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Dunelm Group plc
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(the 'Company')
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Results of Annual General Meeting
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12 November 2013
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 9.30am on 12 November 2013 at The Old Palace Hotel, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PU, the resolutions set out in Part 6 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 4 October 2013 were duly passed.
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Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands, apart from resolution 17, where the voting was by poll as required by the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.
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Β Prior to the meeting proxy votes had been received as follows:
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Resolution | Votes for | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Votes withheld | % withheld |
1 - Approve Accounts Β Β | 187,172,696 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 188,731 | 0.1 |
2 - Approve dividend Β Β | 187,361,413 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 - Re-elect G Cooper Β Β | 187,254,739 | 99.9 | 103,723 | 0.1 | 16 | 0 |
4 - Re-elect W L Adderley Β Β | 183,222,448 | 97.8 | 4,136,614 | 2.2 | 216 | 0 |
5 - Re-elect N Wharton Β Β | 187,204,527 | 99.9 | 154,542 | 0.1 | 159 | 0 |
6 - Re-elect D Stead Β Β | 187,204,527 | 99.9 | 154,542 | 0.1 | 159 | 0 |
7 - Re-elect M Sears Β Β | 185,317,526 | 98.9 | 2,041,543 | 1.1 | 16 | 0 |
8 - Re-elect S Emeny Β Β | 186,479,217 | 99.5 | 879,995 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 |
9 - Re-elect M Davies Β Β | 186,477,717 | 99.5 | 879,995 | 0.5 | 1,516 | 0 |
10 - Re-elect L Doherty Β Β | 186,478,817 | 99.5 | 879,995 | 0.5 | 416 | 0 |
11 - Approve Remuneration report Β | 186,874,938 | 99.7 | 480,666 | 0.3 | 5,246 | 0 |
12 - Appoint auditors Β Β | 183,426,193 | 97.9 | 3,931,425 | 2.1 | 1,610 | 0 |
13 - Auditors' remuneration Β Β | 183,546,331 | 98.0 | 3,812,509 | 2.0 | 1,610 | 0 |
14 - Authority to allot shares Β Β | 187,299,371 | 99.7 | 57,947 | 0.1 | 1,410 | 0 |
15 - Dis-apply pre-emption rights Β | 187,348,855 | 99.9 | 8,563 | 0.1 | 1,310 | 0 |
16- Approve own share purchases Β | 187,057,867 | 99.9 | 246,811 | 0.1 | 55,072 | 0 |
17 - Rule 9 waiver - purchase own shares* Β | 55,702,567 | 73.2 | 20,340,983 | 26.8 | 79,054 | 0 |
18- Approve Executive Share Option Plan Β | 183,396,479 | 99.2 | 1,404,481 | 0.8 | 2,558,990 | 1.4 |
19 - General Meeting notice period 14 days Β | 185,218,059 | 98.9 | 2,141,148 | 1.1 | 743 | 0 |
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* Note that members of the Concert Party (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolution 17. The number of ordinary shares held by the Concert Party is 111,237,247, 54.9% of the issued ordinary share capital in issue with voting rights.
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The Company has 202,781,698 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and 52,233 ordinary shares in treasury.
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Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
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In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice are available in the investor section of the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.
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Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:
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Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary
0116 2644356
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