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Company Announcements Office
The London Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1JP
6 February 2013
ISIN Number: GB00B04V1276
Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")
Result of AGM
At the one hundredth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 6 February 2013, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 December 2012 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 | 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 2012 | 275,104,559 | 8,971,082 | 284,075,641 | 0 |
2 | To approve the remuneration committee report for the year ended 30 September 2012 | 257,717,424 | 24,886,079 | 282,603,503 | 1,472,138 |
3 | To declare a dividend | 284,073,766 | 1,875 | 284,075,641 | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Simon Davies | 283,776,298 | 291,051 | 284,067,349 | 8,292 |
5 | To re-elect Robin Broadhurst | 277,019,108 | 572,071 | 277,591,179 | 6,484,462 |
6 | To re-elect Andrew Cunningham | 275,285,324 | 967,398 | 276,252,722 | 7,822,919 |
7 | To re-elect Peter Couch | 275,229,358 | 1,020,364 | 276,249,722 | 7,825,919 |
8 | To re-elect Mark Greenwood | 275,285,243 | 967,479 | 276,252,722 | 7,822,919 |
9 | To re-elect Nick Jopling | 275,285,243 | 967,479 | 276,252,722 | 7,822,919 |
10 | To re-elect John Barnsley | 252,774,388 | 23,452,524 | 276,226,912 | 7,848,729 |
11 | To re-elect Margaret Ford | 272,847,032 | 11,177,031 | 284,024,063 | 51,578 |
12 | To re-elect Belinda Richards | 272,736,194 | 11,290,628 | 284,026,822 | 48,819 |
13 | To re-elect Tony Wray | 274,174,612 | 9,879,228 | 284,053,840 | 21,801 |
14 | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 245,217,077 | 38,858,564 | 284,075,641 | 0 |
15 | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of auditors. | 247,161,009 | 36,914,632 | 284,075,641 | 0 |
16 | To authorise the directors to allot shares for the purpose of s551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 260,961,939 | 16,345,668 | 277,307,607 | 6,768,034 |
17 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares* | 276,202,307 | 50,806 | 276,253,113 | 7,822,528 |
18 | To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 284,057,861 | 17,780 | 284,075,641 | 0 |
19 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings to 14 days* | 251,087,263 | 32,961,360 | 284,048,623 | 27,018 |
20 | To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate | 276,406,704 | 7,650,320 | 284,057,024 | 18,617 |
Notes for the Disclosure
As at the date of the meeting there were 414,874,906 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 hhtp://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
*Special resolutions
For further information:
Grainger plc | Financial Dynamics |
Andrew Cunningham / Mark Greenwood / Kurt Mueller | Stephanie Highett / Dido Laurimore / Will Henderson |
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7795 4700 | Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7831 3113 |
Tel: + 44 (0) 191 261 1819 |
For and on behalf of
Grainger plc
M P Windle
Company Secretary