Kingfisher PLC Result of AGM (1769R)

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RNS Number : 1769R

Kingfisher PLC

12 June 2018

KINGFISHER PLC

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Tuesday 12 June 2018

Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') announces the results of voting on resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Tuesday 12 June 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions which were all passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are presented in the table below.

The Company also confirms that, following the conclusion of the Company's 2018 AGM, Andrew Bonfield retired from the Board and Jeff Carr became Chairman of the Audit Committee. Jeff Carr is also now a member of the Nomination Committee.

 
        Resolution              Votes         %         Votes        %         Total       % of     Votes** 
                                 For*                  Against                 Votes        ISC     Withheld 
-------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To receive 
       the report 
  1    and accounts         1,720,929,172    99.91     1,577,052    0.09   1,722,506,224   80.42    1,052,835 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the directors' 
       remuneration 
  2    report               1,685,785,098    98.05    33,484,744    1.95   1,719,269,842   80.26    4,289,317 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To declare 
       the final 
  3    dividend             1,723,159,486   100.00        43,483    0.00   1,723,202,969   80.45      356,190 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To appoint 
       Jeff Carr 
  4    as a director        1,714,690,099    99.51     8,460,183    0.49   1,723,150,282   80.45      408,877 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Andy Cosslett 
  5    as a director        1,700,246,518    98.67    22,909,317    1.33   1,723,155,835   80.45      403,324 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Pascal Cagni 
  6    as a director        1,717,329,121    99.66     5,824,663    0.34   1,723,153,784   80.45      405,374 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Clare Chapman 
  7    as a director        1,720,357,313    99.84     2,794,692    0.16   1,723,152,005   80.45      407,154 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Anders Dahlvig 
  8    as a director        1,703,287,986    98.85    19,860,652    1.15   1,723,148,638   80.45      410,020 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Rakhi Goss-Custard 
  9    as a director        1,597,203,814    92.75   124,801,915    7.25   1,722,005,729   80.39    1,552,930 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Veronique 
       Laury as 
 10    a director           1,721,788,949    99.92     1,301,821    0.08   1,723,090,770   80.44      467,889 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Mark Seligman 
 11    as a director        1,697,212,069    98.49    25,936,963    1.51   1,723,149,032   80.45      410,127 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Karen Witts 
 12    as a director        1,714,943,290    99.51     8,384,767    0.49   1,723,328,057   80.45      398,102 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Deloitte 
 13    LLP as auditors      1,706,559,239    99.30    11,954,683    0.70   1,718,513,922   80.23    5,045,236 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit 
       Committee 
       to agree 
       the auditors' 
 14    remuneration         1,712,439,013    99.38    10,736,138    0.62   1,723,175,151   80.45      384,008 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       and its 
       subsidiaries 
       to make 
       political 
 15    donations            1,663,947,016    96.57    59,118,659    3.43   1,723,065,675   80.44      485,255 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
       to allot 
 16    shares               1,519,668,195    88.18   203,748,423   11.82   1,723,416,618   80.46      141,637 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
 17    rights               1,692,631,791    99.45     9,316,517    0.55   1,701,948,308   79.46   21,610,851 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights on 
       an additional 
 18    fiver percent        1,633,760,659    95.99    68,192,204    4.01   1,701,952,863   79.46   21,606,178 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the company 
       to purchase 
       its own 
 19    shares               1,688,041,723    98.03    33,964,852    1.97   1,722,006,575   80.39    1,549,278 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to call 
       a general 
       meeting 
       other than 
       an annual 
       general 
       meeting 
       on not less 
       than 14 
       clear days' 
 20    notice               1,597,694,111    92.72   125,479,025    7.28   1,723,173,136   80.45      386,023 
---  --------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  --------------  ------  ----------- 
 

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.

As at 10.00pm on Friday 8 June 2018, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,142,017,043 shares of 15 (5/7) pence each.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Kingfisher website at www.kingfisher.com/agm. A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available on the Kingfisher website, also at www.kingfisher.com/agm.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than those considered ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

CONTACT

For further information, please contact:

Paul Moore, Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Kingfisher plc

3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6PX

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