Howden Joinery : Results of Annual General Meeting (070526)

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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 1 May 2025, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) at the close of business on 30 April 2025 was 548,585,474. The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below: Votes for (including discretionary votes) % Votes for Votes against % Votes against Total number of votes validly cast % of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast Votes withheld* Ordinary Resolutions 1 To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts 456,168,435 100.00% 13,623 0.00% 456,182,058 84.24% 208,522 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 428,423,499 95.33% 20,974,357 4.67% 449,397,856 82.99% 6,992,724 3 To declare a final dividend of 16.9 pence per ordinary share 456,365,323 100.00% 6,397 0.00% 456,371,720 84.28% 18,860 4 To elect Jacqueline Callaway 453,993,393 99.48% 2,355,373 0.52% 456,348,766 84.27% 41,814 5 To re-elect Roisin Currie 451,670,367 98.98% 4,634,862 1.02% 456,305,229 84.26% 85,351 6 To re-elect Louis Eperjesi 425,158,456 98.64% 5,877,624 1.36% 431,036,080 79.60% 25,354,500 7 To re-elect Louise Fowler 451,658,632 98.98% 4,645,313 1.02% 456,303,945 84.26% 86,634 8 To re-elect Andrew Livingston 455,450,918 99.81% 857,485 0.19% 456,308,403 84.26% 82,176 9 To re-elect Tim Lodge 449,957,767 98.61% 6,344,779 1.39% 456,302,546 84.26% 88,033 10 To re-elect Vanda Murray 443,915,294 97.29% 12,386,734 2.71% 456,302,028 84.26% 88,551 11 To re-elect Suzy Neubert 451,666,371 98.98% 4,633,118 1.02% 456,299,489 84.26% 91,090 12 To re-elect Peter Ventress 433,404,428 94.98% 22,895,469 5.02% 456,299,897 84.26% 90,682 13 To reappoint KPMG LLP ('KPMG') as auditor 456,237,819 99.98% 113,600 0.02% 456,351,419 84.27% 39,160 14 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration 456,260,172 99.98% 88,519 0.02% 456,348,691 84.27% 41,888 15 To renew authority to make political donations 421,031,351 97.69% 9,971,633 2.31% 431,002,984 79.59% 25,386,095 16 To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares 418,282,257 91.67% 38,027,535 8.33% 456,309,792 84.27% 80,787 Special Resolutions 17 To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of pre-emption rights 429,385,850 99.62% 1,650,208 0.38% 431,036,058 79.60% 25,354,521 18 To renew the Directors' authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares 456,127,610 99.98% 103,974 0.02% 456,231,584 84.25% 158,995 19 To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice 445,707,446 97.66% 10,662,236 2.34% 456,369,682 84.28% 20,897 *A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions. Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: https://www.howdenjoinerygroupplc.com/investors/shareholder/agm/ In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/ #/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Enquiries Forbes McNaughton, Company Secretary: +44 (0) 207 535 1110

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