Last checked at 16 Nov 2023 13:30
16 November 2023
Dunelm Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 16 November 2023 at Stoke 2 Distribution Centre, White Rock Road, Prologis Park, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4FA ("AGM"), a poll was taken on all resolutions set out in Part 5 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice"). All resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by the members entitled to vote.
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are as follows:
# | Resolution Name | Number of Votes For & Discretionary | % of Votes For & Discretionary | Number of Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Votes Total | % ISC | Votes Withheld |
Votes of all shareholders | ||||||||
01 | Accounts | 179,681,300 | 100.00% | 2,125 | 0.00% | 179,683,425 | 88.97 | 337,909 |
02 | Dividend | 179,464,643 | 99.69% | 555,879 | 0.31% | 180,020,522 | 89.14 | 812 |
03 | Will Adderley | 176,536,551 | 98.07% | 3,481,694 | 1.93% | 180,018,245 | 89.14 | 3,089 |
04 | Nick Wilkinson | 179,679,831 | 99.81% | 339,608 | 0.19% | 180,019,439 | 89.14 | 1,895 |
05 | Karen Witts | 179,229,297 | 99.56% | 789,256 | 0.44% | 180,018,553 | 89.14 | 2,781 |
06 | Alison Brittain | 177,976,684 | 98.87% | 2,041,609 | 1.13% | 180,018,293 | 89.14 | 3,041 |
07 | Marion Sears | 177,009,762 | 98.33% | 3,010,291 | 1.67% | 180,020,053 | 89.14 | 1,281 |
08 | Ian Bull | 178,855,133 | 99.35% | 1,163,420 | 0.65% | 180,018,553 | 89.14 | 2,781 |
09 | Arja Taaveniku | 178,854,711 | 99.35% | 1,163,742 | 0.65% | 180,018,453 | 89.14 | 2,881 |
10 | William Reeve | 178,855,484 | 99.35% | 1,163,069 | 0.65% | 180,018,553 | 89.14 | 2,781 |
11 | Peter Ruis | 178,854,691 | 99.35% | 1,163,462 | 0.65% | 180,018,153 | 89.14 | 3,181 |
12 | Vijay Talwar | 178,854,497 | 99.35% | 1,163,956 | 0.65% | 180,018,453 | 89.14 | 2,881 |
13 | Kelly Devine | 178,856,646 | 99.35% | 1,161,507 | 0.65% | 180,018,153 | 89.14 | 3,181 |
14 | Remuneration Policy | 178,045,253 | 99.12% | 1,573,989 | 0.88% | 179,619,242 | 88.94 | 402,092 |
15 | Remuneration Report | 172,705,866 | 99.35% | 1,128,014 | 0.65% | 173,833,880 | 86.08 | 6,187,454 |
16 | Auditors | 179,939,472 | 99.96% | 79,527 | 0.04% | 180,018,999 | 89.14 | 2,335 |
17 | Auditors' Remuneration | 180,011,766 | 100.00% | 8,349 | 0.00% | 180,020,115 | 89.14 | 1,219 |
18 | Allot Securities | 179,044,101 | 99.46% | 970,297 | 0.54% | 180,014,398 | 89.14 | 6,936 |
19 | Allot Equity | 180,004,092 | 99.99% | 10,701 | 0.01% | 180,014,793 | 89.14 | 6,541 |
20 | Allot Further Equity | 179,810,003 | 99.89% | 203,990 | 0.11% | 180,013,993 | 89.14 | 7,341 |
21 | Purchase Shares | 176,994,332 | 98.41% | 2,853,852 | 1.59% | 179,848,184 | 89.06 | 173,150 |
22 | Rule 9 waiver | 87,920,892 | 95.28% | 4,358,936 | 4.72% | 92,279,828 | 45.69 | 1,401,227 |
23 | 14 Days | 178,176,397 | 98.98% | 1,844,393 | 1.02% | 180,020,790 | 89.14 | 544 |
24 | LTIP rules | 179,103,125 | 99.51% | 878,242 | 0.49% | 179,981,367 | 89.12 | 39,967 |
25 | SAYE rules | 179,964,177 | 99.97% | 55,190 | 0.03% | 180,019,367 | 89.14 | 1,967 |
Votes of independent shareholders only
| ||||||||
06 | Alison Brittain | 91,636,405 | 97.82% | 2,041,609 | 2.18% | 93,678,014 | 81.03 | 3,041 |
07 | Marion Sears | 90,669,483 | 96.79% | 3,010,291 | 3.21% | 93,679,774 | 81.03 | 1,281 |
08 | Ian Bull | 92,514,854 | 98.76% | 1,163,420 | 1.24% | 93,678,274 | 81.03 | 2,781 |
09 | Arja Taaveniku | 92,514,432 | 98.76% | 1,163,742 | 1.24% | 93,678,174 | 81.03 | 2,881 |
10 | William Reeve | 92,515,205 | 98.76% | 1,163,069 | 1.24% | 93,678,274 | 81.03 | 2,781 |
11 | Peter Ruis | 92,514,412 | 98.76% | 1,163,462 | 1.24% | 93,677,874 | 81.03 | 3,181 |
12 | Vijay Talwar | 92,514,218 | 98.76% | 1,163,956 | 1.24% | 93,678,174 | 81.03 | 2,881 |
13 | Kelly Devine | 92,516,367 | 98.76% | 1,161,507 | 1.24% | 93,677,874 | 81.03 | 3,181 |
Notes:
1. At the date of the AGM, the Company has 203,426,835 ordinary shares in issue, with 1,476,947 ordinary shares in treasury. Total voting rights are therefore 201,949,888.
2. The Controlling Shareholder and the Concert Party (each as defined in the AGM Notice) were the same parties at the date of the AGM. On that date they held 86,340,279 Ordinary Shares, 42.80% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights. Such persons were not eligible to vote on resolution 22. Resolutions 6-13 have been counted separately excluding such persons.
3. Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
4. Any proxy appointments giving discretion to 'the Chair of the meeting' have been included in the 'For' totals above.
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 shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Annual Report and Accounts, the AGM Notice and a copy of this announcement are available in the investor section of the Company's website at https://corporate.dunelm.com.
Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:
Luisa Wright, Company Secretary
investorrelations@dunelm.com.