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Debenhams plc
14 January 2016
Debenhams plc, Registration Number: 5448421
Results of Annual General Meeting
Debenhams plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders
at 2pm today, 14 January 2016. The following table shows the
results of the poll on all 20 resolutions. All resolutions were
approved.
As at 14 January 2016, Debenhams plc's capital consists of
1,286,852,540 ordinary shares of 0.01p each. The Company holds
59,243,249 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number
of voting rights in Debenhams plc is 1,227,609,291.
The votes for and against below are expressed as a percentage of
votes received.
Resolution VOTES VOTES VOTES % of VOTES
FOR AGAINST TOTAL ISC VOTED WITHHELD
(Note 1) (Note 2)
To receive the
directors' report
and accounts for
the year ended
1 29 August 2015. 827,416,400 8,875 827,425,275 67.40% 10,651,582
(100.00%) (0%)
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To approve the
directors' remuneration
report for the
year ended 29
2 August 2015. 807,020,373 9,614,678 816,635,051 66.52% 21,441,806
(98.82%) (1.18%)
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To declare a final
dividend of 2.4p
per share for
the year ended
3 29 August 2015. 831,520,494 15,463 831,535,957 67.74% 6,540,900
(100%) (0%)
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To elect Matt
4 Smith as a director. 821,996,916 9,496,327 831,493,243 67.73% 6,583,614
(98.86%) (1.14%)
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To elect Terry
5 Duddy as a director. 831,209,624 282,920 831,492,544 67.73% 6,584,313
(99.97%) (0.03%)
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To re-elect Nigel
Northridge as
6 a director 826,797,291 4,695,592 831,492,883 67.73% 6,583,974
(99.44%) (0.56%)
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To re-elect Michael
7 Sharp as a director 821,990,295 9,507,088 831,497,383 67.73% 6,579,474
(98.86%) (1.14%)
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To re-elect Suzanne
8 Harlow as a director 821,974,722 9,518,661 831,493,383 67.73% 6,583,474
(98.86%) (1.14%)
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To re-elect Peter
Fitzgerald as
9 a director 819,272,877 2,169,917 821,442,794 66.91% 16,634,063
(99.74%) (0.26%)
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To re-elect Stephen
10 Ingham as a director 819,097,488 1,843,503 820,940,991 66.87% 17,135,866
(99.78%) (0.22%)
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To re-elect Martina
11 King as a director 830,087,083 1,410,300 831,497,383 67.73% 6,579,474
(99.83%) (0.17%)
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To re-elect Dennis
12 Millard as a director 818,276,867 13,217,516 831,494,383 67.73% 6,582,474
(98.41%) (1.59%)
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To re-elect Mark
13 Rolfe as a director 829,462,489 2,035,914 831,498,403 67.73% 6,578,454
(99.76%) (0.24%)
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To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoop-
ers LLP as the
14 auditors 809,528,705 20,978,958 830,507,663 67.65% 7,569,194
(97.47%) (2.53%)
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To authorise the
Audit Committee
to determine the
remuneration of
15 the auditors. 828,017,297 3,501,941 831,519,238 67.74% 6,557,619
(99.58%) (0.42%)
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To give the directors
authority to allot
16 shares 821,724,092 9,348,575 831,072,667 67.70% 7,004,190
(98.88%) (1.12%)
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To disapply pre-emption
17 rights. 825,571,996 12,390,768 837,962,764 68.26% 114,093
(98.52%) (1.48%)
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To authorise the
Company to buy
18 its own shares. 830,933,643 585,159 831,518,802 67.74% 6,558,055
(99.93%) (0.07%)
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To authorise short
notice general
19 meetings 705,840,390 123,259,948 829,100,338 67.54% 8,976,519
(85.13%) (14.87%)
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To approve the
Debenhams Performance
20 Share Plan 2016 781,195,657 50,303,686 831,499,343 67.73% 6,577,514
(93.95%) (6.05%)
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Note 1 The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
Note 2 A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted
in the calculation of the votes "For" or "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 www.debenhamsplc.com. In accordance with
Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than
resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism.
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