Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC Result of AGM (4787R)

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RNS Number : 4787R

Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC

14 June 2018

For immediate release 14 June 2018

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ("Morrisons" or the "Company")

AGM announcement

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 14 June 2018 at Hilmore House, Gain Lane, Bradford, BD3 7DL, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 14 May 2018) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.

The poll votes on each resolution were as follows:

 
RESOLUTIONS                      VOTES        %       VOTES       %        VOTES       % of     VOTES 
                                  FOR                AGAINST               TOTAL        ISC    WITHHELD 
                                                                                       VOTED 
1. Report and Accounts       1,857,458,549  99.94    1,195,986   0.06  1,858,654,535  78.89%   2,645,899 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
2. Directors' Remuneration 
 Report                      1,552,589,664  84.66  281,400,948  15.34  1,833,990,612  77.84%  27,309,332 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
3. Final Dividend            1,860,663,554  99.97      501,838   0.03  1,861,165,392  79.00%     135,042 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
4. Special Dividend          1,856,493,533  99.75    4,662,309   0.25  1,861,155,842  79.00%     144,592 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
5. To re-elect Andrew 
 Higginson                   1,735,951,333  93.97  111,319,260   6.03  1,847,270,593  78.41%  14,029,740 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
6. To re-elect David 
 Potts                       1,860,427,768  99.96      663,305   0.04  1,861,091,073  78.99%     209,361 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
7. To re-elect Trevor 
 Strain                      1,857,616,409  99.81    3,463,693   0.19  1,861,080,102  78.99%     220,332 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
8. To re-elect Rooney 
 Anand                       1,830,544,786  99.47    9,766,211   0.53  1,840,310,997  78.11%  20,989,437 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
9. To re-elect Neil 
 Davidson                    1,855,673,580  99.71    5,395,660   0.29  1,861,069,240  78.99%     231,194 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
10. To elect Kevin 
 Havelock                    1,860,131,992  99.95      908,421   0.05  1,861,040,413  78.99%     260,021 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
11. To re-elect Belinda 
 Richards                    1,695,225,991  91.09  165,823,342   8.91  1,861,049,333  78.99%     251,101 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
12. To elect Tony van 
 Kralingen                   1,859,946,118  99.94    1,088,511   0.06  1,861,034,629  78.99%     265,805 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
13. To re-elect Paula 
 Vennells                    1,856,150,351  99.74    4,887,110   0.26  1,861,037,461  78.99%     258,003 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
14. Reappointment of 
 auditors                    1,836,225,303  99.78    4,030,121   0.22  1,840,255,424  78.11%  21,041,513 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
15. Auditor's Remuneration   1,859,860,798  99.94    1,046,204   0.06  1,860,907,002  78.99%     387,019 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
16. Political Donations      1,684,115,907  90.51  176,507,161   9.49  1,860,623,068  78.97%     670,058 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
17. General authority 
 to allot shares             1,601,592,096  86.06  259,349,914  13.94  1,860,942,010  78.99%     358,424 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
18. Disapplication 
 of pre-emption rights       1,728,776,200  92.91  132,006,988   7.09  1,860,783,188  78.98%     502,246 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
19. Authority to purchase 
 Wm Morrison Supermarkets 
 PLC shares                  1,834,374,664  98.59   26,181,050   1.41  1,860,555,714  78.97%     744,720 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
20. Notice period for 
 general meetings            1,707,108,137  91.73  153,970,447   8.27  1,861,078,584  78.99%     221,850 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ------  ---------- 
 

Resolutions 1 to 17 were ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 20 were special resolutions.

Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman. Votes withheld are not counted in the count of the total votes or the calculations of the percentages For or Against each resolution. Percentages are rounded to two decimal places.

Total shares in issue at the time of the meeting were 2,355,993,393.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions 17 to 20 (as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting), being the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting not concerning ordinary business, will be submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism.

Jonathan Burke

Company Secretary

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

Tel: [phone]

Registered Office:

Hilmore House

Gain Lane

Bradford

BD3 7DL

Company Number: 358949

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