Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7845C

Marston's PLC

24 January 2018

 

Result of AGM

24 January 2018

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2018, 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	99,330,676	99.98%	17,104	0.02%	99,347,780	53.04%	29,254
2	Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	94,962,903	95.67%	4,300,620	4.33%	99,263,523	52.99%	113,505
3	Declare a final dividend	99,368,183	100.00%	4,793	0.00%	99,372,976	53.05%	4,059
4	Elect Matthew Roberts	99,277,009	99.96%	39,410	0.04%	99,316,419	53.02%	60,613
5	Re-elect Andrew Andrea	98,979,271	99.66%	341,484	0.34%	99,320,755	53.02%	56,277
6	Re-elect Carolyn Bradley	99,157,626	99.83%	172,565	0.17%	99,330,191	53.03%	46,840
7	Re-elect Roger Devlin	98,616,479	99.31%	686,737	0.69%	99,303,216	53.02%	73,816
8	Re-elect Ralph Findlay	98,500,749	99.16%	835,243	0.84%	99,335,992	53.03%	41,040
9	Re-elect Catherine Glickman	99,156,437	99.83%	173,337	0.17%	99,329,774	53.03%	47,258
10	Re-elect Robin Rowland	99,157,079	99.83%	171,469	0.17%	99,328,548	53.03%	48,485
11	Re-appoint PwC as Auditors	97,768,198	98.42%	1,564,491	1.58%	99,332,689	53.03%	43,789
12	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	99,126,585	99.78%	217,086	0.22%	99,343,671	53.04%	33,361
13	Authority to allot shares	83,280,317	83.85%	16,040,693	16.15%	99,321,010	53.03%	56,023
14	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	94,652,539	95.32%	4,646,767	4.68%	99,299,306	53.01%	77,727
15	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	97,785,867	98.46%	1,532,705	1.54%	99,318,572	53.02%	58,459
16	Short notice of general meetings	96,890,864	97.51%	2,477,127	2.49%	99,367,991	53.05%	8,833

Notes:

(i)         Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)         Resolutions 14 to 16 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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