Result of General Meeting

John Lewis plc

("the Company")

19 December 2014

Result of General Meeting

John Lewis plc confirms that at the General Meeting of Shareholders held today, 19 December 2014, the requisite majority of Shareholders voted in favour of the resolution and therefore the new articles of association of the Company were adopted with effect from 19 December 2014. 

Accordingly, the Company is making the necessary arrangements for the Preference Shares to be enabled for electronic settlement in CREST in order to meet the requirements of the CSD Regulation on or before 1 January 2015.

Copies of the resolution passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Company official responsible for making this announcement: Esther Lam, Assistant Company Secretary, Tel: +44 207 592 6995