2 September 2025
Grainger plc
("Grainger"/ the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
At a General Meeting of Grainger plc held on Monday 1 September 2025, the special resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting within the Circular to Shareholders dated 30 July 2025 was passed by Shareholders on a poll and details of the votes cast are set out below. 601,191,511 proxy votes were received representing 81.07% of the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
The following table gives details of the proxy votes lodged with Grainger's registrar:
Special Resolution |
Total votes for/discretion |
% [1] |
Total votes against |
% |
Total votes cast |
Total votes withheld |
THAT the articles of association containing, inter alia, amendments recommended for the purposes of the Company's entry into the REIT Regime, be adopted as the articles of association in substitution for and to the exclusion of all existing articles of association. |
594,525,442 |
98.89 |
6,666,069 |
1.11 |
601,191,511 |
16,324 |
As at the date of the General Meeting , there were 741,609,008 [2] ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the special resolution passed and the Company's new Articles of Association will be submitted to the FCA and will be available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") at: data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the Company's Circular to Shareholders dated 30 July 2025 and the new Articles of Association are available to download from the Company's website corporate.graingerplc.co.uk.
The contents of the NSM and any websites accessible from hyperlinks on the NSM are not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.
Further information is available from:
Sapna B FitzGerald,
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
www.graingerplc.co.uk
[1] These are votes received supporting the resolution or granting the Chairman or another third-party discretion to vote on their behalf in respect of the resolution.
[2] As at close of business on Thursday 28 August 2025, Grainger plc holds 1,506,300 shares in Treasury and has 741,609,008 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).