4th Jul 2019 15:05
4 July 2019
J Sainsbury plc
Results of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
Votes For | % of Votes Cast | Votes Against | % of Votes Cast | Votes cast | Votes cast as a % of ISC | Votes Withheld1 | ||
1 | To receive and adopt the audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 9 March 2019
| 1,665,214,414 | 100.00 | 52,182 | 0.00 | 1,665,266,596 | 75.30 | 797,534 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report
| 1,506,526,818 | 90.44 | 159,305,541 | 9.56 | 1,665,832,359 | 75.32 | 236,874 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 7.9 pence per ordinary share
| 1,665,166,622 | 99.95 | 835,315 | 0.05 | 1,666,001,937 | 75.33 | 67,130 |
4 | To elect Martin Scicluna as a Director | 1,652,275,388 | 99.19 | 13,491,139 | 0.81 | 1,665,766,527 | 75.32 | 304,535 |
5 | To re-elect Matt Brittin as a Director | 1,658,385,401 | 99.56 | 7,379,657 | 0.44 | 1,665,765,058 | 75.32 | 302,935 |
6 | To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director | 1,658,007,760 | 99.53 | 7,755,975 | 0.47 | 1,665,763,735 | 75.32 | 303,910 |
7 | To re-elect Mike Coupe as a Director | 1,656,348,728 | 99.53 | 7,827,274 | 0.47 | 1,664,176,002 | 75.25 | 1,904,417 |
8 | To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director | 1,658,245,709 | 99.55 | 7,517,201 | 0.45 | 1,665,762,910 | 75.32 | 305,607 |
9 | To re-elect David Keens as a Director | 1,658,359,995 | 99.56 | 7,409,283 | 0.44 | 1,665,769,278 | 75.32 | 299,239 |
10 | To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director | 1,656,608,990 | 99.45 | 9,166,371 | 0.55 | 1,665,775,361 | 75.32 | 295,021 |
11 | To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director | 1,657,078,761 | 99.48 | 8,707,682 | 0.52 | 1,665,786,443 | 75.32 | 282,074 |
12 | To re-elect John Rogers as a Director | 1,656,097,497 | 99.49 | 8,505,255 | 0.51 | 1,664,602,752 | 75.27 | 1,462,880 |
13 | To re-elect Jean Tomlin as a Director | 1,658,638,065 | 99.57 | 7,105,389 | 0.43 | 1,665,743,454 | 75.32 | 307,141 |
14 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 1,665,090,816 | 99.96 | 684,176 | 0.04 | 1,665,774,992 | 75.32 | 280,656 |
15 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration
| 1,665,238,398 | 99.97 | 557,681 | 0.03 | 1,665,796,079 | 75.32 | 255,305 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 1,553,748,991 | 93.27 | 112,091,500 | 6.73 | 1,665,840,491 | 75.33 | 211,745 |
17 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)
| 1,593,847,837 | 95.69 | 71,845,818 | 4.31 | 1,665,693,655 | 75.32 | 358,921 |
18 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution)
| 1,522,617,969 | 91.41 | 143,097,807 | 8.59 | 1,665,715,776 | 75.32 | 333,667 |
19 | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
| 1,605,522,654 | 96.98 | 50,037,456 | 3.02 | 1,655,560,110 | 74.86 | 10,496,849 |
20 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)
| 1,657,770,659 | 99.59 | 6,837,027 | 0.41 | 1,664,607,686 | 75.27 | 1,447,048 |
21 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)
| 1,500,543,131 | 90.37 | 159,822,423 | 9.63 | 1,660,365,554 | 75.08 | 5,690,285 |
1A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at 2 July 2019 was 2,211,526,870 shares of 284/7 pence.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.
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