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Howden Joinery Group PLC
05 May 2016
 

 

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR

 

Results of AGM

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 5 May 2016, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 inclusive were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 4 May 2016 was 634,801,973.

 

The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.

 

 

 

Votes for (including discretionary votes)

% Votes for

Votes

against

%

Votes

against

Total number of votes validly cast

% of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast

Votes withheld*

Ordinary Resolutions








1

To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts

462,285,442

98.46

7,221,369

1.54

469,506,811

73.96

3,498,091

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration  Report

456,012,247

97.67

10,876,601

2.33

466,888,848

73.55

6,115,054

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

455,170,496

96.25

17,736,754

3.75

472,907,250

74.50

97,652

4

To declare a final dividend

472,927,951

100.00

4,851

0.00

472,932,802

74.50

72,100

5

To elect Andrew Cripps

466,121,928

98.57

6,779,161

1.43

472,901,089

74.50

103,813

6

To elect Geoff Drabble

468,062,311

98.98

4,839,622

1.02

472,901,933

74.50

102,969

7

To re-elect Richard Pennycook

466,740,220

98.70

6,164,975

1.30

472,905,195

74.50

99,707

8

To re-elect Matthew Ingle

468,568,328

99.08

4,358,780

0.92

472,927,108

74.50

77,794

9

To re-elect Mark Robson

467,658,658

98.89

5,268,794

1.11

472,927,452

74.50

77,450

10

To re-elect Michael Wemms

463,289,281

97.97

9,615,802

2.03

472,905,083

74.50

99,819

11

To re-elect Tiffany Hall

465,913,071

98.52

6,986,092

1.48

472,899,163

74.50

105,739

12

To re-elect Mark Allen

470,176,084

99.42

2,728,829

0.58

472,904,913

74.50

99,989

13

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor

450,323,214

95.22

22,605,649

4.78

472,928,863

74.50

76,039

14

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

465,840,802

98.50

7,079,924

1.50

472,920,726

74.50

83,676

15

To renew authority to make political donations

468,157,556

99.01

4,677,793

0.99

472,835,349

74.49

167,503

16

To approve amendments to the Long Term Incentive Plan

449,502,450

96.91

14,354,878

3.09

463,857,328

73.07

9,146,324

17

To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

432,805,489

91.68

39,290,575

8.32

472,096,064

74.37

908,838

Special Resolutions








18

To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights

463,647,760

99.99

66,436

0.01

463,714,196

73.05

9,290,706

19

To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares

465,311,129

98.38

7,678,086

1.62

472,989,215

74.51

15,687

20

To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice

438,003,326

92.62

34,904,497

7.38

472,907,823

74.50

97,079

*A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/

 

 

Retirement of Director

 

As previously announced, Will Samuel stood down from the Board following the conclusion of the AGM. As a result of this retirement, Richard Pennycook assumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman and relinquished his role as Chair of the Audit Committee, as well as his membership of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Andrew Cripps, who the Board considers has the necessary financial, audit and accounting expertise, has assumed the role of Chair of the Audit Committee.

 

 

 

Enquiries:

Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary:

+44 (0) 207 535 1137

 


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