Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4952M

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

29 January 2009

 



2009 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Mitchells & Butlers plc was held on Thursday
29 January 2009 at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham
B1 2EA at 11am, all of the Board Directors were in attendance.

Resolution 3(d) regarding the reappointment of George Fairweather was withdrawn at the meeting due to him stepping down as a Director of Mitchells & Butlers plc on 31 December 2008. The results of polls on resolutions 1 to 6 and 8 to 12 were passed by the required majority, resolution 7 did not receive the required majority of votes. The results were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For (Note)*	Votes Against	Total Votes
-----------------------		----------------	----------------	----------------
1.	Report & Accounts	124,476,875	828,802	125,305,677
2.	Remuneration Report	123,315,232	89,178,866	212,494,098
3(a)	Reappointment of Tim Clarke	126,750,818	436,390	127,187,208
3(b)	Reappointment of Sir Tim Lankester	124,639,522	1,183,816	125,823,338
3(c)	Reappointment of Jeremy Townsend	126,789,686	394,137	127,183,823
4.	Reappointment of Auditors	125,697,405	974,456	126,671,861
5.	Auditors' Remuneration	126,625,234	998,744	127,623,978
6.	Allotment of Shares	113,980,332	101,614,245	215,594,577
7.	Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights**	113,482,636	101,642,837	215,125,473
8.	Authority to Purchase Own Shares**	127,475,431	159,454	127,634,885
9.	Political Donations	111,880,614	15,563,442	127,444,056
10.	Borrowing Powers**	127,343,515	202,421	127,545,936
11.	Articles of Association**	127,507,421	84,760	127,592,181
12.	Notice Period for Extraordinary General Meetings**	124,093,414	1,202,492	125,295,906

Note:

*The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

**Special resolutions

The number of shares in issue at 11am on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 was 405,763,410 excluding shares held in Treasury.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for viewing at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, the address of which is shown below, and also on the Company's website www.mbplc.com. A copy of the resolutions passed under special business (as defined by the listing rules of the UK Listing Authority) has been submitted to and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at the address below.

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Tel. [phone]

Rachel Benjamin
Assistant Company Secretary
Telephone [phone]

 

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