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Currys PLC
08 September 2022
 

 

 

8 September 2022

 

 

CURRYS PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 - POLL RESULTS

The Board of Currys plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 10:00am on Thursday 8 September 2022, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

The results of the polls were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Total

Issued Share Capital Voted

Votes Withheld

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

1.

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the directors and auditor for the period ended 30 April 2022

955,700,306

100.00

6,079

0.00

955,706,385

84.32%

700,215

2.

To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report

831,115,642

86.90

125,254,427

13.10

956,370,069

84.37%

36,531

3.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

630,742,347

65.95

325,630,007

34.05

956,372,354

84.37%

33,828

4.

To declare a final dividend of 2.15p per ordinary share

956,390,709

100.00

9,142

0.00

956,399,851

84.38%

6,331

5.

To elect Ian Dyson as a director

889,149,078

92.97

67,238,175

7.03

956,387,253

84.38%

19,347

6.

To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director

956,091,713

99.97

277,423

0.03

956,369,136

84.37%

37,464

7.

To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE

956,072,878

99.97

317,459

0.03

956,390,337

84.38%

16,263

8.

To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director

949,328,885

99.26

7,058,045

0.74

956,386,930

84.38%

19,670

9.

To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director

882,405,638

92.27

73,964,165

7.73

956,369,803

84.37%

36,797

10.

To re-elect Bruce Marsh as a director

954,788,941

99.83

1,582,137

0.17

956,371,078

84.37%

35,522

11.

To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director

881,691,836

92.19

74,679,391

7.81

956,371,227

84.37%

35,373

12.

To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director

889,311,644

92.99

67,057,767

7.01

956,369,411

84.37%

37,189

13.

To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

905,526,952

94.68

50,857,494

5.32

956,384,446

84.37%

22,154

14.

To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

955,616,742

99.92

751,462

0.08

956,368,204

84.37%

37,978

15.

To authorise political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total

946,629,784

98.98

9,758,663

1.02

956,388,447

84.38%

18,792

16.

Authority to allot shares

949,590,325

99.29

6,768,641

0.71

956,358,966

84.37%

47,634

17.

Authority to dis-apply    pre-emption rights *

956,190,858

99.98

175,671

0.02

956,366,529

84.37%

40,071

18.

Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares *

905,390,430

94.68

50,842,010

5.32

956,232,440

84.36%

173,468

19.

Authority to call general meetings at short notice *

943,119,669

98.61

13,270,882

1.39

956,390,551

84.38%

15,357

* Special Resolutions

 

Resolution 3 - Remuneration Policy

The Board welcomes the 65.95% vote in favour of our Remuneration Policy, including the support from most of our large shareholders. The majority of the votes against the Policy reflect shareholders which would like larger and longer post-employment shareholdings or which had concerns relating to the design of the long-term remuneration targets.

Over the past year we have engaged extensively with our shareholders and the proxy agencies on our approach to executive remuneration. The views of our shareholders are important to us and the feedback we have received has been helpful. The Remuneration Committee will now seek to consult further with shareholders to understand and discuss the specific rationale for any votes against our Policy.

 

The Company will publish an update on this engagement by 8 March 2023.

 

Notes:

1.   The total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,133,494,651 and all of these have voting rights.

2.   Percentages above are rounded to 2 decimal places.

3.   A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Further information:

Nigel Paterson, Company Secretary and General Counsel

Currys plc

Tel: +44 (0)20 3110 4411

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