5 September 2024
CURRYS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024 -
POLL RESULTS
The Board of Currys plc ('the
Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to
its Annual General Meeting held at 11:00am on Thursday 5 September
2024, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a
poll.
The results of the poll were as
follows:
|
Resolutions
|
Votes For
|
Votes
Against
|
Votes Total
|
Issued Share Capital
Voted
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
|
1.
|
To receive the Annual Report and
Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the
directors and auditor for the period ended 27 April 2024
|
854,764,168
|
100.00
|
42,515
|
0.00
|
854,806,683
|
75.41%
|
917,305
|
|
2.
|
To approve the Directors' Annual
Remuneration Report
|
753,564,938
|
88.07
|
102,063,154
|
11.93
|
855,628,092
|
75.49%
|
95,004
|
|
3.
|
To elect Steve Johnson as a
director
|
855,591,667
|
99.99
|
86,795
|
0.01
|
855,678,462
|
75.49%
|
45,052
|
|
4.
|
To elect Octavia Morley as a
director
|
853,740,384
|
99.77
|
1,944,239
|
0.23
|
855,684,623
|
75.49%
|
38,888
|
|
5.
|
To re-elect Alex Baldock as a
director
|
855,470,122
|
99.97
|
218,926
|
0.03
|
855,689,048
|
75.49%
|
34,463
|
|
6.
|
To re-elect Eileen Burbidge
MBE
|
853,619,165
|
99.76
|
2,082,512
|
0.24
|
855,701,677
|
75.49%
|
21,837
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect Ian Dyson as a
director
|
782,686,543
|
91.47
|
72,987,734
|
8.53
|
855,674,277
|
75.49%
|
49,237
|
|
8.
|
To re-elect Magdalena Gerger as a
director
|
849,805,588
|
99.31
|
5,881,237
|
0.69
|
855,686,825
|
75.49%
|
36,686
|
|
9.
|
To re-elect Bruce Marsh as a
director
|
855,193,440
|
99.94
|
492,894
|
0.06
|
855,686,334
|
75.49%
|
37,180
|
|
10.
|
To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a
director
|
783,415,189
|
91.55
|
72,269,637
|
8.45
|
855,684,826
|
75.49%
|
38,685
|
|
11.
|
To re-elect Adam Walker as a
director
|
855,452,407
|
99.97
|
223,627
|
0.03
|
855,676,034
|
75.49%
|
47,480
|
|
12.
|
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of
the Company
|
818,065,990
|
95.60
|
37,620,072
|
4.40
|
855,686,062
|
75.49%
|
37,453
|
|
13.
|
To authorise the directors to
determine the auditor's remuneration
|
855,096,793
|
99.94
|
554,315
|
0.06
|
855,651,108
|
75.49%
|
57,452
|
|
14.
|
To authorise political donations not
exceeding £25,000 in total
|
844,959,492
|
98.75
|
10,705,111
|
1.25
|
855,664,603
|
75.49%
|
58,911
|
|
15.
|
Authority to allot shares
|
847,351,699
|
99.03
|
8,261,683
|
0.97
|
855,613,382
|
75.48%
|
110,417
|
|
16.
|
Authority to
dis-apply pre-emption rights *
|
855,380,098
|
99.97
|
281,742
|
0.03
|
855,661,840
|
75.49%
|
61,674
|
|
17.
|
Authority for the Company to
purchase its own shares *
|
818,189,547
|
95.63
|
37,344,189
|
4.37
|
855,533,736
|
75.48%
|
189,776
|
|
18.
|
Authority to call general meetings
at short notice *
|
847,768,943
|
99.07
|
7,941,269
|
0.93
|
855,710,212
|
75.49%
|
13,302
|
* Special Resolutions
Notes:
1. The total number of
ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at
the date of meeting was 1,133,494,651 and all of these have voting
rights.
2. Percentages above are
rounded to 2 decimal places.
3. A vote 'Withheld' is
not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the
proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution,
the total votes validly cast or the calculation of
the proportion of issued share capital voted.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule
6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning
ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Further information:
Nigel Paterson, Company Secretary
and General Counsel
Currys plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 3110 4411