2nd Jul 2009 09:30
Home Retail Group plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2009
The Board of Home Retail Group plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting yesterday were duly passed. The results of the polls are as follows:
|
Votes For |
% Cast |
Votes Against |
% Cast |
Votes Withheld |
|
|
Resolution 1: To receive the 2009 Annual Report and Accounts |
587,767,153 |
99.91 |
537,380 |
0.09 |
32,108 |
|
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
350,143,521 |
64.34 |
194,066,198 |
35.66 |
44,126,922 |
|
Resolution 3: To authorise the payment of the final dividend of 10.0p per share |
579,244,343 |
99.55 |
2,631,287 |
0.45 |
6,461,011 |
|
Resolution 4: To re-elect Oliver Stocken as a director |
580,645,798 |
98.78 |
7,149,976 |
1.22 |
540,867 |
|
Resolution 5: To re-elect Richard Ashton as a director |
584,900,301 |
99.42 |
3,389,265 |
0.58 |
47,075 |
|
Resolution 6: To re-appoint the auditor |
570,435,422 |
99.62 |
2,160,092 |
0.38 |
15,741,127 |
|
Resolution 7: To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration |
578,087,280 |
99.88 |
695,444 |
0.12 |
9,553,917 |
|
Resolution 8: To authorise political donations and expenditure |
579,443,284 |
99.27 |
4,282,657 |
0.73 |
4,610,700 |
|
Resolution 9: To authorise the directors to allot unissued shares |
554,322,353 |
96.20 |
21,880,761 |
3.80 |
12,133,527 |
|
Resolution 10: To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) |
582,204,657 |
99.83 |
975,672 |
0.17 |
5,156,312 |
|
Resolution 11: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution) |
579,079,728 |
98.44 |
9,152,774 |
1.56 |
104,139 |
|
Resolution 12: To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than AGMs on not less than 14 days notice (Special Resolution) |
570,819,696 |
97.03 |
17,458,130 |
2.97 |
58,815 |
|
Resolution 13: To authorise the change to the Company's Performance Share Plan |
523,999,125 |
96.29 |
20,211,055 |
3.71 |
44,126,461 |
The total number of shares in issue is 877,445,001 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law, and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution.
Copies of all resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at:
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
The voting results are also available to view on the Home Retail Group plc website at www.homeretailgroup.com/home/investors/shservices/agm/
Gordon Bentley
Secretary
2 July 2009
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