Wolseley PLC Result of Meeting (0153G)
May 23 2017 - 10:05AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWOS
RNS Number : 0153G
Wolseley PLC
23 May 2017
WOLSELEY PLC
(the "Company")
GENERAL MEETING: RESULT
The Company is pleased to announce that, at its General Meeting
held earlier today, shareholders passed the special resolution by
the requisite majority on a poll to change the name of the Company
to Ferguson plc with effect from 31 July 2017.
The full text of the special resolution is contained in the
Notice of General Meeting, which is available on the Company's
website, www.wolseley.com.
The total number of votes cast for the special resolution is set
out in the table below.
Resolution For %* Against %* Votes % Votes Votes
Total cast** Withheld***
----------------- ------------ ------ -------- ----- ------------ -------- -------------
To change
the name
of the Company
to Ferguson
plc with
effect from
31 July
2017 202,504,524 99.97 65,219 0.03 202,569,743 80.08% 67,945
----------------- ------------ ------ -------- ----- ------------ -------- -------------
* percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes
** percentage of issued share capital (excluding 13,670,389 treasury shares)
*** a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" or "Against" a
resolution
As at 21 May 2017, the Company:
(i) had 266,636,106 issued ordinary shares of 10(53) /(66)
pence, each ordinary share having one vote;
(ii) held 13,670,389 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting
rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and
(iii) accordingly, had total voting rights of 252,965,717.
With effect from markets opening on 1 August 2017, it is
expected that trading in the Company's ordinary shares will
commence under the new name Ferguson plc and with the new TIDM code
'(FERG)'. Share certificates in the name of Wolseley plc in respect
of the ordinary shares of the Company issued prior to the effective
date of change will continue to be valid.
Enquiries:
Graham Middlemiss, Group Company
Secretary
(00 41 41 723 2230)
This information is provided by RNS
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