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Howden Joinery Group PLC
07 May 2020
HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with the arrangements announced on 29 April 2020,
the Company held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 11.00am
today at its registered office. The AGM was convened with the
minimum quorum of two shareholders (or their corporate
representatives or proxies). The AGM comprised only the formal
business as set out in the Notice of AGM (dated 18 March 2020).
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in
hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. The
total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in
treasury) at the close of business on 5 May 2020 was
597,088,631.
The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to
the meeting were as set out below:
% of the
Company's
issued
share
capital
Votes for Total number represented
(including % % of votes by votes
discretionary Votes Votes Votes validly validly Votes
votes) for against against cast cast withheld*
Ordinary Resolutions
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To receive and
adopt the Annual
1 Report & Accounts 463,678,787 99.77% 1,081,015 0.23% 464,759,802 77.84% 5,017,973
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To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
2 Report 457,271,861 98.28% 8,010,009 1.72% 465,281,870 77.93% 4,495,906
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3 To declare a final This resolution was withdrawn from the business of the
dividend meeting
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To elect Louise
4 Fowler 466,607,314 99.36% 2,987,078 0.64% 469,594,392 78.65% 183,384
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To re-elect Karen
5 Caddick 465,361,785 99.10% 4,236,331 0.90% 469,598,116 78.65% 179,660
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To re-elect Andrew
6 Cripps 461,488,780 98.27% 8,106,337 1.73% 469,595,117 78.65% 182,659
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To re-elect Geoff
7 Drabble 465,364,818 99.10% 4,230,299 0.90% 469,595,117 78.65% 182,659
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To re-elect Andrew
8 Livingston 466,449,705 99.33% 3,147,050 0.67% 469,596,755 78.65% 181,021
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To re-elect
Richard
9 Pennycook 458,261,689 98.53% 6,859,996 1.47% 465,121,685 77.90% 4,656,091
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To re-elect Mark
10 Robson 465,873,189 99.21% 3,724,066 0.79% 469,597,255 78.65% 180,521
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To re-elect Debbie
11 White 465,357,470 99.10% 4,238,258 0.90% 469,595,728 78.65% 182,048
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To re-appoint
Deloitte LLP as
12 the Auditor 462,381,038 98.46% 7,214,196 1.54% 469,595,234 78.65% 182,541
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To authorise the
Directors to
determine
the remuneration
13 of the Auditor 466,416,025 99.32% 3,178,705 0.68% 469,594,730 78.65% 183,045
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To renew authority
to make political
14 donations 451,689,403 98.19% 8,315,003 1.81% 460,004,406 77.04% 9,773,370
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To renew the
Directors'
authority to allot
15 shares 452,250,493 96.28% 17,494,079 3.72% 469,744,572 78.67% 33,204
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Special Resolutions
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To renew the
Directors'
authority for
the disapplication
of pre-emption
16 rights 459,967,897 99.97% 137,121 0.03% 460,105,018 77.06% 9,672,758
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To renew the
Directors'
authority to make
market purchases
of the Company's
17 own shares 464,858,917 99.10% 4,235,652 0.90% 469,094,569 78.56% 683,206
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To adopt the New
Articles of
18 Association 469,500,190 100.00% 16,370 0.00% 469,516,560 78.63% 261,216
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To authorise
general
meetings to be
held on 14 clear
19 days' notice 453,074,728 96.48% 16,515,744 3.52% 469,590,472 78.65% 187,304
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*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.
Full details of the poll results will also be available on the
Company's website:
www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/
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 a t
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
DISCLOSURE OF RIGHTS ATTACHED TO EQUITY SHARES
Further to the Company's announcement on 24 April 2020
(announcing the submission of a copy of its articles of association
to the National Storage Mechanism in line with Listing Rule
9.2.6ER(1)(b)), a copy of the Company's new articles of
association, as adopted at the AGM, has been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism in line with Listing Rule 9.2.6ER(2)(a)
and is available for viewing at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
Enquiries:
Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary: +44 (0) 207 535 1137
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