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Bunzl PLC
20 April 2016
 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Bunzl plc confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 April 2016 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.

 

A copy of the resolution passed at today's Annual General Meeting which is required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

The AGM voting results are as follows:-

 

Company name:

Bunzl plc

Meeting date:

20 April 2016

Number of cards (shareholders) at voting record date:

5,129

Issued share capital at voting record date:

335,250,646

Number of votes per share:

1

 

Resolution (No. as noted on the Form of Proxy)

Votes For

(including votes at Chairman's discretion)

% of shares voted

Votes Against

% of shares voted

Votes Withheld

1

Consideration of accounts

273,769,888

99.94

151,828

0.06

29,288

2

Declaration of a final dividend

273,933,832

100.00

1,828

0.00

15,344

3

Re-appointment of Philip Rogerson as a director

270,416,654

98.72

3,516,300

1.28

18,050

4

Re-appointment of Frank van Zanten as a director

273,342,770

99.78

590,783

0.22

17,451

5

Re-appointment of Patrick Larmon as a director

273,351,548

99.79

583,379

0.21

16,077

6

Re-appointment of Brian May as a director

273,332,578

99.78

602,349

0.22

16,077

7

Re-appointment of David Sleath as a director

271,457,875

99.84

434,818

0.16

2,058,311

8

Re-appointment of Eugenia Ulasewicz as a director

273,525,486

99.85

407,468

0.15

18,050

9

Re-appointment of Jean-Charles Pauze as a director

273,080,634

99.69

854,293

0.31

16,077

10

Re-appointment of Meinie Oldersma as a director

272,859,317

99.61

1,074,236

0.39

17,451

11

Re-appointment of Vanda Murray as a director

273,232,179

99.74

702,748

0.26

16,077

12

Re-appointment of auditors

273,708,142

99.92

227,207

0.08

15,655

13

Remuneration of auditors

273,913,471

100.00

8,715

0.00

28,818

14

Approval of remuneration report

201,947,243

73.80

71,707,087

26.20

296,109

15

Authority to allot shares

271,835,848

99.24

2,082,723

0.76

32,433

16

Authority to allot shares for cash

272,958,597

99.65

957,831

0.35

34,576

17

Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

271,765,685

99.22

2,148,558

0.78

36,761

18

Notice of general meetings

240,148,556

87.67

33,766,722

12.33

35,726

 

Resolutions 16, 17 and 18 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions.

 

The Board notes that, although the resolution to approve the remuneration report was passed with the requisite majority, some 26% of votes were cast against the resolution.  We have already engaged with certain shareholders relating to the remuneration report and we will continue to engage with the Company's major shareholders in order to understand fully their concerns in this regard.

 

Paul Hussey

Company Secretary

20 April 2016


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