Bunzl PLC Result of AGM (5374W)

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RNS Number : 5374W

Bunzl PLC

17 April 2019

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Bunzl plc (the "Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 17 April 2019 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.

A copy of the resolution passed at today's AGM which is required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The AGM voting results are as follows:-

 
 Company name:                            Bunzl plc 
 Meeting date:                            17 April 2019 
 Number of cards (shareholders) at 
  voting record date:                     4,836 
 Issued share capital at voting record 
  date:                                   336,510,770 
 Number of votes per share:               1 
 
 
 Resolution (No. as noted on the Form       Votes For       % of shares   Votes Against   % of shares   Votes Withheld 
 of                                      (including votes      voted                         voted 
 Proxy)                                   at Chairman's 
                                           discretion) 
 1    Consideration of accounts               278,000,025        100.00             142          0.00          264,691 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 2    Declaration of a final dividend         278,076,002         99.95         148,825          0.05           40,031 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Philip 
      Rogerson 
 3    as a director                           254,779,053         91.96      22,282,755          8.04        1,203,050 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Frank van 
      Zanten 
 4    as a director                           267,160,174         96.03      11,058,257          3.97           46,427 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Brian May as 
      a 
 5    director                                276,862,644         99.51       1,349,954          0.49           52,260 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Eugenia 
      Ulasewicz 
 6    as a director                           275,540,450         99.04       2,682,560          0.96           41,848 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Vanda Murray 
      as 
 7    a director                              273,898,063         98.45       4,322,974          1.55           43,821 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Lloyd 
      Pitchford 
 8    as a director                           275,615,508         99.07       2,600,808          0.93           48,542 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-appointment of Stephan 
      Nanninga 
 9    as a director                           263,445,528         96.43       9,761,630          3.57        5,057,700 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 10   Re-appointment of auditors              278,192,976         99.99          26,564          0.01           45,318 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 11   Remuneration of auditors                278,199,504         99.99          19,922          0.01           45,432 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Approval of the remuneration 
 12   report                                  267,821,934         96.27      10,390,193          3.73           52,731 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 13   Authority to allot shares               233,060,272         83.77      45,155,592         16.23           48,994 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      General authority to disapply 
      pre-emption 
 14   rights                                  257,240,502         92.60      20,571,103          7.40          453,253 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 15   Specific authority to disapply          261,566,216         94.15      16,244,389          5.85          454,253 
      pre-emption 
      rights in connection with an 
      acquisition 
      or specified capital investment 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
      Authority for the Company to 
      purchase 
 16   its own shares                          275,897,439         99.31       1,903,955          0.69          463,464 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 17   Notice of general meetings              252,583,696         91.15      24,517,580          8.85        1,163,582 
     --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  --------------- 
 

Resolutions 14 to 17 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions.

Paul Hussey

Company Secretary

17 April 2019

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