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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 9 July 2020
PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2020
Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2020 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 11.00 a.m, a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting. All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.
| VOTES FOR¹ | %² | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % OF ISC³ | VOTES WITHHELD4 | |
Ordinary Resolutions |
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1 | To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 26 March 2020 | 401,017,634
| 99.98
| 64,893
| 0.02 | 401,082,527 | 80.22 | 445,448 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 26 March 2020 | 394,663,577
| 98.31
| 6,781,731
| 1.69 | 401,445,308 | 80.29 | 82,667 |
3 | To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 345,143,879 | 85.98 | 56,301,430 | 14.02 | 401,445,309 | 80.29 | 82,667 |
4 | To declare a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 26 March 2020 | 401,353,569
| 99.96
| 173,483
| 0.04 | 401,527,052 | 80.31 | 924 |
5 | To re-elect the following individuals as directors |
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5A | Peter Pritchard | 401,187,603 | 99.92 | 332,159 | 0.08 | 401,519,762 | 80.30 | 8,214 |
5B | Mike Iddon | 400,301,315 | 99.70 | 1,218,447 | 0.30 | 401,519,762 | 80.30 | 8,214 |
5C | Dennis Millard | 398,621,392 | 99.28 | 2,898,370 | 0.72 | 401,519,762 | 80.30 | 8,214 |
5D | Sharon Flood | 398,906,644 | 99.35 | 2,612,812 | 0.65 | 401,519,456 | 80.30 | 8,520 |
5E | Stanislas Laurent | 400,623,227 | 99.78 | 896,229 | 0.22 | 401,519,456 | 80.30 | 8,520 |
5F | Professor Susan Dawson | 398,905,644 | 99.35 | 2,613,812 | 0.65 | 401,519,456 | 80.30 | 8,520 |
6 | To elect Ian Burke as director | 322,579,480 | 98.10 | 6,259,507 | 1.90 | 328,838,987 | 65.77 | 72,688,988 |
7 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 376,525,548 | 93.78 | 24,994,385 | 6.22 | 401,519,933 | 80.30 | 8,042 |
8 | To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees | 401,124,407 | 99.90 | 400,946 | 0.10 | 401,525,353 | 80.31 | 2,622 |
9 | To give the directors authority to allot shares | 398,662,147 | 99.29 | 2,862,007 | 0.71 | 401,524,154 | 80.30 | 3,822 |
10 | To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations | 401,017,253 | 99.87 | 506,342 | 0.13 | 401,523,595 | 80.30 | 4,380 |
11 | To approve the Company Restricted Stock Plan | WITHDRAWN5 | ||||||
Special Resolutions |
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12 | To disapply pre-emption rights | 401,463,659 | 99.99 | 59,253 | 0.01 | 401,522,912 | 80.30 | 5,064 |
13 | Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights | 400,367,638 | 99.71 | 1,155,273 | 0.29 | 401,522,911 | 80.30 | 5,064 |
14 | To authorise the Company to buy its own shares | 400,184,745 | 99.71 | 1,147,374 | 0.29 | 401,332,119 | 80.27 | 195,856 |
15 | To authorise short notice general meetings | 393,666,950 | 98.04 | 7,857,204 | 1.96 | 401,524,154 | 80.30 | 3,822 |
16 | To approve and adopt the Company's new Articles of Association | 401,468,788 | 100.00 | 12,538 | 0.00 | 401,481,326 | 80.30 | 47,242 |
Notes:
1. Votes "for" include discretionary votes.
2. Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
3. Issued share capital at meeting date: 500,000,000.
4. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
5. As announced on 19 June 2020, resolution 11 is not required. Accordingly, with the consent of the meeting, resolution 11 was withdrawn.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website http://www.investors.petsathome.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2020, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information contact:
Lucy Williams
Group Company Secretary and
Legal Director
Pets at Home Group Plc
0161 486 6688