14 Jan 2016 16:58
Debenhams plc, Registration Number: 5448421
Results of Annual General Meeting
Debenhams plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 2pm today, 14 January 2016. The following table shows the results of the poll on all 20 resolutions. All resolutions were approved.
As at 14 January 2016, Debenhams plc's capital consists of 1,286,852,540 ordinary shares of 0.01p each. The Company holds 59,243,249 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Debenhams plc is 1,227,609,291.
The votes for and against below are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Resolution | VOTESFOR (Note 1) | VOTESAGAINST | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD (Note 2) | |
1 | To receive the directors' report and accounts for the year ended 29 August 2015.
| 827,416,400 (100.00%) | 8,875 (0%) | 827,425,275
| 67.40% | 10,651,582 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 29 August 2015.
| 807,020,373 (98.82%) | 9,614,678 (1.18%) | 816,635,051 | 66.52% | 21,441,806 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 2.4p per share for the year ended 29 August 2015.
| 831,520,494 (100%) | 15,463 (0%) | 831,535,957 | 67.74% | 6,540,900 |
4 | To elect Matt Smith as a director.
| 821,996,916 (98.86%) | 9,496,327 (1.14%) | 831,493,243 | 67.73% | 6,583,614 |
5 | To elect Terry Duddy as a director.
| 831,209,624 (99.97%) | 282,920 (0.03%) | 831,492,544 | 67.73% | 6,584,313 |
6 | To re-elect Nigel Northridge as a director | 826,797,291 (99.44%) | 4,695,592 (0.56%) | 831,492,883 | 67.73% | 6,583,974 |
7 | To re-elect Michael Sharp as a director | 821,990,295 (98.86%) | 9,507,088 (1.14%) | 831,497,383 | 67.73% | 6,579,474 |
8 | To re-elect Suzanne Harlow as a director | 821,974,722 (98.86%) | 9,518,661 (1.14%) | 831,493,383 | 67.73% | 6,583,474 |
9 | To re-elect Peter Fitzgerald as a director | 819,272,877 (99.74%) | 2,169,917 (0.26%) | 821,442,794 | 66.91% | 16,634,063 |
10 | To re-elect Stephen Ingham as a director | 819,097,488 (99.78%) | 1,843,503 (0.22%) | 820,940,991 | 66.87% | 17,135,866 |
11 | To re-elect Martina King as a director | 830,087,083 (99.83%) | 1,410,300 (0.17%) | 831,497,383 | 67.73% | 6,579,474 |
12 | To re-elect Dennis Millard as a director | 818,276,867 (98.41%) | 13,217,516 (1.59%) | 831,494,383 | 67.73% | 6,582,474 |
13 | To re-elect Mark Rolfe as a director | 829,462,489 (99.76%) | 2,035,914 (0.24%) | 831,498,403 | 67.73% | 6,578,454 |
14 | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoop- ers LLP as the auditors | 809,528,705 (97.47%) | 20,978,958 (2.53%) | 830,507,663 | 67.65% | 7,569,194 |
15 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
| 828,017,297 (99.58%) | 3,501,941 (0.42%) | 831,519,238 | 67.74% | 6,557,619 |
16 | To give the directors authority to allot shares
| 821,724,092 (98.88%) | 9,348,575 (1.12%) | 831,072,667 | 67.70% | 7,004,190 |
17 | To disapply pre-emption rights.
| 825,571,996 (98.52%) | 12,390,768 (1.48%) | 837,962,764 | 68.26% | 114,093 |
18 | To authorise the Company to buy its own shares.
| 830,933,643 (99.93%) | 585,159 (0.07%) | 831,518,802 | 67.74% | 6,558,055 |
19 | To authorise short notice general meetings | 705,840,390 (85.13%) | 123,259,948 (14.87%) | 829,100,338 | 67.54% | 8,976,519 |
20 | To approve the Debenhams Performance Share Plan 2016 | 781,195,657 (93.95%) | 50,303,686 (6.05%) | 831,499,343 | 67.73% | 6,577,514 |
Note 1 The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
Note 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.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website www.debenhamsplc.com. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.