8 Sep 2016 14:58
8 September 2016
DIXONS CARPHONE PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016 - POLL RESULTS
The second Annual General Meeting of Dixons Carphone plc was held at 11:00am on Thursday, 8 September 2016, where all proposed resolutions were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
Resolutions | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Total | Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld | |||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | ||
1. | To receive the Accounts, the Directors' Report (including the Strategic Report) and the Auditor's Report for the period ended 30 April 2016 | 888,356,018 | 99.63 | 3,299,253 | 0.37 | 891,655,271 | 77.44 | 255,490 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report | 835,264,767 | 94.28 | 50,721,166 | 5.72 | 885,985,933 | 76.94 | 5,925,578 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 880,154,462 | 98.86 | 10,177,401 | 1.14 | 890,331,863 | 77.32 | 1,579,648 |
4. | To declare a final dividend of 6.50p per ordinary share | 891,846,768 | 100.00 | 5,103 | 0.00 | 891,851,871 | 77.45 | 59,640 |
5. | To elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director | 891,512,237 | 99.97 | 303,770 | 0.03 | 891,816,007 | 77.45 | 95,504 |
6. | To elect Lord Livingston of Parkhead as a director | 890,351,488 | 99.84 | 1,462,022 | 0.16 | 891,813,510 | 77.45 | 98,001 |
7. | To re-elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a director | 885,129,618 | 99.25 | 6,701,008 | 0.75 | 891,830,626 | 77.45 | 80,885 |
8. | To re-elect Sir Charles Dunstone as a director | 711,033,798 | 94.68 | 39,931,661 | 5.32 | 750,965,459 | 65.22 | 140,946,052 |
9. | To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director | 888,615,165 | 99.64 | 3,219,074 | 0.36 | 891,834,239 | 77.45 | 77,272 |
10. | To re-elect Andrew Harrison as a director | 885,231,831 | 99.26 | 6,599,999 | 0.74 | 891,831,830 | 77.45 | 79,681 |
11. | To re-elect Tim How as a director | 890,270,360 | 99.82 | 1,561,037 | 0.18 | 891,831,397 | 77.45 | 80,114 |
12. | To re-elect Sebastian James as a director | 885,858,884 | 99.33 | 5,973,794 | 0.67 | 891,832,678 | 77.45 | 78,833 |
13. | To re-elect Jock Lennox as a director | 878,685,180 | 98.57 | 12,788,477 | 1.43 | 891,473,657 | 77.42 | 437,854 |
14. | To re-elect Baroness Morgan of Huyton as a director | 872,282,236 | 97.87 | 18,989,657 | 2.13 | 891,271,893 | 77.40 | 639,618 |
15. | To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director | 877,274,609 | 98.37 | 14,559,375 | 1.63 | 891,833,984 | 77.45 | 77,527 |
16. | To re-elect Humphrey Singer as a director | 884,917,304 | 99.22 | 6,917,981 | 0.78 | 891,835,285 | 77.45 | 76,226 |
17. | To re-elect Graham Stapleton as a director | 885,177,510 | 99.25 | 6,661,184 | 0.75 | 891,838,694 | 77.45 | 72,817 |
18. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 839,751,635 | 99.73 | 2,292,914 | 0.27 | 842,044,549 | 73.13 | 49,866,712 |
19. | Authority for the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 882,364,512 | 99.96 | 380,541 | 0.04 | 882,745,053 | 76.66 | 9,166,458 |
20. | Authority for political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total | 888,555,965 | 99.64 | 3,232,663 | 0.36 | 891,788,628 | 77.45 | 122,883 |
21. | Approval of the Long Term Incentive Plan 2016 | 878,422,918 | 99.20 | 7,119,656 | 0.80 | 885,542,574 | 76.91 | 6,368,187 |
22. | Authority to allot shares | 891,100,278 | 99.92 | 729,897 | 0.08 | 891,830,175 | 77.45 | 81,336 |
23. | Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights * | 891,568,638 | 99.97 | 250,005 | 0.03 | 891,818,643 | 77.45 | 92,868 |
24. | Authority for the Company to make purchases of ordinary shares * | 883,062,609 | 99.02 | 8,762,476 | 0.98 | 891,825,085 | 77.45 | 86,426 |
25. | Authority to call general meetings at short notice * | 856,353,890 | 96.02 | 35,483,066 | 3.98 | 891,836,956 | 77.45 | 74,555 |
* Special Resolutions
Notes:
1. The number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,151,461,336 and all of these have voting rights.
2. Percentages above are rounded to 2 decimal places.
3. A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Further information:
Nigel Paterson, Company Secretary and General Counsel
Tel: +44 (0)20 3110 4411