At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 2 May 2019, 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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 30 April 2019 was 604,948,281.

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	486,827,898	99.99	37,883	0.01	486,865,781	80.48%	2,357,683
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	469,031,339	96.68	16,098,201	3.32	485,129,540	80.19%	4,093,923
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	474,625,161	97.15	13,908,311	2.85	488,533,472	80.76%	689,992
4	To declare a final dividend of 7.9 pence per ordinary share	488,551,247	100.00	5,667	0.00	488,556,914	80.76%	666,551
5	To elect Karen Caddick	486,462,714	99.57	2,089,341	0.43	488,552,055	80.76%	671,410
6	To re-elect Mark Allen	482,320,289	99.42	2,809,057	0.58	485,129,346	80.19%	4,094,118
7	To re-elect Andrew Cripps	481,816,084	98.62	6,721,508	1.38	488,537,592	80.76%	685,873
8	To re-elect Geoff Drabble	482,323,340	99.42	2,806,942	0.58	485,130,282	80.19%	4,093,182
9	To re-elect Tiffany Hall	474,591,580	97.15	13,945,217	2.85	488,536,797	80.76%	686,668
10	To re-elect Andrew Livingston	488,511,419	99.99	25,378	0.01	488,536,797	80.76%	686,668
11	To re-elect Richard Pennycook	470,408,896	98.76	5,892,187	1.24	476,301,083	78.73%	12,922,482
12	To re-elect Mark Robson	488,339,732	99.96	199,315	0.04	488,539,047	80.76%	684,418
13	To re-elect Debbie White	456,494,924	99.42	2,685,719	0.58	459,180,643	75.90%	30,042,822
14	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor	480,461,939	98.34	8,086,560	1.66	488,548,499	80.76%	674,965
15	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	485,541,971	99.38	3,008,510	0.62	488,550,481	80.76%	672,983
16	To renew authority to make political donations	473,246,259	98.18	8,771,189	1.82	482,017,448	79.68%	7,206,017
17	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	442,291,665	90.41	46,893,353	9.59	489,185,018	80.86%	38,447
18	To approve the adoption of the Long Term Incentive Plan	478,468,118	97.80	10,740,770	2.20	489,208,888	80.87%	14,576
Special Resolutions
19	To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights	488,469,800	99.86	695,483	0.14	489,165,283	80.86%	58,182
20	To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares	484,926,923	99.16	4,124,829	0.84	489,051,752	80.84%	171,712
21	To replace article 135 of the Company's articles of association	488,463,460	100.00	17,297	0.00	488,480,757	80.75%	742,708
22	To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice	462,542,195	94.68	26,011,470	5.32	488,553,665	80.76%	669,800

*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/

 

Enquiries:

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