At the Annual General Meeting of Howden Joinery Group Plc held on 16 May 2011, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.

Resolution Number		Votes for (including discretionary votes)	Votes against	Total number of votes validly cast	Percentage of the Company's issued share capital represented by votes validly cast	Votes withheld*
1	Annual report & accounts	445,552,555	14,558	445,567,113	70.29%	3,788
2	Re-elect Will Samuel	444,968,245	591,656	445,559,901	70.29%	10,800
3	Re-elect Angus Cockburn	444,968,743	591,608	445,560,351	70.29%	10,550
4	Re-elect Michael Wemms	444,960,739	600,112	445,560,851	70.29%	10,050
5	Re-elect Ian Smith	420,411,935	13,104,608	433,516,543	68.39%	12,054,358
6	Re-elect Tiffany Hall	444,951,170	603,439	445,554,609	70.29%	16,292
7	Re-elect Matthew Ingle	444,958,321	601,647	445,559,968	70.29%	10,933
8	Re-elet Mark Robson	444,974,472	585,379	445,559,851	70.29%	11,050
9	Re-appoint Auditors	438,417,755	7,140,593	445,558,348	70.29%	12,553
10	Auditors' Remuneration	438,178,730	7,377,272	445,556,002	70.29%	14,899
11	Remuneration Report	429,274,953	5,239,021	434,513,974	68.54%	11,056,126
12	Authority to make political donations	442,726,542	2,509,051	445,235,593	70.24%	330,637
13	Authority to allot shares	434,207,996	1,450,258	435,658,254	68.72%	9,912,647
14	Disapply pre-emption rights	445,442,946	88,821	445,531,767	70.28%	39,134
15	Purchase own shares	445,490,966	71,342	445,562,308	70.29%	8,593
16	Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice	436,793,182	8,761,311	445,554,493	70.29%	14,658

*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.

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 www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

Enquiries should be directed to:
Caroline Bishop, Company Secretary:	+44 (0)207 535 1140