Grainger PLC Result of AGM
February 05 2025 - 9:47AM
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Grainger PLC
05 February 2025
5 February 2025
Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the
"Company")
Result of AGM
At the one hundred and twelfth Annual General
Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 5 February 2025, all of
the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 13 December
2024 were passed by Shareholders by a poll and details of the votes
cast are set out below. 616,502,183 proxy votes were received
representing 83.13% of the total number of ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
The following table gives details of the proxy
votes lodged with Grainger's registrar:
|
|
Resolutions
|
Total Votes
For/Discretion
|
%
[1]
|
Total Votes Against
|
%
|
Total votes
cast
|
Total Votes Withheld[2]
|
|
1
|
To approve and adopt the directors' report and
the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September
2024
|
614,924,754
|
99.98
|
109,898
|
0.02
|
615,034,652
|
1,472,303
|
|
2
|
To approve the Directors' remuneration report
for the year ended 30 September 2024
|
583,563,592
|
96.40
|
21,796,786
|
3.60
|
605,360,378
|
11,146,577
|
|
3
|
To declare a dividend
|
616,394,180
|
99.98
|
108,003
|
0.02
|
616,502,183
|
4,772
|
|
4
|
To re-elect Mark Clare
|
542,022,993
|
87.92
|
74,462,127
|
12.08
|
616,485,120
|
21,835
|
|
5
|
To re-elect Helen Gordon
|
616,364,629
|
99.98
|
120,491
|
0.02
|
616,485,120
|
21,835
|
|
6
|
To re-elect Robert Hudson
|
615,908,360
|
99.91
|
576,541
|
0.09
|
616,484,901
|
22,054
|
|
7
|
To re-elect Justin Read
|
606,431,268
|
98.37
|
10,053,852
|
1.63
|
616,485,120
|
21,835
|
|
8
|
To re-elect Janette Bell
|
600,910,129
|
97.47
|
15,574,991
|
2.53
|
616,485,120
|
21,835
|
|
9
|
To re-elect Carol Hui
|
607,070,241
|
98.47
|
9,413,846
|
1.53
|
616,484,087
|
22,868
|
|
10
|
To re-elect Michael Brodtman
|
607,074,103
|
98.47
|
9,411,017
|
1.53
|
616,485,120
|
21,835
|
|
11
|
To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the
Company
|
614,427,540
|
99.66
|
2,067,964
|
0.34
|
616,495,504
|
11,451
|
|
12
|
To authorise the directors to determine the
remuneration of the auditors
|
616,375,105
|
99.98
|
123,241
|
0.02
|
616,498,346
|
8,609
|
|
13
|
To authorise the directors to allot
shares
|
584,097,946
|
94.74
|
32,399,078
|
5.26
|
616,497,024
|
9,931
|
|
14
|
To authorise the directors to issue shares for
cash*
|
584,895,698
|
94.87
|
31,601,785
|
5.13
|
616,497,483
|
9,472
|
|
15
|
To authorise the directors to issue shares for
cash in relation to the acquisition or other capital investment
*
|
577,894,542
|
95.45
|
27,524,030
|
4.55
|
605,418,572
|
11,088,383
|
|
16
|
To authorise the Company to purchase own
shares*
|
614,307,960
|
99.66
|
2,068,845
|
0.34
|
616,376,805
|
130,150
|
|
17
|
To reduce the notice period for general
meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) to not less than 14
clear days' notice. *
|
597,058,926
|
96.85
|
19,429,937
|
3.15
|
616,488,863
|
18,092
|
|
18
|
To authorise political donations up to £50,000
in aggregate
|
608,370,528
|
98.77
|
7,552,044
|
1.23
|
615,922,572
|
584,383
|
(* special resolutions)
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were
741,609,008[3] ordinary shares of 5p each in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
Copies of all the resolutions passed, other
than ordinary business, will be submitted to the
FCA/UKLA
and will be available for inspection through the National Storage
Mechanism.
Further
information is available from:
Sapna B
FitzGerald,
Group General
Counsel and Company Secretary
www.graingerplc.co.uk
[1] These are
votes received supporting the resolution or granting the Chairman
or another third-party discretion to vote on their behalf in
respect of the resolution.
[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.
[3] As at close of
business on Monday 3 February 2025, Grainger plc holds 1,506,300
shares in Treasury and has 741,609,008
ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
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