Last checked at 11 Jul 2017 15:40
Tuesday, 11th July 2017
Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting 2017
The Company gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 11th July 2017 at the Hilton Hotel, 303 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4LQ at 11am, 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 | ||||||||
1 | To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 30 March 2017 | 393,706,218 | 100.00 | 16,684 | 0.00 | 393,722,902 | 78.74% | 1,287 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 March 2017 | 386,107,965 | 98.89 | 4,350,053 | 1.11 | 390,458,018 | 78.09% | 3,266,171 |
3 | To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 332,948,899 | 85.27 | 57,508,515 | 14.73 | 390,457,414 | 78.09% | 3,266,775 |
4 | To approve the Pets at Home Group plc Restricted Stock Plan ("RSP") as an employee share scheme in accordance with section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006 Company to do all such things as may be necessary to carry the RSP into effect | 332,491,252 | 84.54 | 60,824,437 | 15.46 | 393,315,689 | 78.66% | 26,057 |
5 | To declare a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 March 2017 | 393,339,287 | 99.90 | 384,319 | 0.10 | 393,723,606 | 78.74% | 583 |
6 | To re-elect the following individuals as directors | |||||||
6A | Tony DeNunzio | 383,660,890 | 97.45 | 10,056,318 | 2.55 | 393,717,208 | 78.74% | 6,981 |
6B | Dennis Millard | 388,055,042 | 98.56 | 5,662,166 | 1.44 | 393,717,208 | 78.74% | 6,981 |
6C | Ian Kellett | 385,919,764 | 98.02 | 7,797,444 | 1.98 | 393,717,208 | 78.74% | 6,981 |
6D | Tessa Green | 388,061,622 | 98.56 | 5,655,586 | 1.44 | 393,717,208 | 78.74% | 6,981 |
6E | Paul Moody | 387,955,016 | 98.54 | 5,761,192 | 1.46 | 393,716,208 | 78.74% | 7,981 |
7 | To elect the following individuals as directors | |||||||
7A | Sharon Flood | 393,698,931 | 100.00 | 18,677 | 0.00 | 393,717,608 | 78.74% | 6,581 |
7B | Stanislas Laurent | 393,691,248 | 99.99 | 26,360 | 0.01 | 393,717,608 | 78.74% | 6,581 |
7C | Michael Iddon | 385,935,006 | 98.02 | 7,782,602 | 1.98 | 393,717,608 | 78.74% | 6,581 |
7D | Nicholas Gheysens | 385,416,569 | 97.89 | 8,301,039 | 2.11 | 393,717,608 | 78.74% | 6,581 |
8 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 390,340,226 | 99.14 | 3,376,042 | 0.86 | 393,716,268 | 78.74% | 7,921 |
9 | To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees | 393,637,584 | 99.98 | 79,104 | 0.02 | 393,716,688 | 78.74% | 7,501 |
10 | To give the directors authority to allot shares | 388,193,354 | 98.60 | 5,529,635 | 1.40 | 393,722,989 | 78.74% | 1,200 |
11 | To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations | 387,194,822 | 98.77 | 4,815,856 | 1.23 | 392,010,678 | 78.40% | 1,713,511 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
12 | To disapply pre-emption rights | 388,819,735 | 98.76 | 4,895,559 | 1.24 | 393,715,294 | 78.74% | 8,895 |
13 | Additional misapplication of pre-emption rights | 384,370,691 | 97.63 | 9,344,603 | 2.37 | 393,715,294 | 78.74% | 8,895 |
14 | To authorise the Company to buy its own shares | 388,411,547 | 98.65 | 5,310,859 | 1.35 | 393,722,406 | 78.74% | 1,783 |
15 | To authorise short notice general meetings | 391,574,978 | 99.45 | 2,149,211 | 0.55 | 393,724,189 | 78.74% | 0 |
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.
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 AGM held on 11th July 2017, 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:
Louise Stonier
Group Company Secretary and
Chief People and Legal Officer
Pets at Home Group Plc
0161 486 3590