19 Nov 2019 14:25
Dunelm Group plc
(the 'Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
19 November 2019
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30am on 19 November 2019 at Dunelm's Store Support Centre, Pontylue Way, Watermead Business Park, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1AD, the resolutions set out in Part 3 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 9 October 2019 were duly passed.
Voting on all resolutions was by way of a show of hands. Voting on resolutions 7,9,11,13,15 and 17 was by Independent Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) only.
A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website at https://corporate.dunelm.com.
Prior to the meeting proxy votes had been received as follows:
Number | Resolution Name | Number of Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Number of Votes For & Discretionary | % of Votes For & Discretionary | Number of Votes Withheld | % of Votes Withheld |
01 | Accounts | 71,486 | 0.04% | 179,114,081 | 99.96% | 416,506 | 0.23% |
02 | Dividend | 252,227 | 0.14% | 179,070,349 | 99.86% | 279,498 | 0.16% |
03 | Will Adderley | 2,637,568 | 1.47% | 176,684,873 | 98.53% | 279,633 | 0.16% |
04 | Nick Wilkinson | 1,164,362 | 0.65% | 178,157,465 | 99.35% | 280,247 | 0.16% |
05 | Laura Carr | 1,312,353 | 0.73% | 178,010,088 | 99.27% | 279,633 | 0.16% |
06 | Andy Harrison | 1,854,709 | 1.04% | 176,898,951 | 98.96% | 842,313 | 0.47% |
07 | Andy Harrison | 1,811,858 | 2.40% | 73,576,333 | 97.60% | 842,106 | 1.10% |
08 | Marion Sears | 2,804,469 | 1.56% | 176,517,253 | 98.44% | 280,352 | 0.16% |
09 | Marion Sears | 2,379,469 | 3.13% | 73,570,309 | 96.87% | 280,520 | 0.37% |
10 | William Reeve | 1,023,066 | 0.57% | 177,807,394 | 99.43% | 771,614 | 0.43% |
11 | William Reeve | 1,023,191 | 1.36% | 74,435,825 | 98.64% | 771,282 | 1.01% |
12 | Peter Ruis | 1,023,466 | 0.57% | 178,298,156 | 99.43% | 280,452 | 0.16% |
13 | Peter Ruis | 1,023,591 | 1.35% | 74,926,587 | 98.65% | 280,120 | 0.37% |
14 | Ian Bull | 993,936 | 0.55% | 178,325,536 | 99.45% | 282,352 | 0.16% |
15 | Ian Bull | 993,936 | 1.31% | 74,954,342 | 98.69% | 282,020 | 0.37% |
16 | Paula Vennells | 1,562 | 0.00% | 179,318,160 | 100.00% | 282,352 | 0.16% |
17 | Paula Vennells | 1,685 | 0.00% | 75,946,468 | 100.00% | 282,145 | 0.37% |
18 | Remuneration Report | 917,114 | 0.51% | 177,842,208 | 99.49% | 842,751 | 0.47% |
19 | Auditors | 3,814 | 0.00% | 179,246,212 | 100.00% | 352,047 | 0.20% |
20 | Auditors Remuneration | 1,745 | 0.00% | 179,319,956 | 100.00% | 280,373 | 0.16% |
21 | Allot Securities | 790,729 | 0.44% | 178,529,520 | 99.56% | 281,825 | 0.16% |
22 | Allot Equity | 24,927 | 0.01% | 179,295,442 | 99.99% | 281,700 | 0.16% |
23 | Allot Further Equity | 4,562,842 | 2.54% | 174,757,012 | 97.46% | 282,219 | 0.16% |
24 | Purchase Shares | 2,167,007 | 1.21% | 177,148,030 | 98.79% | 287,036 | 0.16% |
25 | 14 Days | 2,885,379 | 1.61% | 176,437,072 | 98.39% | 279,623 | 0.16% |
* Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the AGM Notice) were not eligible to vote on resolutions 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. At the date of the AGM, the Controlling Shareholders hold 103,371,779 Ordinary Shares, 51.2% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) with voting rights.
At the date of the AGM, the Company has 201,979,572 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights, and in addition 854,359 ordinary shares in treasury.
Votes withheld do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The annual report and accounts and the AGM Notice are available in the investor section of the Company's website at https://corporate. www.dunelm.com.
Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:
Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary
0116 2644439
Dunelm (DNLM)