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Dunelm Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
17 November 2020
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 17 November 2020 at Dunelm's Store Support Centre, Pontylue Way, Watermead Business Park, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1AD, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 9 October 2020 were duly passed.
Due to Government measures taken in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 AGM was run as a closed meeting and shareholders were unable to attend. Shareholders were encouraged to vote by proxy and to submit queries via the Company's Contact Us page on the website. A copy of questions submitted and answers will be posted on the website shortly.
All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll and results are detailed below. Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
Number | Resolution Name | Number of Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Number of Votes For & Discretionary | % of Votes For & Discretionary | Number of Votes Withheld | % of Votes Withheld |
01 | Accounts | 15,845 | 0.01% | 185,769,636 | 99.99% | 312,198 | 0.17% |
02 | Will Adderley | 1,562,575 | 0.84% | 184,360,963 | 99.16% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
03 | Nick Wilkinson | 459,215 | 0.25% | 185,464,324 | 99.75% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
04 | Laura Carr | 562,280 | 0.30% | 185,361,259 | 99.70% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
05 | Andy Harrison | 1,148,592 | 0.62% | 184,774,946 | 99.38% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
06 | Andy Harrison (ind)* | 1,148,698 | 1.37% | 82,433,238 | 98.63% | 175,465 | 0.21% |
07 | Marion Sears | 1,351,040 | 0.73% | 184,572,499 | 99.27% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
08 | Marion Sears (ind)* | 1,351,146 | 1.62% | 82,230,791 | 98.38% | 175,465 | 0.21% |
09 | William Reeve | 577,594 | 0.31% | 185,345,945 | 99.69% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
10 | William Reeve (ind)* | 577,700 | 0.69% | 83,003,168 | 99.31% | 176,534 | 0.21% |
11 | Peter Ruis | 577,094 | 0.31% | 185,346,445 | 99.69% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
12 | Peter Ruis (ind)* | 577,200 | 0.69% | 83,003,668 | 99.31% | 176,534 | 0.21% |
13 | Ian Bull | 790,195 | 0.43% | 185,133,343 | 99.57% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
14 | Ian Bull (ind)* | 790,801 | 0.95% | 82,790,066 | 99.05% | 176,534 | 0.21% |
15 | Paula Vennells | 660,135 | 0.36% | 185,263,403 | 99.64% | 174,141 | 0.09% |
16 | Paula Vennells (ind)* | 659,741 | 0.79% | 82,921,126 | 99.21% | 176,534 | 0.21% |
17 | Remuneration Policy | 21,010 | 0.01% | 185,828,351 | 99.99% | 248,318 | 0.13% |
18 | Remuneration Report | 237,317 | 0.13% | 184,954,566 | 99.87% | 905,796 | 0.49% |
19 | Auditors | 3,830 | 0.00% | 185,848,495 | 100.00% | 245,355 | 0.13% |
20 | Auditors' Remuneration | 2,140 | 0.00% | 185,919,626 | 100.00% | 175,914 | 0.09% |
21 | Allot Securities | 575,681 | 0.31% | 185,363,021 | 99.69% | 158,978 | 0.09% |
22 | Allot Equity | 12,128 | 0.01% | 185,924,574 | 99.99% | 160,978 | 0.09% |
23 | Allot Further Equity | 125,120 | 0.07% | 185,811,011 | 99.93% | 161,548 | 0.09% |
24 | Purchase Shares | 2,097,761 | 1.13% | 183,833,963 | 98.87% | 165,955 | 0.09% |
25 | Dunelm 2020 Share Plan | 179,652 | 0.10% | 185,752,569 | 99.90% | 165,459 | 0.09% |
26 | Articles of association | 12,769 | 0.01% | 185,836,463 | 99.99% | 248,447 | 0.13% |
27 | 14 Days | 1,436,312 | 0.77% | 184,487,248 | 99.23% | 174,120 | 0.09% |
* Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolutions 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. At the date of the AGM, the Controlling Shareholders hold 102,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 50.8% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.
At the date of the AGM, the Company has 202,354,357 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and in addition 479,574 ordinary shares in treasury.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 , the full text of the resolutions passed and the new Articles of Association have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice and a copy of this announcement are available in the investor section of the Company's website at https://corporate.www.dunelm.com.
Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:
Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary
investorrelations@dunelm.com.