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Dunelm Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
22 November 2016
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 9.00am on 22 November 2016 at The Dunelm Store Support Centre, Watermead Business Park, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1AD, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 19 October 2016 were duly passed.
Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands.Voting on resolutions 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 was by Independent Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) only.
A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.
Prior to the meeting proxy votes had been received as follows:
Resolution | Votes for/ discretionary | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Votes withheld | % withheld |
1 - Approve Accounts
| 180,074,559 | 99.75% | 446,969 | 0.25% | 11,780 | 0.01% |
2 - Approve dividend
| 180,521,991 | 100.00% | 3,748 | 0.00% | 7,569 | 0.00% |
3 - Re-elect Will Adderley
| 177,120,615 | 98.11% | 3,404,808 | 1.89% | 7,885 | 0.00% |
4 - Re-elect John Browett
| 180,460,021 | 99.96% | 65,009 | 0.04% | 8,278 | 0.00% |
5 - Elect Keith Down
| 180,105,526 | 99.77% | 419,297 | 0.23% | 8,485 | 0.00% |
6 - Re-elect Andy Harrison
| 179,629,673 | 99.50% | 895,357 | 0.50% | 8,278 | 0.00% |
7- Re-elect Andy Harrison*
| 76,266,250 | 98.85% | 887,001 | 1.15% | 8,279 | 0.00% |
8 - Re-elect Marion Sears
| 176,149,717 | 97.58% | 4,375,187 | 2.42% | 8,404 | 0.00% |
9 -Re-elect Marion Sears*
| 72,778,131 | 94.33% | 4,375,187 | 5.67% | 8,212 | 0.00% |
10 - Re-elect Simon Emeny
| 176,287,942 | 97.65% | 4,236,888 | 2.35% | 8,478 | 0.00% |
11- Re-elect Simon Emeny*
| 72,916,598 | 94.51% | 4,236,101 | 5.49% | 8,831 | 0.00% |
12 - Re-elect Liz Doherty
| 180,132,873 | 99.78% | 392,350 | 0.22% | 8,085 | 0.00% |
13 - Re-elect Liz Doherty*
| 76,762,029 | 99.49% | 391,415 | 0.51% | 8,086 | 0.00% |
14 -Re- elect William Reeve
| 180,433,540 | 99.95% | 87,333 | 0.05% | 8,085 | 0.00% |
15 - Re-elect William Reeve*
| 77,065,528 | 99.89% | 87,916 | 0.11% | 8,086 | 0.00% |
16 - Re-elect Peter Ruis
| 180,438,236 | 99.95% | 86,587 | 0.05% | 8,485 | 0.00% |
17 - Re-elect Peter Ruis*
| 77,067,585 | 99.89% | 85,459 | 0.11% | 8,486 | 0.00% |
18 - Approve Annual Remuneration Report
| 178,879,529 | 99.09% | 1,643,656 | 0.91% | 10,122 | 0.01% |
19 - Appoint auditors
| 176,200,021 | 98.07% | 3,466,613 | 1.93% | 866,674 | 0.48% |
20 - Auditors' remuneration
| 180,259,948 | 99.85% | 264,221 | 0.15% | 9,139 | 0.01% |
21 - Authority to allot shares
| 180,514,044 | 100.00% | 6,229 | 0.00% | 8,685 | 0.00% |
22 - Dis-apply pre-emption rights (5%)
| 180,489,711 | 99.98% | 34,912 | 0.02% | 8,685 | 0.00% |
23 - Dis-apply pre-emption rights (additional 5%) | 171,329,848 | 94.91% | 9,194,775 | 5.09% | 8,685 | 0.00% |
24- Approve own share purchases
| 176,973,358 | 98.03% | 3,551,881 | 1.97% | 8,069 | 0.00% |
25 - General Meeting notice period 14 days
| 177,439,437 | 98.29% | 3,084,785 | 1.71% | 9,085 | 0.01% |
* Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolutions 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. At the date of the AGM, the Controlling Shareholders hold 103,371,779 Ordinary Shares, 51.2% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.
At the date of the AGM, the Company has 201,552,230 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and in addition 1,281,701 ordinary shares in treasury.
Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
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.
The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice are available in the investor section of the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.
Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:
Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary
0116 2644439