31 October 2024
The Manager
Market Announcements Office
Australian Securities Exchange
Dear Manager
RESULTS OF 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
We advise that at the Wesfarmers Limited 2024 Annual General Meeting held on 31 October 2024, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, to be voted on at the meeting, were decided on a poll and were passed. The Notice of Meeting was lodged with the Australian Securities Exchange on
6 September 2024.
Item | Resolution | Result |
2(a) | Re-election of Alison Mary Watkins AO | Passed as an ordinary resolution |
2(b) | Election of Kathryn Marian Munnings | Passed as an ordinary resolution |
2(c) | Election of Frederich (Tom) von Oertzen | Passed as an ordinary resolution |
3 | Increase in Remuneration Pool for Non-executive | Passed as an ordinary resolution |
Directors | ||
4 | Adoption of the Remuneration Report | Passed as an ordinary resolution |
5 Grant of KEEPP Deferred Shares and KEEPP Passed as an ordinary resolution Performance Shares to the Group Managing Director
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.13.2 and section 251AA(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth):
- votes cast for each resolution by way of a poll, are set out on the following page; and
- details of the final proxy votes and direct votes are attached as Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 respectively.
Yours faithfully
Sheldon Renkema
Executive General Manager
Company Secretariat
This announcement was authorised to be given to the ASX by the Wesfarmers Company Secretary.
Poll results for Wesfarmers Limited 2024 Annual General Meeting
Resolution
Item 2(a) Re-election of Alison Mary Watkins AO
Item 2(b) Election of Kathryn Marian Munnings
Item 2(c) Election of Friedrich (Tom) von Oertzen
Item 3 Increase in Remuneration Pool for Non-executive Directors
Item 4 Adoption of the Remuneration Report
Item 5 Grant of KEEPP Deferred Shares and KEEPP Performance Shares to the Group Managing Director
Poll
(total number of votes cast on the poll, including proxy votes and direct votes)
For | Against | Abstain* |
549,590,585 | 15,991,486 | 6,535,681 |
97.17% | 2.83% | |
560,526,395 | 4,766,224 | 6,810,754 |
99.16% | 0.84% | |
560,027,674 | 5,233,624 | 6,816,322 |
99.07% | 0.93% | |
555,996,681 | 8,184,848 | 7,247,537 |
98.55% | 1.45% | |
542,177,012 | 20,645,128 | 8,298,465 |
96.33% | 3.67% | |
549,672,406 | 13,438,909 | 8,431,549 |
97.61% | 2.39% | |
Result
Carried
Carried
Carried
Carried
Carried
Carried
*Votes cast by a person who abstains on an item are not counted in calculating the required majority on a poll.
Wesfarmers Limited Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting | Page 2 of 4 |
Appendix 1 - Final proxy votes
Proxy votes | ||||||||||||
Resolution | (as at proxy close) | |||||||||||
For | Against | Proxy's Discretion | Abstain | |||||||||
Item 2(a) | Re-election of Alison Mary Watkins AO | 515,029,927 | 14,709,812 | 8,962,119 | 5,825,486 | |||||||
Item 2(b) | Election of Kathryn Marian Munnings | 526,044,149 | 3,640,505 | 8,968,411 | 5,874,279 | |||||||
Item 2(c) Election of Friedrich (Tom) von Oertzen | 525,718,422 | 3,988,398 | 8,970,028 | 5,849,264 | ||||||||
Item 3 | Increase in Remuneration Pool for Non-executive | 527,908,481 | 1,833,023 | 8,707,507 | 6,076,052 | |||||||
Directors | ||||||||||||
Item 3 | Adoption of the Remuneration Report | 512,588,293 | 16,183,536 | 8,744,277 | 7,009,479 | |||||||
Item 4 | Grant of KEEPP Deferred Shares and KEEPP | 521,367,859 | 7,167,360 | 8,694,468 | 7,295,898 | |||||||
Performance Shares to the Group Managing Director | ||||||||||||
Wesfarmers Limited Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting | Page 3 of 4 |
Appendix 2 - Final direct votes
Resolution
Item 2(a) Re-election of Alison Mary Watkins AO
Item 2(b) Election of Kathryn Marian Munnings
Item 2(c) Election of Friedrich (Tom) von Oertzen
Item 3 Increase in Remuneration Pool for Non-executive Directors
Item 4 Adoption of the Remuneration Report
Item 5 Grant of KEEPP Deferred Shares and KEEPP Performance Shares to the Group Managing Director
Direct votes
(as at close of direct voting)
For | Against | Abstain |
22,342,060 | 1,264,628 | 707,132 |
22,254,736 | 1,112,019 | 931,831 |
22,080,409 | 1,230,135 | 963,521 |
17,169,277 | 5,999,071 | 1,121,957 |
18,831,882 | 4,204,959 | 1,245,043 |
17,236,058 | 5,977,098 | 1,083,425 |
Wesfarmers Limited Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting | Page 4 of 4 |