Dfs Furn Regulatory News (DFS)

15 October 2020

DFS Furniture plc

Annual Report and Accounts 2020

DFS Furniture plc, (the "Company"), the market leading retailer of living room and upholstered furniture in the United Kingdom, can confirm that the Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ended 28 June 2020 and the Notice of Annual General Meeting is being mailed to shareholders today. 

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at its registered office, 1 Rockingham Way, Redhouse Interchange, Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, DN6 7NA, at 2.30pm on Thursday 13 November 2020.

The health and well-being of our colleagues, shareholders and the wider community in which the Company operates is of paramount importance to us. In light of the changing coronavirus situation and in accordance with the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act and government guidance on public gatherings we have taken the decision not to permit shareholders to attend the AGM.

We are, however, committed to ensuring that shareholders can exercise their rights to vote and ask questions at the upcoming AGM without the need to attend the meeting in person. We therefore strongly encourage shareholders to vote on all resolutions by appointing the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy in advance, utilising one of the methods set out in the Notice of AGM, as this will ensure your votes are cast in accordance with your wishes without you, or any other person you appoint as proxy, needing to attend the AGM in person.

Shareholders are also reminded that they are able to submit questions to the Directors in advance of the AGM via email to the Company Secretary Liz McDonald at Liz.McDonald@dfs.co.uk. Written answers to all questions received will be sent directly to shareholders by email and answers to any frequently asked questions will be published on the Company's website ahead of the meeting.

We are grateful to you, our shareholders, for your understanding and continued support in these challenging and unprecedented times.

In accordance with rule 9.6.1R of the Listing Rules, copies of the Annual Report and Accounts 2019, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of AGM and Form of Proxy can also be accessed from: http://www.dfscorporate.co.uk/.

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About DFS Furniture plc

DFS is the clear market leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture, sell and deliver to our customers an extensive range of furniture products. The business operates a retail network of living room furniture stores in the United Kingdom and Europe, together with an online channel. These have been established and developed gradually over 50 years of operating history. We attract customers to our stores and website through our substantial and continued investment in nationwide marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product ranges and price points and favourable consumer financing options.