At an extraordinary general meeting of Morrisons shareholders today, the bid from the New York-based private equity firm was waved through with more than 75% of required shareholders backing the proposed deal. 

Morrisons chair Andy Higginson said: “We thank shareholders for the strong support received at today’s meetings. We remain confident that CD&R will be a responsible, thoughtful and careful owner of Morrisons and we will now move forward with the remaining steps in the acquisition process.”