Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC Result of AGM (1462C)

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RNS Number : 1462C

Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC

13 June 2019

For immediate release 13 June 2019

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

AGM announcement

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 13 June 2019 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 15 May 2019) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.

The poll votes on each resolution were as follows:

 
                                 VOTES        %       VOTES       %        VOTES         % of       VOTES 
                                  FOR                AGAINST               TOTAL       ISC VOTED   WITHHELD 
01 Report and Accounts       1,884,959,148  99.98      286,389   0.02  1,885,245,537      78.78%   2,680,066 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
02 Directors' Remuneration 
 Report                      1,790,715,172  95.16   91,085,559   4.84  1,881,800,731      78.64%   6,124,872 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
03 Final Dividend            1,882,640,536  99.81    3,512,736   0.19  1,886,153,272      78.82%   1,772,332 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
04 Special Dividend          1,883,262,883  99.85    2,877,229   0.15  1,886,140,112      78.82%   1,785,492 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
05 To re-elect Andrew 
 Higginson                   1,714,676,174  91.04  168,665,333   8.96  1,883,341,507      78.70%   4,584,095 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
06 To re-elect David 
 Potts                       1,882,803,859  99.83    3,288,833   0.17  1,886,092,692      78.82%   1,832,910 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
07 To re-elect Trevor 
 Strain                      1,879,579,123  99.65    6,509,980   0.35  1,886,089,103      78.82%   1,836,500 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
08 To re-elect Rooney 
 Anand                       1,868,472,455  99.07   17,578,203   0.93  1,886,050,658      78.81%   1,874,944 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
09 To re-elect Neil 
 Davidson                    1,868,341,113  99.06   17,739,464   0.94  1,886,080,577      78.82%   1,845,025 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
10 To re-elect Kevin 
 Havelock                    1,868,525,728  99.07   17,531,490   0.93  1,886,057,218      78.82%   1,868,385 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
11 To re-elect Belinda 
 Richards                    1,691,871,787  89.70  194,189,494  10.30  1,886,061,281      78.82%   1,864,321 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
12 To re-elect Tony 
 van Kralingen               1,865,003,819  98.89   21,019,007   1.11  1,886,022,826      78.81%   1,902,776 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
13 To re-elect Paula 
 Vennells                    1,879,047,776  99.63    7,005,856   0.37  1,886,053,632      78.81%   1,871,970 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
14 Reappointment of 
 Auditors                    1,867,731,449  99.97      566,202   0.03  1,868,297,651      78.07%  19,621,198 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
15 Auditors' Remuneration    1,885,141,549  99.95      918,925   0.05  1,886,060,474      78.82%   1,865,080 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
16 Political Donations       1,730,893,364  92.15  147,489,781   7.85  1,878,383,145      78.49%   9,542,458 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
17. General authority 
 to allot shares             1,655,713,316  87.79  230,176,480  12.21  1,885,889,796      78.81%   2,035,808 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
18. Disapplication 
 of pre-emption rights       1,730,776,436  91.78  155,080,716   8.22  1,885,857,152      78.81%   2,068,451 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
19. Authority to purchase 
 Wm Morrison Supermarkets 
 PLC shares                  1,865,662,087  98.94   19,952,048   1.06  1,885,614,135      78.80%   2,311,468 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
20. Notice period 
 for general meetings        1,747,088,348  92.99  131,635,527   7.01  1,878,723,875      78.51%   9,201,728 
                             -------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
 

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 2,393,017,705.

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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