Marks and Spencer Group plc
Result of AGM
Marks and Spencer Group plc (the "Company") today, 7 July 2026, held its Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 21 were passed by shareholders. The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:
MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC - AGM - 7 JULY 2026 - POLL RESULT | For (see note 1) Against (see note 1) Number of votes Withheld (See note 2) Total Capital Instructed | Resolution No. of shares % No. of shares % | 1 Receive Annual Report and Accounts 1,439,252,574 99.98 301,242 0.02 1,569,532 69.30% | 2 Approve the Remuneration Report 1,380,027,462 95.78 60,860,830 4.22 235,057 69.30% | 3 Approve the Remuneration Policy 1,351,968,392 93.83 88,829,983 6.17 324,614 69.30% | 4 Approve the final dividend 1,440,926,604 99.99 123,671 0.01 77,412 69.30% | 5 Re-elect Archie Norman 1,405,955,425 97.57 35,030,618 2.43 140,983 69.30% | 6 Re-elect Stuart Machin 1,433,821,239 99.50 7,152,918 0.50 153,568 69.30% | 7 Re-elect Alison Dolan 1,432,266,690 99.40 8,657,872 0.60 203,163 69.30% | 8 Re-elect Fiona Dawson 1,365,038,413 94.73 75,873,452 5.27 215,860 69.30% | 9 Re-elect Evelyn Bourke 1,411,402,461 97.95 29,513,154 2.05 212,110 69.30% | 10 Re-elect Tamara Ingram 1,394,211,424 96.76 46,687,031 3.24 224,572 69.30% | 11 Re-elect Sapna Sood 1,404,531,527 97.48 36,369,173 2.52 222,327 69.30% | 12 Elect Roger Burnley 1,434,828,499 99.58 6,060,661 0.42 233,867 69.30% | 13 Elect Sean Doyle 1,439,523,061 99.91 1,347,756 0.09 252,210 69.30% | 14 Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors 1,391,251,634 96.55 49,737,800 3.45 133,594 69.30% | 15 Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine auditors' remuneration 1,408,750,261 97.82 31,440,873 2.18 931,894 69.30% | 16 Authorise the Company, and its subsidiaries, to make political donations 1,413,130,501 98.55 20,819,561 1.45 7,172,966 69.30% | 17 Authorise allotment of ordinary shares 1,390,148,567 96.48 50,791,846 3.52 182,614 69.30% | 18 General disapplication pre-emption rights* 1,342,688,149 93.19 98,142,355 6.81 291,823 69.30% | 19 Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights* 1,273,975,523 88.42 166,845,959 11.58 301,545 69.30% | 20 Authorise purchase of own shares* 1,440,108,239 99.96 642,287 0.04 376,017 69.30% | 21 Call general meetings on 14 days' notice* 1,391,477,038 96.57 49,488,293 3.43 157,786 69.30% | * Special Resolution | NOTES: 1 Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. 2 A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. 3 Total number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on 3 July 2026 = 2,079,636,943 shares. 69.30% of voting capital was instructed. |
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2(R), copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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