18th Jul 2012 14:43
For Immediate Release
18 July 2012
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or 'the Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 18 July 2012 at 11.00 a.m. at Booker Branch St Pancras, 106 Camley Street, Elm Village, Camden, London NW1 0PF and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 May 2012 were duly passed by shareholders.
Booker Group Plc Annual General Meeting Results
For | Against | Withheld | Total | ||
01 | Receive the Audited Accounts and Directors' and Auditors' Reports
| 1,282,323,679 | 349,231 | 0 | 1,282,672,910 |
02 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 934,228,466 | 291,167,313 | 57,277,131 | 1,225,395,779 |
03 | Declare a final dividend | 1,282,672,910 | 0 | 0 | 1,282,672,910 |
04 | Re-elect Charles Wilson as a director | 1,263,158,547 | 19,514,363 | 0 | 1,282,672,910 |
05 | Re-elect Jonathan Prentis as a director | 1,263,094,515 | 19,558,342 | 20,053 | 1,282,652,857 |
06 | Re-elect Mark Aylwin as a director | 1,255,373,879 | 27,278,978 | 20,053 | 1,282,652,857 |
07 | Re-elect Bryn Satherley as a director | 1,255,331,023 | 27,321,834 | 20,053 | 1,282,652,857 |
08 | Re-elect Guy Farrant as a director | 1,263,137,261 | 19,515,486 | 20,163 | 1,282,652,747 |
09 | Re-elect Richard Rose as a director | 1,255,257,322 | 22,782,232 | 4,633,356 | 1,278,039,554 |
10 | Re-elect Andrew Cripps as a director | 1,206,041,393 | 76,605,266 | 26,251 | 1,282,646,659 |
11 | Re-elect Karen Jones as a director | 1,172,483,242 | 110,169,615 | 20,053 | 1,282,652,857 |
12 | Re-elect Lord Karan Bilimoria as a director | 1,205,987,681 | 76,658,978 | 26,251 | 1,282,646,659 |
13 | Re-elect Stewart Gilliland as a director | 1,279,723,766 | 2,929,091 | 20,053 | 1,282,652,857 |
14 | Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors | 1,268,763,453 | 9,278,794 | 4,630,663 | 1,278,042,247 |
15 | Authorise directors to determine auditors fees | 1,273,674,783 | 8,990,076 | 8,051 | 1,282,664,859 |
16 | Authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,229,160,132 | 11,530,497 | 41,982,281 | 1,240,690,629 |
17 | Authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Special) | 1,282,541,518 | 17,001 | 114,391 | 1,282,558,519 |
18 | Authorise General Meetings to be called on not less than 14 days notice (Special) | 1,257,880,390 | 24,721,864 | 70,656 | 1,282,602,254 |
19 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special) | 1,276,408,176 | 1,571,468 | 4,693,266 | 1,277,979,644 |
The total number of shares in issue is 1,724,528,560 ordinary shares of 1p each.
The Board of Booker notes the votes on the Remuneration Report, with 76 per cent of shareholders in support and 24 per cent against. Feedback suggests that this is primarily because our Performance Share Plan has only one trigger (share price) and that the trigger is based on a 60-day average share price. While some 1,200 colleagues participated in the PSP plan in 2011/12, the Chief Executive has not been in the scheme since 2008. The Board and Remuneration Committee will reflect upon the PSP structure in the year ahead in light of the shareholder feedback.
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
Lucy Legh
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