Kingfisher PLC Result of AGM (8524P)

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RNS Number : 8524P

Kingfisher PLC

22 June 2022

KINGFISHER PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 June 2022

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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 19 to 22 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             1,734,401,468   100.00          40,586    0.00   1,734,442,054   86.29%   5,890,704 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the directors' 
       remuneration 
  2    report                   1,676,791,695    96.36      63,391,071    3.64   1,740,182,766   86.57%     150,191 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the directors' 
       remuneration 
  3    policy                   1,620,253,983    93.11     119,882,346    6.89   1,740,136,329   86.57%     195,473 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the Kingfisher 
       Performance 
  4    Share Plan               1,725,838,644    99.17      14,361,685    0.83   1,740,200,329   86.57%     132,629 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To declare 
  5    the final dividend       1,739,920,511    99.98         338,416    0.02   1,740,258,927   86.58%      74,031 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To elect Bill 
       Lennie as a 
  6    director                 1,737,060,948    99.83       2,965,735    0.17   1,740,026,683   86.57%     306,275 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Claudia Arney 
  7    as a director            1,524,703,790    87.62     215,376,752   12.38   1,740,080,542   86.57%     252,416 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Bernard Bot 
  8    as a director            1,725,871,209    99.19      14,129,150    0.81   1,740,000,359   86.56%     332,399 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
  9    Catherine Bradley        1,501,336,004    86.29     238,616,652   13.71   1,739,952,656   86.56%     380,102 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jeff Carr as 
 10    a director               1,705,155,360    97.99      34,889,679    2.01   1,740,045,039   86.57%     287,719 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrew Cosslett 
 11    as a director            1,671,004,688    96.03      69,058,876    3.97   1,740,063,564   86.57%     269,194 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Thierry Garnier 
 12    as a director            1,737,468,579    99.85       2,664,367    0.15   1,740,132,946   86.57%     199,812 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Sophie Gasperment 
 13    as a director            1,501,303,293    86.50     234,385,439   13.50   1,735,688,732   86.35%   4,644,026 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Rakhi Goss-Custard 
 14    as a director            1,505,185,487    86.50     234,887,880   13.50   1,740,073,367   86.57%     259,391 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Deloitte LLP 
 15    as auditor               1,721,646,589    98.94      18,449,540    1.06   1,740,096,129   86.57%     236,629 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit Committee 
       to agree the 
 16    auditor's remuneration   1,728,956,450    99.36      11,162,530    0.64   1,740,118,980   86.57%     213,415 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       and its subsidiaries 
       to make political 
 17    donations                1,730,149,983    99.43       9,849,287    0.57   1,739,999,270   86.56%     322,183 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
 18    to allot shares          1,467,586,001    84.33     272,613,285   15.67   1,740,199,286   86.57%     133,472 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
 19    rights                   1,552,515,306    89.40     184,072,835   10.60   1,736,588,141   86.39%   3,742,952 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights for 
       an additional 
 20    five percent             1,541,316,310    88.76     195,251,900   11.24   1,736,568,210   86.39%   3,764,548 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the company 
       to purchase 
 21    its own shares           1,730,473,935    99.58       7,272,725    0.42   1,737,746,660   86.45%   2,586,098 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to call a general 
       meeting other 
       than an annual 
       general meeting 
       on not less 
       than 14 clear 
 22    days' notice             1,657,791,463    95.27      82,354,301    4.73   1,740,145,764   86.57%     186,994 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
 

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 on Monday 20 June 2022, was 2,010,079,636.

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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