Wolseley PLC Result of Meeting (0153G)

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RNS Number : 0153G

Wolseley PLC

23 May 2017

WOLSELEY PLC

(the "Company")

GENERAL MEETING: RESULT

The Company is pleased to announce that, at its General Meeting held earlier today, shareholders passed the special resolution by the requisite majority on a poll to change the name of the Company to Ferguson plc with effect from 31 July 2017.

The full text of the special resolution is contained in the Notice of General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.wolseley.com.

The total number of votes cast for the special resolution is set out in the table below.

 
    Resolution          For        %*     Against    %*       Votes      % Votes      Votes 
                                                              Total       cast**    Withheld*** 
-----------------  ------------  ------  --------  -----  ------------  --------  ------------- 
 To change 
  the name 
  of the Company 
  to Ferguson 
  plc with 
  effect from 
  31 July 
  2017              202,504,524   99.97   65,219    0.03   202,569,743   80.08%       67,945 
-----------------  ------------  ------  --------  -----  ------------  --------  ------------- 
 
   *           percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes 
   **          percentage of issued share capital (excluding 13,670,389 treasury shares) 

*** a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution

As at 21 May 2017, the Company:

(i) had 266,636,106 issued ordinary shares of 10(53) /(66) pence, each ordinary share having one vote;

(ii) held 13,670,389 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and

(iii) accordingly, had total voting rights of 252,965,717.

With effect from markets opening on 1 August 2017, it is expected that trading in the Company's ordinary shares will commence under the new name Ferguson plc and with the new TIDM code '(FERG)'. Share certificates in the name of Wolseley plc in respect of the ordinary shares of the Company issued prior to the effective date of change will continue to be valid.

Enquiries:

 
Graham Middlemiss, Group Company 
 Secretary 
 (00 41 41 723 2230) 
 

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