RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Bunzl plc (the "Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 24 April 2024 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The AGM voting results are as follows:
| Company name: | Bunzl plc |
| Meeting date: | 24 April 2024 |
| Number of cards (shareholders) at voting record date: | 4,259 |
| Issued share capital at voting record date: | 338,035,561 |
| Number of votes per share: | 1 |
| Resolution (No. as noted on the Form of Proxy) | Votes For (including votes at Chairman's discretion) | % of shares voted | Votes Against | % of shares voted | Votes Withheld* | |
| Ordinary resolutions: | | |||||
| 1 | To receive and consider the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 together with the reports of the directors and auditors. | 290,294,995 | 99.59% | 1,199,820 | 0.41% | 289,502 |
| 2 | To declare a final dividend. | 290,391,207 | 99.53% | 1,372,825 | 0.47% | 18,600 |
| 3 | To re-appoint Peter Ventress as a director. | 273,831,885 | 94.27% | 16,637,405 | 5.73% | 1,315,026 |
| 4 | To re-appoint Frank van Zanten as a director. | 291,616,141 | 99.95% | 137,823 | 0.05% | 30,353 |
| 5 | To re-appoint Richard Howes as a director. | 290,454,655 | 99.55% | 1,298,457 | 0.45% | 31,205 |
| 6 | To re-appoint Lloyd Pitchford as a director. | 281,602,922 | 96.95% | 8,866,354 | 3.05% | 1,315,041 |
| 7 | To re-appoint Stephan Nanninga as a director. | 277,821,983 | 95.23% | 13,931,045 | 4.77% | 31,289 |
| 8 | To re-appoint Vin Murria as a director. | 266,668,852 | 91.40% | 25,084,175 | 8.60% | 31,290 |
| 9 | To re-appoint Pam Kirby as a director. | 283,465,168 | 97.16% | 8,287,944 | 2.84% | 31,205 |
| 10 | To re-appoint Jacky Simmonds as a director. | 280,422,724 | 96.54% | 10,053,234 | 3.46% | 1,308,359 |
| 11 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors. | 289,559,030 | 99.24% | 2,203,867 | 0.76% | 21,420 |
| 12 | To authorise the directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine the remuneration of the auditors. | 291,736,636 | 99.99% | 18,896 | 0.01% | 28,785 |
| 13 | Approval of the remuneration policy. | 264,037,122 | 90.50% | 27,714,210 | 9.50% | 32,984 |
| 14 | Approval of the remuneration report. | 277,729,411 | 95.19% | 14,020,907 | 4.81% | 33,998 |
| 15 | Approval of the Long Term Incentive Plan 2024. | 275,047,652 | 94.27% | 16,703,972 | 5.73% | 32,692 |
| 16 | Authority to allot ordinary shares. | 272,136,307 | 93.27% | 19,625,723 | 6.73% | 22,287 |
| Special resolutions: | | |||||
| 17 | General authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | 289,206,841 | 99.33% | 1,957,904 | 0.67% | 619,572 |
| 18 | Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. | 288,131,264 | 98.96% | 3,032,017 | 1.04% | 621,036 |
| 19 | To renew the authority to purchase own shares. | 290,426,886 | 99.55% | 1,310,556 | 0.45% | 46,875 |
| 20 | Authority that a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 271,209,795 | 92.96% | 20,552,244 | 7.04% | 22,274 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Suzanne Jefferies
General Counsel & Company Secretary
24 April 2024
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