnier as a director

1,710,467,099

99.94

1,081,397

0.06

1,711,548,496

81.11%

91,983

5

To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director

1,622,933,747

98.87

18,477,966

1.13

1,641,411,713

77.79%

70,228,766

6

To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director

1,698,638,957

99.24

12,934,326

0.76

1,711,573,283

81.11%

67,196

7

To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director

1,707,389,855

99.76

4,162,856

0.24

1,711,552,711

81.11%

87,768

8

To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director

1,483,944,912

86.70

227,616,786

13.30

1,711,561,698

81.11%

78,781

9

To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director

1,708,314,038

99.81

3,210,891

0.19

1,711,524,929

81.11%

115,550

10

To re-elect Mark Seligman as a director

1,543,758,616

93.79

102,259,697

6.21

1,646,018,313

78.01%

65,622,166

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

1,704,168,102

99.57

7,385,416

0.43

1,711,553,518

81.11%

86,601

12

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,711,131,397

99.97

429,775

0.03

1,711,561,172

81.11%

79,307

13

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,698,416,925

99.24

13,076,356

0.76

1,711,493,281

81.11%

142,863

14

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,510,593,805

88.26

200,978,165

11.74

1,711,571,970

81.11%

68,509

15

To disapply pre-emption rights

1,588,035,628

92.78

123,515,779

7.22

1,711,551,407

81.11%

88,197

16

To disapply pre-emption rights on an additional five percent

1,537,921,110

89.86

173,627,666

10.14

1,711,548,776

81.11%

91,702

17

To authorise the company to purchase its own shares

1,672,896,998

99.21

13,326,286

0.79

1,686,223,284

79.91%

25,417,094

18

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

1,549,480,610

90.53

162,122,496

9.47

1,711,603,106

81.11%

36,720

 

 

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.

 

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at 10.00pm on Wednesday 22 July 2020, was 2,110,130,155.

 

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com  

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  

 

CONTACT

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Investor Relations

Tel:

+44 (0) 20 7644 1082

Email:

investorenquiries@kingfisher.com

Media Relations

+44 (0) 20 7644 1030

corpcomms@kingfisher.com

Teneo

+44 (0) 20 7260 2700

Kfteam@teneo.com

 


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