For immediate release 15 June 2017
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ("Morrisons" or the "Company")
AGM announcement
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 15 June 2017 at Hilmore House, Gain Lane, Bradford, BD3 7DL, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 11 May 2017) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.
The poll votes on each resolution were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS |
VOTES
FOR |
% |
VOTES
AGAINST |
% |
VOTES
TOTAL |
VOTES
WITHHELD |
1. Report and accounts |
1,774,701,218 |
99.97 |
492,552 |
0.03 |
1,775,193,770 |
297,826 |
2. Directors' remuneration report |
873,317,656 |
51.89 |
809,799,691 |
48.11 |
1,683,117,347 |
93,759,087 |
3. Directors' remuneration policy |
1,639,088,405 |
92.35 |
135,826,285 |
7.65 |
1,774,914,690 |
575,379 |
4. Adoption of the 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan |
1,640,586,918 |
92.42 |
134,537,140 |
7.58 |
1,775,124,058 |
366,011 |
5. Final Dividend |
1,775,306,255 |
100.00 |
25,493 |
0.00 |
1,775,331,748 |
159,848 |
6. To re-elect Andrew Higginson |
1,757,224,384 |
98.99 |
18,005,564 |
1.01 |
1,775,229,948 |
261,648 |
7. To re-elect David Potts |
1,772,843,713 |
99.86 |
2,410,110 |
0.14 |
1,775,253,823 |
237,773 |
8. To re-elect Trevor Strain |
1,772,240,708 |
99.83 |
2,985,371 |
0.17 |
1,775,226,079 |
265,517 |
9. To re-elect Rooney Anand |
1,553,860,561 |
87.53 |
221,318,274 |
12.47 |
1,775,178,835 |
312,761 |
10. To re-elect Neil Davidson |
1,769,669,227 |
99.69 |
5,553,740 |
0.31 |
1,775,222,967 |
267,629 |
11. To re-elect Belinda Richards |
1,582,358,848 |
99.67 |
5,229,872 |
0.33 |
1,587,588,720 |
187,901,789 |
12. To re-elect Paula Vennells |
1,770,854,489 |
99.75 |
4,384,196 |
0.25 |
1,775,238,685 |
252,911 |
13. Reappointment of auditors |
1,750,886,188 |
99.66 |
5,986,586 |
0.34 |
1,756,872,774 |
18,618,822 |
14. Auditor's remuneration |
1,763,649,505 |
99.80 |
3,494,862 |
0.20 |
1,767,144,367 |
8,347,229 |
15. Political Donations |
1,590,935,362 |
90.68 |
163,534,171 |
9.32 |
1,754,469,533 |
21,002,529 |
16. General authority to allot shares |
1,590,251,370 |
89.58 |
184,932,718 |
10.42 |
1,775,184,088 |
305,981 |
17. Authority to purchase Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Shares |
1,758,188,592 |
99.08 |
16,412,318 |
0.92 |
1,774,600,910 |
874,786 |
18. Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
1,517,252,244 |
85.48 |
257,805,759 |
14.52 |
1,775,058,003 |
430,693 |
19. Notice period for general meetings |
1,589,481,211 |
89.91 |
178,422,052 |
10.09 |
1,767,903,263 |
7,581,433 |
Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 19 were special resolutions.
Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman. Votes withheld are not counted in the count of the total votes or the calculations of the percentages For or Against each resolution. Percentages are rounded to two decimal places. Total shares in issue at the time of the meeting were 2,335,711,655.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions 16 to 19 (as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting), being the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting not concerning ordinary business, will be submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism.
Jonathan Burke
Company Secretary
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Tel: 0845 611 5953
Registered Office:
Hilmore House
Gain Lane
Bradford
BD3 7DL
Company Number: 358949