Lewis(John)Partnership PLC AGM Results (7899A)
09 Junio 2016 - 10:55AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7899A
Lewis(John)Partnership PLC
09 June 2016
John Lewis Partnership plc
("the Company")
9 June 2016
Result of Annual General Meeting
John Lewis Partnership plc confirms that at the Annual General
Meeting of Ordinary Shareholders held today 9 June 2016 the
requisite majority of Shareholders voted in favour of the
resolutions. Therefore Resolutions 1 to 5 inclusive were passed as
ordinary resolutions and Resolution 6 was passed as a special
resolution:
Resolution 1
To receive the Company's accounts and the reports of the
directors and the auditor on those accounts for the year ended 30
January 2016.
Resolution 2
To re-elect Tom Athron as a director.
Resolution 3
To re-elect Rob Collins as a director.
Resolution 4
To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company to hold office
from the conclusion of the meeting until the conclusion of the next
meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.
Resolution 5
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the
Auditor.
Resolution 6
That the Company be and is hereby authorised to make market
purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies
Act 2006) of its 5 per cent Cumulative Preference stock ('the 5 per
cent stock') and its 7 1/2 per cent Cumulative Preference stock
('the 7 1/2 per cent stock') on such terms and in such manner as
the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that:
-- The maximum number of shares in its 5 per cent stock hereby
authorised to be acquired is 3,696,995 shares;
-- The maximum number of shares in its 7 1/2 per cent stock
hereby authorised to be acquired is 500,000 shares;
-- The minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
for any 5 per cent stock is the nominal amount of that share;
-- The minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
for any 7 1/2 per cent stock is the nominal amount of that
share;
-- The maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
for any 5 per cent stock or 7 1/2 per cent stock is the higher of
(i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market
quotations for the 5 per cent stock or 7 1/2 per cent stock (as
appropriate) as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily
Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the
day on which such share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) the
higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest
current independent bid for the 5 per cent stock or the 7 1/2 per
cent stock (as appropriate) on the trading venues where the market
purchases by the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by
this Resolution 6 will be carried out at the relevant time;
-- The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the end of the
next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on 30
August 2017 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the
Company in general meeting; and
-- The Company may make a contract to purchase its 5 per cent
stock or 7 1/2 per cent stock under the authority hereby conferred
prior to the expiry of such authority, which contract will or may
be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such
authority, and may purchase its 5 per cent stock or 7 1/2 per cent
stock in pursuance of any such contract as if the authority had not
ended.
Copies of the resolutions passed have been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Company official responsible for making this announcement: Emma
Sullivan, Assistant Company Secretary, Tel: +44 207 592 5924
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