9th Jul 2014 11:38
For Immediate Release
9 July 2014
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or 'the Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 9 July 2014 at 11.00 a.m. at Booker Branch Wimbledon, Durnsley Road, London, SW19 8PL and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 28 May 2014 were duly passed by shareholders.
Booker Group Plc Annual General Meeting Results
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld | % Total Capital Instructed | |
01 | Receive the Annual Report & Accounts
| 1,427,803,874 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 323,205 | 81.88 |
02 | Approve the Remuneration Policy | 1,355,491,678 | 98.43 | 21,633,662 | 1.57 | 51,001,739 | 78.97 |
03 | Approve the Remuneration Report | 1,415,259,388 | 99.11 | 12,757,742 | 0.89 | 109,949 | 81.89 |
04 | Declare a final dividend | 1,428,102,723 | 100 | 202 | 0 | 24,154 | 81.89 |
05 | Re-elect Charles Wilson | 1,425,423,770 | 99.82 | 2,672,457 | 0.19 | 24,654 | 81.89 |
06 | Re-elect Jonathan Prentis | 1,425,111,401 | 99.79 | 2,982,973 | 0.21 | 32,705 | 81.89 |
07 | Re-elect Mark Aylwin | 1,425,114,476 | 99.79 | 2,979,898 | 0.21 | 32,705 | 81.89 |
08 | Re-elect Guy Farrant | 1,425,112,624 | 99.79 | 2,981,750 | 0.21 | 32,705 | 81.89 |
09 | Re-elect Bryn Satherley | 1,425,101,334 | 99.79 | 2,993,040 | 0.21 | 32,705 | 81.89 |
10 | Re-elect Richard Rose | 1,377,271,759 | 96.44 | 50,822,615 | 3.56 | 32,705 | 81.89 |
11 | Re-elect Lord Bilimoria | 1,426,698,072 | 99.90 | 1,394,453 | 0.10 | 33,554 | 81.89 |
12 | Re-elect Helena Andreas | 1,426,653,004 | 99.90 | 1,420,217 | 0.10 | 53,858 | 81.89 |
13 | Re-elect Andrew Cripps | 1,426,707,196 | 99.91 | 1,365,965 | 0.10 | 53,858 | 81.89 |
14 | Re-elect Stewart Gilliland | 1,424,139,262 | 99.73 | 3,933,899 | 0.28 | 53,858 | 81.90 |
15 | Re-elect Karen Jones | 1,424,692,081 | 99.77 | 3,381,080 | 0.24 | 53,858 | 81.89 |
16 | Appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 1,424,084,049 | 99.72 | 3,985,570 | 0.28 | 57,400 | 81.89 |
17 | Authorise directors to determine auditor's fees | 1,426,623,007 | 99.90 | 1,467,405 | 0.10 | 36,607 | 81.89 |
18 | Authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,419,733,670 | 99.42 | 8,337,291 | 0.58 | 56,058 | 81.89 |
19 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 1,427,847,627 | 99.99 | 201,916 | 0.01 | 77,476 | 81.89 |
20 | Notice of General Meetings | 1,393,058,085 | 97.55 | 35,044,779 | 2.45 | 24,154 | 81.89 |
21 | Authority to purchase own shares | 1,427,247,305 | 99.94 | 842,960 | 0.06 | 36,754 | 81.90 |
22 | Implementation of B Shares Scheme | 1,426,433,721 | 99.95 | 804,943 | 0.06 | 888,245 | 81.85 |
NOTES:
1. Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. The total number of shares in issue on 7 July 2014 was 1,743,916,946 ordinary shares of 1p each.
Copies of all resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For more information contact:
Tulchan Communications (PR Adviser to Booker Group plc)
020 7353 4200
Susanna Voyle
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