9th Jun 2011 14:02
For immediate release | 9 June 2011 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc ("Morrisons" or the "Company")
AGM announcement
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today 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 26 April 2011) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.
Accordingly, the following matters were approved:
1. The Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ended 30 January 2011 were approved and adopted;
2. The Remuneration Report was approved;
3. The final dividend of 8.37p per ordinary share was approved;
4. Sir Ian Gibson, Dalton Philips, Richard Pennycook, Philip Cox, Penny Hughes, Nigel Robertson and Johanna Waterous were each reappointed to the Board;
5. The auditors, KPMG Audit plc, were reappointed;
6. The Directors were authorised to fix the auditors' remuneration;
7. The Directors were authorised to make market purchases by the Company of its own shares;
8. The Directors were granted allotment authorities on a pre-emptive basis in respect of up to £86,000,000 of the Company's capital and allotment authorities for cash on a non pre-emptive basis in respect of up to £13,168,000 of the Company's capital;
9. The arrangements for holding General Meetings were approved in the manner set out in the notice of meeting;
The Company will announce tomorrow the exact numbers of the proxy votes on each resolution.
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
Related Shares:
MRW.L