AGM Statement

RNS Number : 9384W

Whitbread PLC

17 June 2008

 



Whitbread PLC - AGM Resolutions - 19 June 2008
Whitbread PLC announces that all 13 resolutions at Tuesday's Annual General Meeting were
passed on a show of hands. For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:
AGM Resolutions	For	Against	Abstained
1. To receive the Annual Report and	90,707,794	316,633	71,950
Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2008
2. To approve the Remuneration Report	88,095,984	2,561,758	438,620
3. To declare a final dividend of 26.90p per	91,038,803	1,257	56,317
ordinary share
4. To elect Wendy Becker as a director	90,198,610	790,812	106,955
5. To elect Stephen Williams as a director	90,155,796	826,361	114,205
6. To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a director	90,155,661	838,139	102,562
7. To re-elect Philip Clarke as a director	90,129,179	867,280	99,903
8. To re-appoint the auditor and to	87,597,977	1,254,352	2,244,033
authorise the directors to set the auditor's
remuneration
9. To renew the authority given to the directors	89,136,774	1,205,442	754,146
to allot shares
10. To renew the authority given to the directors	89,562,628	729,718	804,031
to allot equity securities for cash other than on a
pro-rata basis including authority to sell treasury
shares
11. To give the Company authority to purchase	90,938,894	70,302	87,166
its shares
12. To give the Company authority to purchase	90,624,942	371,858	99,577
its C Shares
13. To adopt the new Articles of Association	90,316,568	660,079	119,715
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Contact:
Daren Lowry - Head of Secretariat, Whitbread PLC - 01582 889346
Rachael Gardiner - Company Secretarial Assistant, Whitbread PLC - 01582 889337

 

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