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6 February 2015
Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")
Result of AGM
At the one hundred and second Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 5 February 2015, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 December 2014 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 |
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Votes 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 2014 | 322,918,558 | 201,000 | 323,119,558 | 89,239 | |||
2 | To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2014 | 204,825,406 | 83,919,669 | 288,745,075 | 34,463,722 | |||
3 | To declare a dividend | 323,208,797 | 0 | 323,208,797 | 0 | |||
4 | To re-elect Ian Coull | 322,829,458 | 365,427 | 323,194,885 | 13,912 | |||
5 | To re-elect Andrew Cunningham | 322,847,765 | 357,427 | 323,205,192 | 3,605 | |||
6 | To re-elect Simon Davies | 322,360,222 | 844,412 | 323,204,634 | 4,163 | |||
7 | To re-elect Margaret Ford | 319,941,713 | 3,162,747 | 323,104,460 | 104,337 | |||
8 | To re-elect Mark Greenwood | 322,502,418 | 695,551 | 323,197,969 | 10,828 | |||
9 | To re-elect Nick Jopling | 322,709,641 | 495,551 | 323,205,192 | 3,605 | |||
10 | To re-elect Belinda Richards | 322,392,749 | 771,916 | 323,164,665 | 44,132 | |||
11 | To re-elect Tony Wray | 322,648,543 | 553,806 | 323,202,349 | 6,448 | |||
12 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 319,858,659 | 3,345,975 | 323,204,634 | 4,163 | |||
13 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 321,698,245 | 1,509,232 | 323,207,477 | 1,320 | |||
14 | To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 295,345,265 | 27,227,507 | 322,572,772 | 636,025 | |||
15 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares* | 314,081,159 | 102,488 | 314,183,647 | 9,025,150 | |||
16 | To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 323,027,605 | 173,949 | 323,201,554 | 7,243 | |||
17 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings to not less than 14 clear days' notice and incur political expenditure* | 282,536,333 | 40,665,241 | 323,201,574 | 7,223 | |||
18 | To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate | 313,357,707 | 9,836,989 | 323,194,696 | 14,101 | |||
Notes for the Disclosure
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 416,288,952 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
*Special resolutions
For further information:
Grainger plc
Adam McGhin /Michael Windle / Kurt Mueller
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7795 4700 Tel: + 44 (0) 191 261 1819
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Dido Laurimore / Nick Taylor
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