Kingfisher PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jun 27, 2023

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Kingfisher PLC

27 June 2023

KINGFISHER PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 27 June 2023

At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC	Votes** Withheld
1	To receive the report and accounts	1,689,235,464	99.99	211,277	0.01	1,689,446,741	88.09	7,048,873
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report	1,614,504,252	95.18	81,679,292	4.82	1,696,183,544	88.44	312,340
3	To declare the final dividend	1,696,278,475	100.00	30,031	0.00	1,696,308,506	88.44	187,378
4	To re-elect Claudia Arney as a director	1,656,558,978	97.92	35,123,372	2.08	1,691,682,350	88.20	4,813,534
5	To re-elect Bernard Bot as a director	1,684,181,983	99.30	11,798,706	0.70	1,695,980,689	88.43	515,195
6	To re-elect Catherine Bradley as a director	1,622,679,245	95.92	69,001,623	4.08	1,691,680,868	88.20	4,815,016
7	To re-elect Jeff Carr as a director	1,660,961,971	97.93	35,119,486	2.07	1,696,081,457	88.43	414,357
8	To re-elect Andrew Cosslett as a director	1,620,422,053	95.54	75,639,697	4.46	1,696,061,750	88.43	434,134
9	To re-elect Thierry Garnier as a director	1,693,376,965	99.83	2,818,316	0.17	1,696,195,281	88.44	300,603
10	To re-elect Sophie Gasperment as a director	1,657,112,628	97.70	39,020,561	2.30	1,696,133,189	88.43	362,695
11	To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard as a director	1,656,830,189	97.94	34,928,606	2.06	1,691,758,795	88.21	4,737,089
12	To re-elect Bill Lennie as a director	1,663,398,732	98.07	32,746,792	1.93	1,696,145,524	88.44	350,360
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	1,439,252,200	98.41	23,236,201	1.59	1,462,488,401	76.25	234,002,871
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	1,683,371,573	99.24	12,860,202	0.76	1,696,231,775	88.44	263,680
15	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	1,454,341,863	99.44	8,155,429	0.56	1,462,497,292	76.25	233,997,728
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,386,726,658	81.96	305,141,015	18.04	1,691,867,673	88.21	4,622,796
17	To approve the Kingfisher Sharesave Plan	1,662,650,557	98.02	33,576,894	1.98	1,696,227,451	88.44	268,433
18	To disapply pre-emption rights	1,364,697,849	80.47	331,310,299	19.53	1,696,008,148	88.43	487,736
19	To disapply pre-emption rights for an additional ten percent	1,328,428,580	78.46	364,646,723	21.54	1,693,075,303	88.28	3,420,581
20	To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	1,688,462,121	99.60	6,703,836	0.40	1,695,165,957	88.38	1,325,246
21	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,589,660,432	93.72	106,600,683	6.28	1,696,261,115	88.44	234,769

The Board notes that there were 21.54% of votes cast against Resolution 19 (Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an additional ten percent). The Board understands that some shareholders are not supportive of these authorities as a matter of general policy.

The Company will continue to consult and engage with shareholders to better understand the reasons behind these votes and will publish an update of its shareholder engagement within 6 months of today's AGM.

NOTES

*    Includes discretionary votes

**   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of   

votes for and against a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue on Friday 23 June 2023, was 1,917,945,451.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com.  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  

CONTACT

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7644 1082	Email: investorenquiries@kingfisher.com
Media Relations	+44 (0) 20 7644 1030	corpcomms@kingfisher.com
Teneo	+44 (0) 20 7420 3184	Kfteam@teneo.com

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