Grainger PLC

AGM Information • Feb 9, 2022

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Grainger PLC

09 February 2022

9 February 2022

Grainger plc ("Grainger"/ the "Company")

Result of AGM

At the one hundred and ninth Annual General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Wednesday 9 February 2022, the following resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 14 December 2021 were passed by Shareholders by a poll.  The results are as follows:

	Resolutions	Votes for	% For	Votes against	% Against	Total votes	Votes withheld
1	To approve and adopt the directors' report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2021	606,721,996	99.99	2,695	0.01	606,724,691	2,292,156
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2021	573,781,746	94.22	35,211,603	5.78	608,993,349	23,498
3	To declare a dividend	608,873,305	99.98	142,442	0.02	609,015,747	1,100
4	To re-elect Mark Clare	607,878,993	99.82	1,125,997	0.18	609,004,990	11,857
5	To re-elect Helen Gordon	608,936,912	99.99	75,801	0.01	609,012,713	4,134
6	To elect Robert Hudson	603,146,937	99.04	5,853,836	0.96	609,000,773	16,074
7	To re-elect Rob Wilkinson	607,961,037	99.83	1,039,891	0.17	609,000,928	15,919
8	To re-elect Justin Read	606,938,772	99.66	2,065,506	0.34	609,004,278	12,569
9	To re-elect Janette Bell	586,195,310	96.25	22,817,403	3.75	609,012,713	4,134
10	To elect Carol Hui	608,996,801	99.99	8,508	0.01	609,005,309	11,538
11	To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	606,378,597	99.57	2,623,795	0.43	609,002,392	14,455
12	To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	608,990,018	99.99	8,904	0.01	608,998,922	17,925
13	To authorise the directors to allot shares	552,780,527	90.77	56,210,609	9.23	608,991,136	25,711
14	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash*	594,075,353	98.90	6,584,048	1.1	600,659,401	8,357,446
15	To authorise the directors to issue shares for cash in relation to the acquisition or other capital investment *	577,226,313	96.10	23,431,039	3.9	600,657,352	8,359,495
16	To authorise the Company to purchase own shares*	605,693,692	99.56	2,661,034	0.44	608,354,726	662,121
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) to not less than 14 clear days' notice. *	561,818,214	92.25	47,195,484	7.75	609,013,698	3,149
18	To authorise political donations up to £50,000 in aggregate	594,802,583	97.67	14,195,819	2.33	608,998,402	18,445

(* special resolutions)

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, there were 741,303,333 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the FCA for publication and will be available for inspection via the FCA document viewing facility.

Adam McGhin

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

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