Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3849D

Marston's PLC

28 January 2015

 

Result of AGM

28 January 2015

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2015, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll.  Full details of the total number of votes received for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Resolution	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital	Votes withheld
1) Annual Report and Accounts	99,532,109	99.91%	87,122	0.09%	99,632,204	58.88%	12,973
2) Declare a final dividend	99,536,393	99.90%	94,874	0.10%	99,632,204	58.89%	937
3) Elect Carolyn Bradley	99,370,095	99.77%	233,297	0.23%	99,632,204	58.87%	28,812
4) Elect Catherine Glickman	99,392,500	99.79%	209,481	0.21%	99,632,204	58.87%	30,223
5) Re-elect Andrew Andrea	99,243,898	99.63%	364,513	0.37%	99,632,204	58.88%	23,793
6) Re-elect Nicholas Backhouse	99,439,937	99.83%	164,729	0.17%	99,632,204	58.87%	27,538
7) Re-elect Peter Dalzell	99,240,264	99.63%	367,651	0.37%	99,632,204	58.88%	24,289
8) Re-elect Roger Devlin	99,453,813	99.84%	159,647	0.16%	99,632,204	58.88%	18,744
9) Re-elect Ralph Findlay	97,227,126	97.61%	2,382,607	2.39%	99,632,204	58.88%	22,471
10) Re-elect Neil Goulden	99,461,921	99.85%	145,082	0.15%	99,632,144	58.88%	25,141
11) Re-elect Robin Rowland	99,465,777	99.87%	132,887	0.13%	99,632,204	58.87%	33,540
12) Re-appoint Auditors	98,118,672	99.82%	172,428	0.18%	99,632,205	58.10%	1,341,105
13) Authorise Auditors' remuneration	99,095,784	99.82%	181,488	0.18%	99,632,204	58.68%	354,932
14) Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	97,950,014	99.46%	535,561	0.54%	99,632,204	58.21%	1,146,629
15) Authority to allot shares	99,453,791	99.87%	131,954	0.13%	99,632,204	58.86%	46,459
16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights	97,208,930	97.62%	2,372,446	2.38%	99,632,204	58.86%	50,828
17) Authority to purchase of own shares	99,431,661	99.82%	175,570	0.18%	99,632,204	58.88%	24,973
18) Short notice of general meetings	90,802,716	91.15%	8,815,048	8.85%	99,632,091	58.88%	14,327

Notes:

(i)         Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)         Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii)        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv)        A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

 

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