15 Sep 2021 11:22
15 September 2021
DIXONS CARPHONE PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 - POLL RESULTS
The Board of Dixons Carphone plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 09:30am on Wednesday 15 September 2021, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
The results of the polls were as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Total | Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld | |||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | ||
1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the directors and auditor for the period ended 1 May 2021 | 920,471,965 | 100.00 | 20,760 | 0.00 | 920,492,725 | 78.91% | 1,665,896 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report | 855,375,711 | 92.78 | 66,608,140 | 7.22 | 921,983,851 | 79.04% | 174,770 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 3p per ordinary share | 922,135,114 | 100.00 | 11,625 | 0.00 | 922,146,739 | 79.06% | 11,882 |
4. | To elect Bruce Marsh as a director | 920,782,311 | 99.85 | 1,338,469 | 0.15 | 922,120,780 | 79.05% | 37,841 |
5. | To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director | 921,358,418 | 99.92 | 775,714 | 0.08 | 922,134,132 | 79.05% | 24,489 |
6. | To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE as a director | 921,577,994 | 99.94 | 549,814 | 0.06 | 922,127,808 | 79.05% | 30,813 |
7. | To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director | 921,570,882 | 99.94 | 556,786 | 0.06 | 922,127,668 | 79.05% | 30,953 |
8. | To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director | 921,338,148 | 99.91 | 785,792 | 0.09 | 922,123,940 | 79.05% | 34,681 |
9. | To re-elect Lord Livingston of Parkhead as a director | 853,941,645 | 92.61 | 68,191,241 | 7.39 | 922,132,886 | 79.05% | 25,735 |
10. | To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director | 921,199,040 | 99.90 | 926,607 | 0.10 | 922,125,647 | 79.05% | 32,974 |
11. | To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director | 921,491,323 | 99.93 | 633,781 | 0.07 | 922,125,104 | 79.05% | 33,517 |
12. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 838,507,597 | 90.93 | 83,617,652 | 9.07 | 922,125,249 | 79.05% | 33,372 |
13. | Authority for the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 904,283,156 | 98.07 | 17,835,761 | 1.93 | 922,118,917 | 79.05% | 39,704 |
14. | Authority to make political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total | 867,698,630 | 94.10 | 54,413,935 | 5.90 | 922,112,565 | 79.05% | 46,056 |
15. | Authority to allot shares | 912,646,717 | 98.97 | 9,476,907 | 1.03 | 922,123,624 | 79.05% | 34,997 |
16. | Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights * | 921,910,930 | 99.98 | 197,389 | 0.02 | 922,108,319 | 79.05% | 50,302 |
17. | Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares * | 852,294,248 | 92.54 | 68,677,266 | 7.46 | 920,971,514 | 78.95% | 1,187,107 |
18. | Authority to call general meetings at short notice * | 907,790,782 | 98.44 | 14,351,594 | 1.56 | 922,142,376 | 79.05% | 16,245 |
* Special Resolutions
Notes:
1. The total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,166,458,443 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, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.
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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Further information:
Nigel Paterson, General Counsel and Company Secretary
07401 373 188