Howden Joinery Group Plc's Annual General Meeting

08 May 2014

At the Annual General Meeting of Howden Joinery Group Plc held on 8 May 2014, 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 12 to 19 were passed as special business of the AGM. Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the close of business on 7 May 2014 was 646,444,702.

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

Resolution Number 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*
1 Annual report & accounts 466,299,007 100.00 1,784 0.00 466,300,791 72.13% 2,585
2 Final Dividend 466,300,906 100.00 594 0.00 466,301,500 72.13% 1,876
3 Elect Richard Pennycook 465,377,315 99.80 914,488 0.20 466,291,803 72.13% 11,573
4 Re-elect Will Samuel 458,310,085 99.26 3,426,469 0.74 461,736,554 71.43% 4,566,822
5 Re-elect Michael Wemms 465,091,303 99.74 1,205,302 0.26 466,296,605 72.13% 6,771
6 Re-elect Tiffany Hall 465,383,379 99.80 913,549 0.20 466,296,928 72.13% 6,448
7 Re-elect Mark Allen 465,185,802 99.76 1,107,331 0.24 466,293,133 72.13% 6,785
8 Re-elect Matthew Ingle 465,466,238 99.82 829,697 0.18 466,295,935 72.13% 7,441
9 Re-elect Mark Robson 463,870,819 99.48 2,425,416 0.52 466,296,235 72.13% 7,141
10 Re-appoint Auditors 459,454,802 98.85 5,351,462 1.15 464,806,264 71.90% 1,497,112
11 Auditors' Remuneration 461,247,286 98.92 5,050,259 1.08 466,297,545 72.13% 5,831
12 Remuneration Report 460,401,783 98.83 5,463,097 1.17 465,864,880 72.07% 438,496
13 Remuneration Policy 448,724,982 98.41 7,257,834 1.59 455,982,816 70.54% 10,319,810
14 Authority to make political donations 460,842,828 98.85 5,339,162 1.15 466,181,990 72.11% 118,386
15 Authority to allot shares 447,243,491 96.00 18,655,851 4.00 465,899,342 72.07% 404,034
16 Disapply of pre-emption rights 459,516,784 99.86 625,708 0.14 460,142,492 71.18% 6,160,134
17 Purchase own shares 464,496,669 99.61 1,802,230 0.39 466,298,899 72.13% 4,477
18 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice 439,764,357 94.40 26,110,868 5.60 465,875,225 72.07% 428,151
19 Articles of Association 454,755,273 99.02 4,523,755 0.98 459,279,028 71.05% 7,023,348

*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.hemscott.com/nsm.do

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

 

Enquiries should be directed to:

Forbes McNaughton, Deputy Company Secretary: +44 (0)207 535 1137

 

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