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Grainger PLC
09 February 2022
 

9 February 2022

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

 

At the one hundred and ninth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 9 February 2022, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 14 December 2021 were passed by Shareholders by a poll.  The results are as follows:

 


 Resolutions

Votes for

%

For

Votes against

%

Against

 

Total votes

Votes withheld

1

To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2021

606,721,996

99.99

2,695

0.01

606,724,691

2,292,156

2

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2021

573,781,746

94.22

35,211,603

5.78

608,993,349

23,498

3

To declare a dividend

608,873,305

99.98

142,442

0.02

609,015,747

1,100

4

To re-elect Mark Clare

607,878,993

99.82

1,125,997

0.18

609,004,990

11,857

5

To re-elect Helen Gordon

608,936,912

99.99

75,801

0.01

609,012,713

4,134

6

To elect Robert Hudson

603,146,937

99.04

5,853,836

0.96

609,000,773

16,074

7

To re-elect Rob Wilkinson

607,961,037

99.83

1,039,891

0.17

609,000,928

15,919

8

To re-elect Justin Read

606,938,772

99.66

2,065,506

0.34

609,004,278

12,569

9

To re-elect Janette Bell

586,195,310

96.25

22,817,403

3.75

609,012,713

4,134

10

To elect Carol Hui

608,996,801

99.99

8,508

0.01

609,005,309

11,538

11

To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company

606,378,597

99.57

2,623,795

0.43

609,002,392

14,455

12

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors

608,990,018

99.99

8,904

0.01

608,998,922

17,925

13

To authorise the directors to allot shares

552,780,527

90.77

56,210,609

9.23

608,991,136

25,711

14

To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash*

594,075,353

98.90

6,584,048

1.1

600,659,401

8,357,446

15

To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash in relation to the acquisition or other capital investment *

577,226,313

96.10

23,431,039

3.9

600,657,352

8,359,495

16

To authorise the Company to purchase own shares*

605,693,692

99.56

2,661,034

0.44

608,354,726

662,121

17

To reduce the notice period for general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) to not less than 14 clear days' notice. *

561,818,214

92.25

47,195,484

7.75

609,013,698

3,149

18

To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate

 

594,802,583

97.67

14,195,819

2.33

608,998,402

18,445

(* special resolutions)

 

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 741,303,333 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 FCA for publication and will be available for inspection via the FCA document viewing facility.

 

Adam McGhin

 

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

 

 

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