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J Sainsbury plc announced the results of its Annual General Meeting held on 03 July 2025. Shareholders approved all 21 proposed resolutions, including the declaration of a final dividend of 9.7 pence per ordinary share for the 52 weeks to 1 March 2025. For most resolutions, votes cast represented approximately 67.16% of the total voting rights of 2,309,644,958 shares as of 1 July 2025.
| Date | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Time | 16:10:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6756P |
J Sainsbury plc
(the Company)
Results of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution. The Board was pleased to see all resolutions approved by shareholders.
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Votes For |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes cast |
Votes cast as a % of ISC |
Votes Withheld1 |
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1 |
To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 52 weeks to 1 March 2025. |
1,549,127,912 |
100.00 |
71,570 |
0.00 |
1,549,199,482 |
67.08% |
3,024,460 |
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2 |
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration |
1,518,462,736 |
97.89 |
32,699,257 |
2.11 |
1,551,161,993 |
67.16% |
1,061,508 |
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3 |
To declare a final dividend of 9.7 pence per ordinary share in respect of the 52 weeks to 1 March 2025. |
1,547,465,254 |
99.75 |
3,853,714 |
0.25 |
1,551,318,968 |
67.17% |
906,549 |
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4 |
To re-elect Bláthnaid Bergin as a Director. |
1,548,599,628 |
99.83 |
2,588,146 |
0.17 |
1,551,187,774 |
67.16% |
1,036,860 |
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5 |
To re-elect Jo Bertram as a Director |
1,519,086,724 |
97.93 |
32,135,810 |
2.07 |
1,551,222,534 |
67.16% |
999,595 |
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6 |
To elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a Director |
1,545,373,456 |
99.63 |
5,781,361 |
0.37 |
1,551,154,817 |
67.16% |
1,070,365 |
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7 |
To elect Steve Hare as a Director |
1,549,155,765 |
99.87 |
2,002,505 |
0.13 |
1,551,158,270 |
67.16% |
1,066,888 |
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8 |
To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director |
1,514,500,002 |
97.64 |
36,646,845 |
2.36 |
1,551,146,847 |
67.16% |
1,078,309 |
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9 |
To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director |
1,510,700,211 |
97.39 |
40,498,286 |
2.61 |
1,551,198,497 |
67.16% |
1,026,406 |
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10 |
To re-elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director |
1,518,172,229 |
97.87 |
33,002,644 |
2.13 |
1,551,174,873 |
67.16% |
1,050,283 |
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11 |
To re-elect Simon Roberts as a Director |
1,550,625,735 |
99.96 |
598,023 |
0.04 |
1,551,223,758 |
67.16% |
1,001,605 |
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12 |
To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director |
1,493,522,109 |
96.28 |
57,678,840 |
3.72 |
1,551,200,949 |
67.16% |
1,024,207 |
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13 |
To re-elect Keith Weed as a Director |
1,519,044,275 |
97.93 |
32,124,054 |
2.07 |
1,551,168,329 |
67.16% |
1,050,164 |
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14 |
To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor |
1,548,358,133 |
99.82 |
2,842,284 |
0.18 |
1,551,200,417 |
67.16% |
1,023,287 |
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15 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
1,550,254,990 |
99.93 |
1,012,954 |
0.07 |
1,551,267,944 |
67.16% |
954,893 |
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16 |
Directors' general authority to allot shares |
1,527,471,827 |
98.47 |
23,776,981 |
1.53 |
1,551,248,808 |
67.16% |
974,029 |
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17 |
Directors' general authority to disapply pre-emption rights without restriction as to use (Special Resolution) |
1,501,500,664 |
96.80 |
49,691,126 |
3.20 |
1,551,191,790 |
67.16% |
1,028,008 |
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18 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments (Special Resolution) |
1,501,549,542 |
96.80 |
49,650,729 |
3.20 |
1,551,200,271 |
67.16% |
1,020,232 |
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19 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
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1,549,177,928 |
99.91 |
1,334,583 |
0.09 |
1,550,512,511 |
67.13% |
1,710,414 |
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20 |
To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure' |
1,295,730,591 |
99.13 |
11,399,293 |
0.87 |
1,307,129,884 |
56.59% |
245,093,318 |
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21 |
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) |
1,449,451,473 |
93.43 |
101,856,498 |
6.57 |
1,551,307,971 |
67.17% |
905,551 |
1A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at 1 July 2025 was 2,309,644,958 shares of 284/7 pence.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm.
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