Debenhams plc, Registration Number: 5448421

Results of Annual General Meeting

Debenhams plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 2pm today at Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1PB.  With the exception of Resolution 10 which was withdrawn at the meeting, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by shareholders on a show of hands. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18, the following resolutions are those which were passed at the meeting concerning special business:-

Resolution 12 - Notice Period for General Meetings

That a general meeting of the Company other than an AGM may be called on not less than 14 days' notice.

Resolution 13 - Adoption of New Articles of Association

That:

a)    the Articles of Association of the Company be amended by deleting all the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Association which, by virtue of section 28 of the Companies Act 2006, are to be treated as provisions of the Company's Articles of Association; and

b)    the Articles of Association produced to the AGM and signed by the Chairman of the AGM for the purposes of identification (the "New Articles") be adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association (the "Current Articles"), with effect from the conclusion of the AGM.

Paul Eardley

Company Secretary

12 January 2010