Results of AGM

RNS Number : 4555Z
Restaurant Group PLC
17 May 2019
 

 

The Restaurant Group plc

 

(the "Company")

 

Results of AGM

 

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 17th May 2019.

Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes Withheld

1.     Report and Accounts 2018

426,858,477

99.51

2,111,317

0.49

428,969,794

313,311

2.     Directors' Remuneration Report

424,569,280

98.91

4,696,144

1.09

429,265,424

17,680

3.     Declare a final dividend

429,243,584

99.99

26,963

0.01

429,270,547

12,558

4.     Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director

399,412,557

93.07

29,723,036

6.93

429,135,593

147,511

5.     Re-elect Andy McCue as a Director

415,236,735

96.73

14,018,529

3.27

429,255,264

27,841

6.     Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director

427,649,842

99.63

1,600,324

0.37

429,250,166

32,939

7.     Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director

427,272,944

99.54

1,982,688

0.46

429,255,632

27,473

8.     Re-elect Simon Cloke as a Director

400,085,607

93.20

29,170,435

6.80

429,256,042

27,062

9.     Re-elect Mike Tye as a Director

427,278,215

99.54

1,973,417

0.46

429,251,632

31,473

10.  Re-appoint Allan Leighton as a Director

428,761,390

99.88

494,498

0.12

429,255,888

27,217

11.  Re-appoint EY as Auditor

428,800,357

99.89

467,881

0.11

429,268,238

14,867

12.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration

426,679,882

99.40

2,591,412

0.60

429,271,294

11,811

13.  Authority to allot shares

400,852,094

93.38

28,403,805

6.62

429,255,899

27,206

14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general)

403,460,754

93.99

25,787,687

6.01

429,248,441

34,664

15.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing)

395,570,047

92.15

33,678,393

7.85

429,248,440

34,664

16.  Authority to purchase own shares

426,543,160

99.61

1,665,760

0.39

428,208,920

1,074,184

17.  Short notice of general meetings

416,833,028

97.10

12,448,302

2.90

429,281,330

1,775

18.  Cancellation of share premium account

429,177,233

99.99

47,649

0.01

429,224,882

58,223

 

Notes:

1)    The total number of shares in issue at 17 May 2017 was 491,496,230.

2)    Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.

3)    Certified copies of resolutions 13 to 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm.

4)    A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

 

Enquiries:                                                              

 

Jean-Paul Rabin, Company Secretary                                     Tel: 020 3117 5001

 


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