Kingfisher PLC Result of AGM (0585U)

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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         %     Votes Against     %         Total        % of     Votes** 
                                     For*                                           Votes         ISC     Withheld 
      To receive 
       the report 
  1    and accounts             1,704,358,794   99.95         838,134    0.05   1,705,196,928   80.81%    6,454,691 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the directors' 
       remuneration 
  2    report                   1,674,266,051   98.08      32,722,506    1.92   1,706,988,557   80.89%    4,651,921 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To elect Bernard 
  3    Bot as a director        1,705,736,829   99.93       1,252,244    0.07   1,706,989,073   80.89%    4,651,406 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To elect Thierry 
       Garnier as 
  4    a director               1,710,467,099   99.94       1,081,397    0.06   1,711,548,496   81.11%       91,983 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrew Cosslett 
  5    as a director            1,622,933,747   98.87      18,477,966    1.13   1,641,411,713   77.79%   70,228,766 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Claudia Arney 
  6    as a director            1,698,638,957   99.24      12,934,326    0.76   1,711,573,283   81.11%       67,196 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jeff Carr as 
  7    a director               1,707,389,855   99.76       4,162,856    0.24   1,711,552,711   81.11%       87,768 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Sophie Gasperment 
  8    as a director            1,483,944,912   86.70     227,616,786   13.30   1,711,561,698   81.11%       78,781 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Rakhi Goss-Custard 
  9    as a director            1,708,314,038   99.81       3,210,891    0.19   1,711,524,929   81.11%      115,550 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Mark Seligman 
 10    as a director            1,543,758,616   93.79     102,259,697    6.21   1,646,018,313   78.01%   65,622,166 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Deloitte LLP 
 11    as auditors              1,704,168,102   99.57       7,385,416    0.43   1,711,553,518   81.11%       86,601 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit Committee 
       to agree the 
 12    auditors' remuneration   1,711,131,397   99.97         429,775    0.03   1,711,561,172   81.11%       79,307 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       and its subsidiaries 
       to make political 
 13    donations                1,698,416,925   99.24      13,076,356    0.76   1,711,493,281   81.11%      142,863 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
 14    to allot shares          1,510,593,805   88.26     200,978,165   11.74   1,711,571,970   81.11%       68,509 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
 15    rights                   1,588,035,628   92.78     123,515,779    7.22   1,711,551,407   81.11%       88,197 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights on an 
       additional 
 16    five percent             1,537,921,110   89.86     173,627,666   10.14   1,711,548,776   81.11%       91,702 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the company 
       to purchase 
 17    its own shares           1,672,896,998   99.21      13,326,286    0.79   1,686,223,284   79.91%   25,417,094 
     ------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to call a general 
       meeting other 
       than an annual 
       general meeting 
       on not less 
       than 14 clear 
 18    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 .

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