AGM
Annual General Meeting 2010
The Annual General Meeting of Kingfisher plc was held at The Hilton London Paddington Hotel, 146 Praed Street, London W2 1EE on Thursday 17 June at 11.00am
AGM resolutions
All resolutions proposed to the shareholders were passed on a poll. The votes on each resolution are outlined below.
| Resolution | Votes For1 |
% | Votes Against |
% | Total Votes |
% of ISC2 | Votes Withheld3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for 2010 | 1,725,722,713 | 99.88 | 2,105,785 | 0.12 | 1,727,828,498 | 73.16 | 9,323,348 |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2010 | 1,697,280,656 | 98.72 | 22,069,708 | 1.28 | 1,719,350,364 | 72.80 | 17,799,206 |
| 3. To authorise the payment of the final dividend | 1,735,541,703 | 99.98 | 403,709 | 0.02 | 1,735,945,412 | 73.50 | 1,282,343 |
| 4. To elect Mr Anders Dahlvig as a director | 1,725,922,045 | 99.38 | 10,688,589 | 0.62 | 1,736,610,634 | 73.53 | 541,407 |
| 5. To elect Mr Andrew Bonfield as a director | 1,725,945,717 | 99.39 | 10,654,282 | 0.61 | 1,736,599,999 | 73.53 | 551,488 |
| 6. To re-elect Mr Daniel Bernard as a director | 1,721,951,388 | 99.16 | 14,665,222 | 0.84 | 1,736,616,610 | 73.53 | 533,012 |
| 7. To re-elect Mrs Janis Kong as a director | 1,728,832,809 | 99.55 | 7,766,367 | 0.45 | 1,736,599,176 | 73.53 | 531,945 |
| 8. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company’s auditors | 1,735,893,324 | 99.96 | 732,659 | 0.04 | 1,736,625,983 | 73.53 | 509,106 |
| 9. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors’ remuneration | 1,731,919,409 | 99.73 | 4,687,131 | 0.27 | 1,736,606,540 | 73.53 | 546,607 |
| 10. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,564,304,675 | 90.46 | 165,014,191 | 9.54 | 1,729,318,866 | 73.22 | 7,832,705 |
| 11. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 1,708,114,106 | 98.56 | 24,947,317 | 1.44 | 1,733,061,423 | 73.38 | 4,057,656 |
| 12. To disapply pre-emption rights | 1,696,344,324 | 97.73 | 39,357,664 | 2.27 | 1,735,701,988 | 73.49 | 1,451,316 |
| 13. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 1,733,096,867 | 99.80 | 3,530,434 | 0.20 | 1,736,627,301 | 73.53 | 525,542 |
| 14. To authorise the calling of a general meeting, other than an AGM, on 14 days’ notice. | 1,505,118,935 | 86.82 | 228,397,539 | 13.18 | 1,733,516,474 | 73.40 | 3,629,850 |
| 15. To authorise the adoption of new Articles of Association | 1,697,519,476 | 97.80 | 38,171,332 | 2.20 | 1,735,690,808 | 73.49 | 1,458,514 |
| 16. To authorise the adoption of the Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan | 1,686,237,725 | 97.53 | 42,780,929 | 2.47 | 1,729,018,654 | 73.21 | 8,133,082 |
- The votes “For” include votes given at the Chairman’s discretion.
- ISC denotes issued share capital
- The “Vote Withheld” is not a vote in law and accordingly is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.
There were 2,361,850,592 ordinary shares of 15 5/7 pence each in issue on 17 June 2010.
