8th Jul 2015 15:15
For Immediate Release
8 July 2015
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or 'the Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 8 July 2015 at 11.00 a.m. at the Booker Branch Wimbledon, Durnsford Road, London, SW19 8LG and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 May 2015 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 Withheld | |
01 | Receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 1,374,332,956 | 99.95 | 621,768 | 0.05 | 1,374,954,724 | 77.85 | 65,255,650 |
02 | Approve the Remuneration Report | 1,323,453,784 | 96.30 | 50,816,767 | 3.70 | 1,374,270,551 | 77.81 | 65,939,821 |
03 | Declare a final dividend | 1,439,616,729 | 100.00 | 2,529 | 0.00 | 1,439,619,258 | 81.51 | 591,116 |
04 | Re-elect Charles Wilson | 1,436,293,156 | 99.77 | 3,326,038 | 0.23 | 1,439,619,194 | 81.51 | 591,180 |
05 | Re-elect Jonathan Prentis | 1,436,277,220 | 99.77 | 3,326,038 | 0.23 | 1,439,603,258 | 81.51 | 607,116 |
06 | Re-elect Guy Farrant | 1,434,387,634 | 99.64 | 5,231,560 | 0.36 | 1,439,619,194 | 81.51 | 591,180 |
07 | Re-elect Bryn Satherley | 1,434,387,763 | 99.64 | 5,229,776 | 0.36 | 1,439,617,539 | 81.51 | 592,835 |
08 | Re-elect Lord Bilimoria | 1,435,690,947 | 99.85 | 2,119,255 | 0.15 | 1,437,810,202 | 81.41 | 2,400,172 |
09 | Re-elect Helena Andreas | 1,437,483,953 | 99.85 | 2,091,467 | 0.15 | 1,439,575,420 | 81.51 | 634,954 |
10 | Re-elect Andrew Cripps | 1,435,679,795 | 99.85 | 2,094,167 | 0.15 | 1,437,773,962 | 81.41 | 2,436,412 |
11 | Re-elect Stewart Gilliland | 1,434,179,064 | 99.79 | 3,004,509 | 0.21 | 1,437,183,573 | 81.38 | 3,026,800 |
12 | Re-elect Karen Jones | 1,437,490,532 | 99.85 | 2,090,767 | 0.15 | 1,439,581,299 | 81.51 | 629,075 |
13 | Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 1,436,148,410 | 99.76 | 3,411,573 | 0.24 | 1,439,559,983 | 81.51 | 635,390 |
14 | Authorise directors to determine auditor's fees | 1,439,333,122 | 99.98 | 254,109 | 0.02 | 1,439,587,231 | 81.51 | 623,143 |
15 | Authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,417,661,892 | 98.48 | 21,920,458 | 1.52 | 1,439,582,350 | 81.51 | 628,024 |
16 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 1,438,630,947 | 99.93 | 939,008 | 0.07 | 1,439,569,955 | 81.51 | 640,419 |
17 | Notice of General Meetings | 1,380,657,002 | 95.90 | 58,962,256 | 4.10 | 1,439,619,258 | 81.51 | 591,116 |
18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 1,439,512,763 | 99.99 | 83,461 | 0.01 | 1,439,596,224 | 81.51 | 614,150 |
19 | Implementation of B Share Scheme | 1,439,579,261 | 100.00 | 28,497 | 0.00 | 1,439,607,758 | 81.51 | 602,616 |
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 6 July 2015 was 1,766,091,414 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: https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For more information contact:
Tulchan Communications (PR Adviser to Booker Group plc)
020 7353 4200
Jonathan Sibun
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