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RNS Number : 2955P
Grainger PLC
06 February 2019
6 February 2019
Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")
Result of AGM
At the one hundred and sixth Annual General Meeting of Grainger
plc held on Wednesday 6 February 2019, the following resolutions
set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 21 December 2018 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 (* special resolutions):
Resolutions Votes for % Votes against % Votes withheld
For Against Total votes
To approve and adopt
the directors' report
and the audited financial
statements for the
year ended 30 September
1 2018 488,564,250 99.60 1,950,663 0.40 490,514,913 296,098
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To approve the Directors'
remuneration report
for the year ended
2 30 September 2018 486,197,843 99.55 2,186,503 0.45 488,384,346 2,426,665
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3 To declare a dividend 490,764,787 99.99 39,152 0.01 490,803,939 7,072
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To re-elect Mark
4 Clare 487,355,087 99.30 3,448,175 0.70 490,803,262 7,749
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To re-elect Helen
5 Gordon 487,939,986 99.42 2,863,276 0.58 490,803,262 7,749
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To re-elect Vanessa
6 Simms 488,198,493 99.47 2,604,769 0.53 490,803,262 7,749
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To re-elect Andrew
7 Carr-Locke 487,645,219 99.36 3,158,043 0.64 490,803,262 7,749
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8 To re-elect Rob Wilkinson 487,203,109 99.27 3,598,687 0.73 490,801,796 7,749
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To re-elect Justin
9 Read 487,980,059 99.45 2,714,367 0.55 490,694,426 115,119
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To reappoint KPMG
LLP as auditors of
10 the Company 481,189,341 98.04 9,604,177 1.96 490,793,518 16,027
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To authorise the
directors to determine
the remuneration
11 of the auditors 479,690,244 97.74 11,086,303 2.26 490,776,547 31,532
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To authorise the
directors to allot
12 shares 462,036,875 94.14 28,758,397 5.86 490,795,272 14,273
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To authorise the
directors to issue
13 shares for cash* 481,853,746 99.32 3,312,736 0.68 485,166,482 5,643,063
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To authorise the
directors to issue
shares for cash in
relation to the acquisition
or other capital
14 investment * 462,138,437 95.26 22,975,993 4.74 485,114,430 5,695,114
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To authorise the
Company to purchase
15 own shares* 486,837,915 99.57 2,078,142 0.43 488,916,057 1,892,021
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To reduce the notice
period for general
meetings (other than
an Annual General
Meeting) to not less
than 14 clear days'
16 notice. * 447,757,561 91.23 43,049,406 8.77 490,806,967 2,578
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To authorise political
donations up to GBP50,000
17 in aggregate 483,486,095 98.51 7,307,495 1.49 490,793,590 15,955
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As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were
612,102,022 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the
resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted
to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection
via the National Storage Mechanism website at
http://morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and also via the Company's website
at http://www.graingerplc.co.uk/.
Adam McGhin
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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