Last checked at 10 Feb 2016 16:23
10 February 2016
Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")
Result of AGM
At the one hundred and third Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 10 February 2016, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 17 December 2015 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:
Resolutions | Votes for | % For | Votes against | Total votes | Votes withheld | |
1 | To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2015 | 308,232,257 | 99.2 | 2,511,584 | 310,743,841 | 2,599,525 |
2 | To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2015 | 288,823,290 | 92.9 | 22,002,475 | 310,825,765 | 2,517,601 |
3 | To declare a dividend | 310,815,131 | 100.0 | 11,176 | 310,826,307 | 2,517,059 |
4 | To re-elect Baroness Margaret Ford | 292,066,711 | 94.3 | 17,716,769 | 309,783,480 | 3,559,886 |
5 | To re-elect Nick Jopling | 310,338,714 | 99.8 | 484,766 | 310,823,480 | 2,519,886 |
6 | To re-elect Belinda Richards | 310,325,005 | 99.8 | 498,475 | 310,823,480 | 2,519,886 |
7 | To re-elect Tony Wray | 310,340,505 | 99.8 | 469,466 | 310,809,971 | 2,533,395 |
8 | To re-elect Andrew Carr-Locke | 310,324,964 | 99.8 | 484,766 | 310,809,730 | 2,533,636 |
9 | To re-elect Helen Gordon | 310,325,005 | 99.8 | 498,475 | 310,823,480 | 2,519,886 |
10 | To re-elect Rob Wilkinson | 310,324,564 | 99.8 | 485,166 | 310,809,730 | 2,533,636 |
11 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 310,312,464 | 99.0 | 3,030,360 | 313,342,824 | 542 |
12 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 310,813,564 | 100.0 | 12,201 | 310,825,765 | 2,517,601 |
13 | To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 291,737,366 | 94.2 | 18,043,057 | 309,780,423 | 3,562,943 |
14 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares* | 278,054,828 | 91.9 | 24,455,079 | 302,509,907 | 10,833,459 |
15 | To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 310,751,742 | 100.0 | 74,545 | 310,826,287 | 2,517,079 |
16 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings to not less than 14 clear days' notice and incur political expenditure* | 287,354,620 | 92.4 | 23,471,687 | 310,826,307 | 2,517,059 |
17 | To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate | 306,999,450 | 98.8 | 3,812,092 | 310,811,542 | 2,531,824 |
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 416,785,304 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Adam McGhin
Company Secretary