14th Jul 2026 13:00
For immediate release 14 July 2026
boohoo group plc
("Debenhams Group", "Debenhams" or the "Company")
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Debenhams Group (AIM: DEBS) announces the result of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, 14 July 2026.
All of the Ordinary Resolutions 1 - 9 proposed at the AGM were duly passed. The Special Resolutions 10 and 11 did not achieve the requisite majority and therefore were not passed.
RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC | VOTES WITHELD |
1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 28 February 2026 (together with the reports of the directors and the auditor).
|
732,849,484
| 61.32% | 462,183,102 | 38.68% |
1,195,032,586
| 73.78% | 904,181 |
2. To re-elect Carol Kane as a director of the Company. | 750,907,731 | 62.85% | 443,864,036 | 37.15% | 1,194,771,767 | 73.76% | 1,165,000 |
3. To re-elect Kirsty Britz as a director of the Company. | 757,762,603 | 63.43% | 436,944,931 | 36.57% | 1,194,707,534 | 73.76% | 1,229,233 |
4. To re-elect John Goold as a director of the Company. | 757,436,008 | 63.40% | 437,278,371 | 36.60% | 1,194,714,379 | 73.76% | 1,222,388 |
5. To re-appoint Tom Handley as a director of the Company. | 757,678,048 | 63.42% | 437,019,235 | 36.58% | 1,194,697,283 | 73.75% | 1,239,484 |
6. To re-appoint PKF Littlejohn LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company. | 757,669,693 | 63.42% | 437,028,570 | 36.58% | 1,194,698,263 | 73.76% | 1,238,504 |
7. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditors. | 757,879,905 | 63.44% | 436,746,025 | 36.56% | 1,194,625,930 | 73.75% | 1,310,837 |
8. The Company and all companies that are, at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect, subsidiaries of the Company be authorised to make political donations. | 752,785,658 | 63.01% | 441,890,560 | 36.99% | 1,194,676,218 | 73.75% | 1,260,549 |
9. Purchase of own Shares | 1,193,279,987 | 99.86% | 1,636,722 | 0.14% | 1,194,916,709 | 73.77% | 1,020,058 |
10. Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights - General | 756,929,833 | 63.37% | 437,512,250 | 36.63% | 1,194,442,083 | 73.74% | 1,494,684 |
11. Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights - Financing | 757,198,935 | 63.39% | 437,285,536 | 36.61% | 1,194,484,471 | 73.74% | 1,452,296 |
For further information, please contact:
Debenhams Group | |
Phil Ellis, Chief Financial Officer | Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050 |
Zeus Capital - Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker | |
Dan Bate / James Edis / Emma Burn | Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512 |
Nick Searle / Dominic King | Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000 |
Panmure Liberum - Joint Broker Mark Dickenson / James Sinclair-Ford / Alisa MacMaster | Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 2000 |
Sodali & Co - Financial PR Adviser Ben Foster / Louisa Henry | Tel: +44 (0)20 3984 0114 |
About Debenhams Group
Debenhams Group is an online platform for fashion, home and beauty, serving millions of customers across five shopping destinations: Debenhams, Karen Millen, boohoo, MAN and PLT. Debenhams Group dates back to 1778 when William Clark, a retail pioneer of the time, opened the UK's first department store. Today, the Group is home to Debenhams, Britain's online department store and leading fashion-led marketplaces, boohoo, PLT, MAN, and Karen Millen.
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