5th Jun 2008 12:53
Kingfisher plc
Kingfisher plc today held its 2008 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM"). All resolutions put to the shareholders were passed on a show of hands. The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are outlined below.
|
Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Votes Withheld* |
|
1. Annual Report |
1,536,236,381 |
99.98 |
332,838 |
0.02 |
1,960,581 |
|
2. Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,409,110,464 |
93.59 |
96,523,255 |
6.41 |
32,896,741 |
|
3. Final Dividend |
1,536,453,629 |
99.99 |
205,947 |
0.01 |
1,870,297 |
|
4. Re-election of Mr. Michael Hepher |
1,525,848,327 |
99.30 |
10,687,713 |
0.70 |
1,994,420 |
|
5. Re-election of Mr. Ian Cheshire |
1,523,984,742 |
99.19 |
12,491,839 |
0.81 |
2,042,204 |
|
6. Re-election of Mr. Hartmut Krämer |
1,526,893,412 |
99.38 |
9,586,529 |
0.62 |
2,050,519 |
|
7. Re-appointment of Auditors |
1,516,740,013 |
99.34 |
10,048,294 |
0.66 |
11,742,877 |
|
8. Authorisation to Allot Shares |
1,444,242,233 |
94.19 |
89,069,138 |
5.81 |
5,217,264 |
|
9. Political expenditure |
1,348,584,439 |
94.35 |
80,731,761 |
5.65 |
109,201,778 |
|
10. Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights |
1,366,200,571 |
95.25 |
68,116,677 |
4.75 |
109,212,810 |
|
11. Share Buyback |
1,536,286,134 |
99.98 |
315,265 |
0.02 |
1,929,061 |
|
12. New Articles of Association |
1,531,824,638 |
99.70 |
4,628,199 |
0.30 |
2,077,142 |
*A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes against the resolution.
The total issued share capital voted on was 2,360,818,043.
A document listing the Resolutions passed at the AGM of Kingfisher plc has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS. Tel. No (020) 7066 8333.
For further information in connection with this announcement please contact the Company Secretarial Department at Kingfisher plc on 020 7372 8008.
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