6th Jul 2016 17:51
For Immediate Release
6 July 2016
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or 'the Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 6 July 2016 at 11.00 a.m. at the Booker Branch Wimbledon, Durnsford Road, London, SW19 8LG and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 27 May 2016 were duly passed by shareholders.
Booker Group Plc Annual General Meeting Results
Resolution | Votes For | % of Votes Cast | Votes Against | % of Votes Cast | Total Votes Validly Cast | Total Votes Cast as a % of the Shares in Issue | Votes Wittheld | |
1 | Receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 1,448,299,372 | 99.98 | 261,384 | 0.02 | 1,448,560,756 | 81.68 | 55,994,386 |
2 | Approve the Remuneration Report | 1,221,169,596 | 85.33 | 210,027,412 | 14.67 | 1,431,197,007 | 80.71 | 73,358,134 |
3 | Declare a final dividend | 1,504,411,522 | 100.00 | 1,620 | 0.00 | 1,504,413,142 | 84.83 | 142,000 |
4 | Re-elect Stewart Gilliland | 1,497,665,233 | 99.75 | 3,681,471 | 0.25 | 1,501,346,704 | 84.66 | 3,208,438 |
5 | Re-elect Charles Wilson | 1,499,552,208 | 99.68 | 4,860,870 | 0.32 | 1,504,413,078 | 84.83 | 142,064 |
6 | Re-elect Jonathan Prentis | 1,499,550,779 | 99.68 | 4,844,620 | 0.32 | 1,504,395,399 | 84.83 | 159,743 |
7 | Re-elect Guy Farrant | 1,499,546,656 | 99.68 | 4,845,743 | 0.32 | 1,504,392,399 | 84.83 | 159,743 |
8 | Re-elect Helena Andreas | 1,500,730,100 | 99.76 | 3,665,299 | 0.24 | 1,504,395,399 | 84.83 | 159,743 |
9 | Re-elect Andrew Cripps | 1,499,254,419 | 99.66 | 5,140,980 | 0.34 | 1,504,395,399 | 84.83 | 159,743 |
10 | Elect Gary Hughes | 1,499,982,093 | 99.71 | 4,408,367 | 0.29 | 1,504,390,460 | 84.83 | 164,682 |
11 | Re-elect Karen Jones | 1,496,548,266 | 99.48 | 3,673,299 | 0.24 | 1,501,341,765 | 84.66 | 3,213,377 |
12 | Re-appoint KPMG LLP | 1,496,548,266 | 99.48 | 7,831,713 | 0.52 | 1,504,379,979 | 84.83 | 175,163 |
13 | Auditor's Fees | 1,496,734,095 | 99.49 | 7,612,544 | 0.51 | 1,504,346,639 | 84.83 | 158,503 |
14 | Directors Allot Shares | 1,465,877,099 | 97.43 | 38,605,879 | 2.57 | 1,504,482,978 | 84.83 | 22,164 |
15 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 1,497,404,091 | 99.53 | 7,055,219 | 0.47 | 1,504,459,310 | 84.83 | 45,832 |
16 | Call General Meetings | 1,400,182,507 | 93.07 | 104,178,567 | 6.93 | 1,504,361,074 | 84.83 | 144,067 |
17 | Make Market Purchases | 1,501,521,713 | 99.80 | 2,966,829 | 0.20 | 1,504,488,542 | 84.83 | 16,600 |
18 | Implement B Shares Scheme | 1,504,338,607 | 100.00 | 18,161 | 0.00 | 1,504,356,768 | 84.83 | 148,374 |
NOTES:
1. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
2. The total number of shares in issue on 4 July 2016 was 1,773,339,187 ordinary shares of 1p each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than those considered ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For more information contact:
Tulchan Communications (PR Adviser to Booker Group plc)
020 7353 4200
Susannah Voyle
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