Grainger PLC Result of AGM (2217E)

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RNS Number : 2217E

Grainger PLC

07 February 2018

7 February 2018

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and fifth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 7 February 2018, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 21 December 2017 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows (* special resolutions):

 
       Resolutions                  Votes        %       Votes         %                       Votes 
                                     for        For      against     Against     Total        withheld 
                                                                                 votes 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To approve and 
       adopt the directors' 
       report and the 
       audited financial 
       statements for 
       the year ended 
       30 September 
 1     2017                      309,480,584   99.94    200,000       0.06     309,680,584    89,701 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To approve the 
       Directors' remuneration 
       report for the 
       year ended 30 
 2     September 2017            306,176,534   98.84   3,580,060      1.16     309,756,594    13,691 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To declare a 
 3     dividend                  309,770,285    100        0           0       309,770,285       0 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To re-elect Helen 
 4     Gordon                    307,793,903   99.36   1,975,925      0.64     309,769,828      457 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To re-elect Vanessa 
 5     Simms                     307,477,873   99.26   2,291,955      0.74     309,769,828      457 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To re-elect Tony 
 6     Wray                      307,731,077   99.34   2,038,751      0.66     309,769,828      457 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To re-elect Andrew 
 7     Carr-Locke                307,727,492   99.34   2,040,051      0.66     309,767,543     2,742 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To re-elect Rob 
 8     Wilkinson                 307,717,739   99.34   2,038,751      0.66     309,756,490    13,795 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To elect Mark 
 9     Clare                     307,263,848   99.19   2,501,401      0.81     309,765,249     5,036 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To elect Justin 
 10    Read                      307,715,998   99.34   2,040,251      0.66     309,756,249    14,036 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To reappoint 
       KPMG LLP as auditors 
 11    of the Company            309,511,285   99.92    250,000       0.08     309,761,285     9,000 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
       to determine 
       the remuneration 
 12    of the auditors           308,850,258   99.7     914,231       0.3      309,764,489     5,796 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
 13    to allot shares           294,146,956   94.96   15,611,812     5.04     309,758,768    11,517 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
       to issue shares 
 14    for cash*                 308,528,110   99.6    1,227,141      0.4      309,755,251    15,034 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
       to issue shares 
       for cash in relation 
       to the acquisition 
       or other capital 
 15    investment *              291,614,736   94.14   18,140,515     5.86     309,755,251    15,034 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company to 
       purchase own 
 16    shares*                   306,478,047   99.24   2,340,814      0.76     308,818,861    951,424 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To reduce the 
       notice period 
       for general meetings 
       (other than an 
       Annual General 
       Meeting) to not 
       less than 14 
 17    clear days' notice.*      278,754,148   89.99   31,015,896    10.01     309,770,044      241 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       political donations 
       up to GBP50,000 
 18    in aggregate              306,374,226   98.92   3,353,860      1.08     309,728,086    42,199 
---  -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
 

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 417,114,937 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and also via the Company's website at http://www.graingerplc.co.uk/.

Adam McGhin

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

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