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Kingfisher PLC

30 June 2021

KINGFISHER PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 30 June 2021

At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available from www.kingfisher.com

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 
          Resolution                Votes         %      Votes Against     %         Total        % of     Votes** 
                                     For*                                            Votes         ISC     Withheld 
      To receive 
       the report 
  1    and accounts             1,704,770,637   100.00          20,975    0.00   1,704,791,612   80.74%   1,734,444 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the directors' 
       remuneration 
  2    report                   1,577,736,596    92.74     123,473,483    7.26   1,701,210,079   80.57%   5,315,819 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To declare 
  3    the final dividend       1,705,663,417    99.98         368,269    0.02   1,706,031,686   80.80%     496,620 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To elect Catherine 
       Bradley as 
  4    a director               1,704,794,806    99.93       1,176,384    0.07   1,705,971,190   80.79%     557,116 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To elect Tony 
       Buffin as a 
  5    director                 1,704,796,158    99.93       1,163,228    0.07   1,705,959,386   80.79%     568,920 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Claudia Arney 
  6    as a director            1,700,664,077    99.69       5,305,789    0.31   1,705,969,866   80.79%     557,421 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Bernard Bot 
  7    as a director            1,686,583,479    98.86      19,390,195    1.14   1,705,973,674   80.79%     554,632 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jeff Carr as 
  8    a director               1,700,030,411    99.65       5,940,113    0.35   1,705,970,524   80.79%     557,782 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrew Cosslett 
  9    as a director            1,648,137,013    96.62      57,711,770    3.38   1,705,848,783   80.79%     679,523 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Thierry Garnier 
 10    as a director            1,700,518,738    99.68       5,460,952    0.32   1,705,979,690   80.80%     548,616 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Sophie Gasperment 
 11    as a director            1,471,995,507    86.29     233,971,133   13.71   1,705,966,640   80.79%     561,666 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Rakhi Goss-Custard 
 12    as a director            1,700,630,303    99.69       5,333,214    0.31   1,705,963,517   80.79%     564,789 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Deloitte LLP 
 13    as auditors              1,685,974,897    98.83      20,000,268    1.17   1,705,975,165   80.79%     552,332 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit Committee 
       to agree the 
 14    auditors' remuneration   1,695,584,217    99.39      10,409,473    0.61   1,705,993,690   80.80%     534,616 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       and its subsidiaries 
       to make political 
 15    donations                1,696,713,788    99.46       9,235,884    0.54   1,705,949,672   80.79%     575,609 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
 16    to allot shares          1,551,899,075    91.20     149,790,038    8.80   1,701,689,113   80.59%   4,839,192 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
 17    rights                   1,638,038,794    96.16      65,458,501    3.84   1,703,497,295   80.68%   3,030,799 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights on an 
       additional 
 18    five percent             1,596,614,355    93.73     106,889,237    6.27   1,703,503,592   80.68%   3,024,502 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the company 
       to purchase 
 19    its own shares           1,692,195,557    99.57       7,237,789    0.43   1,699,433,346   80.49%   7,094,960 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to call a general 
       meeting other 
       than an annual 
       general meeting 
       on not less 
       than 14 clear 
 20    days' notice             1,572,448,045    92.17     133,534,354    7.83   1,705,982,399   80.80%     545,907 
     ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  ------  --------------  -------  ---------- 
 

NOTES

   *    Includes discretionary votes 

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of

votes for and against a resolution.

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at 10.00pm on Monday 28 June 2021, was 2,111,486,828.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available at www.kingfisher.com .

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

CONTACT

For further information, please contact:

 
                        Tel:                    Email: 
   Investor Relations    +44 (0) 20 7644 1082    investorenquiries@kingfisher.com 
 Media Relations        +44 (0) 20 7644 1030    corpcomms@kingfisher.com 
 Teneo                  +44 (0) 20 7420 3184    Kfteam@teneo.com 
 

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