5th Jun 2009 11:20
For immediate release 5 June 2009
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc ("Morrisons" or the "Company")
AGM announcement
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 4 June 2009 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 20 April 2009) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.
Accordingly, the following matters were approved:
The Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ended 1 February 2009 were approved and adopted;
The Remuneration Report was approved;
The final dividend of 5p per ordinary share was approved;
Mr Brian Flanagan, Mr Paul Manduca, Ms Susan Murray, Mr Nigel Robertson and Mr Philip Cox were each reappointed to the Board;
The auditors, KPMG Audit plc, were reappointed and the Directors were authorised to fix their remuneration;
The Directors were authorised to make market purchases by the Company of its own shares;
The Directors were granted allotment authorities on a pre-emptive basis in respect of up to £78,900,000 of the Company's capital and allotment authorities for cash on a non pre-emptive basis in respect of up to £13,149,158 of the Company's capital;
The Articles of Association were amended and the arrangements for holding General Meetings were approved in each case in the manner set out in the notice of meeting.
The poll votes on each resolution were as follows:
|
Resolution |
For |
% For |
Against |
% Against |
Total votes |
Votes withheld |
|
1. Approval of Directors' Report and Audited Financial Statements |
1,846,264,549 |
98.75 |
23,346,596 |
1.25 |
1,869,611,145 |
1,151,360 |
|
2. Approval of Remuneration Report |
1,635,496,588 |
90.17 |
178,312,457 |
9.83 |
1,813,809,045 |
56,953,460 |
|
3. Approval of final dividend |
1,868,558,692 |
99.89 |
1,993,306 |
0.11 |
1,870,551,998 |
210,507 |
|
4. Re-election of Brian Flanagan |
1,673,780,232 |
89.49 |
196,662,824 |
10.51 |
1,870,443,056 |
319,449 |
|
5.Re-election of Paul Manduca |
1,674,791,295 |
89.54 |
195,633,121 |
10.46 |
1,870,424,416 |
338,089 |
|
6. Re-election of Susan Murray |
1,674,697,623 |
89.54 |
195,731,630 |
10.46 |
1,870,429,253 |
333,252 |
|
7. Re-election of Nigel Robertson |
1,675,134,303 |
89.56 |
195,288,111 |
10.44 |
1,870,422,414 |
340,091 |
|
8. Re-election of Philip Cox |
1,865,079,404 |
99.72 |
5,317,815 |
0.28 |
1,870,397,219 |
365,286 |
|
9. Re-appointment of KPMG Audit plc and authorisation of Directors to set their fees |
1,785,240,058 |
95.68 |
80,607,704 |
4.32 |
1,865,847,762 |
4,914,743 |
|
10. Grant of authority to purchase own shares |
1,729,308,309 |
92.53 |
139,691,521 |
7.47 |
1,868,999,830 |
1,762,675 |
|
11. Grant of authority to allot shares on a pre-emptive basis |
1,862,158,217 |
99.56 |
8,145,194 |
0.44 |
1,870,303,411 |
459,094 |
|
12. Grant of authority to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis |
1,864,070,530 |
99.75 |
4,639,180 |
0.25 |
1,868,709,710 |
2,052,795 |
|
13. Amendment of the Articles in relation to notices of general meetings |
1,723,931,704 |
92.26 |
144,564,528 |
7.74 |
1,868,496,232 |
2,226,273 |
|
14. Approval of new Articles provisions for amended notice of general meetings |
1,723,770,384 |
92.25 |
144,903,634 |
7.75 |
1,868,674,018 |
2,088,487 |
Resolutions 1 to 9 and Resolution 11 were ordinary resolutions. Resolution 10 and Resolutions 12 to 14 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 date of the meeting were 2,629,831,606.
In conformity with rule 5.6.1 of the FSA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules (DTR's), the Company gives notice that, as at the date hereof, the Company's issued share capital consists of 2,629,831,606 ordinary shares of 10p each with voting rights. As the company does not hold any shares in treasury, the total number of voting rights is equal to the total number of ordinary shares in issue. This figure may be used by shareholders for the purposes of calculating whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the DTR's.
Copies of the Articles of Association of Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc as amended by the special resolution numbered 13 referred to above are available from the Company Secretary at the registered office.
The Company also announces that at a meeting of the Audit Committee held on 4 June 2009, Philip Cox was appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Greg McMahon
Company Secretary and Head of Legal Services
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
Tel: 0845 611 6902
Registered Office:
Hilmore House
Gain Lane
Bradford
BD3 7DL
Company Number: 358949
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