Result of AGM
Yum Brands Inc.
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17:30 17/04/24
2 July 2020
J Sainsbury plc
(the Company)
Results of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
Votes For | % of Votes Cast | Votes Against | % of Votes Cast | Votes cast | Votes cast as a % of ISC | Votes Withheld1 | ||
1 | To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 7 March 2020, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor | 1,686,702,566 | 99.99 | 90,831 | 0.01 | 1,686,793,397 | 75.93% | 6,095,225 |
2 | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 1,673,523,664 | 98.87 | 19,198,952 | 1.13 | 1,692,722,616 | 76.20% | 166,057 |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 1,636,228,923 | 97.00 | 50,624,806 | 3.00 | 1,686,853,729 | 75.93% | 6,034,944 |
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| To elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director | 1,689,508,598 | 99.91 | 1,588,519 | 0.09 | 1,691,097,117 | 76.12% | 1,791,557 |
5 | To elect Simon Roberts as a Director | 1,690,302,236 | 99.95 | 827,662 | 0.05 | 1,691,129,898 | 76.13% | 1,759,398 |
6 | To elect Keith Weed as a Director | 1,689,307,619 | 99.89 | 1,812,051 | 0.11 | 1,691,119,670 | 76.13% | 1,769,004 |
7 | To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director | 1,689,291,944 | 99.89 | 1,865,140 | 0.11 | 1,691,157,084 | 76.13% | 1,731,590 |
8 | To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director | 1,678,136,652 | 99.55 | 7,579,774 | 0.45 | 1,685,716,426 | 75.88% | 7,172,248 |
9 | To re-elect David Keens as a Director | 1,689,269,287 | 99.89 | 1,864,676 | 0.11 | 1,691,133,963 | 76.13% | 1,754,711 |
10 | To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director | 1,686,304,161 | 99.72 | 4,811,338 | 0.28 | 1,691,115,499 | 76.13% | 1,773,175 |
11 | To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director | 1,683,644,949 | 99.56 | 7,496,746 | 0.44 | 1,691,141,695 | 76.13% | 1,746,979 |
12 | To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director | 1,673,285,764 | 99.15 | 14,306,833 | 0.85 | 1,687,592,597 | 75.97% | 5,296,077 |
13 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 1,692,095,034 | 99.98 | 319,882 | 0.02 | 1,692,414,916 | 76.18% | 473,658 |
14 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 1,692,228,433 | 99.98 | 284,225 | 0.02 | 1,692,512,658 | 76.19% | 376,016 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,595,265,433 | 94.24 | 97,447,437 | 5.76 | 1,692,712,870 | 76.20% | 175,804 |
16 | Authority to disapply pre-emption without restriction as to use (Special Resolution) | 1,643,935,388 | 97.12 | 48,723,825 | 2.88 | 1,692,659,213 | 76.19% | 229,116 |
17 | Authority to disapply pre-emption for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution) | 1,592,181,734 | 94.06 | 100,506,465 | 5.94 | 1,692,688,199 | 76.20% | 200,474 |
18 | To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure' | 1,675,523,443 | 99.08 | 15,620,192 | 0.92 | 1,691,143,635 | 76.13% | 1,745,039 |
19 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution) | 1,681,906,011 | 99.48 | 8,804,580 | 0.52 | 1,690,710,591 | 76.11% | 2,177,872 |
20 | To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan Rules and Trust Deed | 1,682,424,922 | 99.39 | 10,255,441 | 0.61 | 1,692,680,363 | 76.20% | 208,311 |
21 | To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association (Special Resolution) | 1,691,865,189 | 99.98 | 336,613 | 0.02 | 1,692,201,802 | 76.17% | 623,831 |
22 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) | 1,552,372,480 | 91.70 | 140,428,907 | 8.30 | 1,692,801,387 | 76.20% | 86,430 |
1A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at 30 June 2020 was 2,221,484,249 ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.
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