Result of AGM

Whitbread PLC
22 June 2023
 

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions                                                                    22 June 2023

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 22 June 2023 (the "AGM"), all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The results of the AGM are as follows:









RESOLUTION 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1. To receive the

Annual Report and

Accounts for the

year ended

2 March 2023

134,019,141

99.85

203,311

0.15

134,222,452

63.40%

192,048

2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

126,239,328

93.97

8,099,223

6.03

134,338,551

63.46%

75,949

3. To declare a final dividend of 49.8p per ordinary share

134,391,881

99.98

21,071

0.02

134,412,952

63.49%

1,548

4. To elect Dominic Paul as a director

134,060,237

99.76

317,885

0.24

134,378,122

63.48%

36,378

5. To elect Karen Jones as a director

134,318,397

99.95

60,645

0.05

134,379,042

63.48%

35,458

6.To elect Cilla Snowball as a director

134,310,043

99.95

67,187

0.05

134,377,230

63.48%

37,270

7.To re-elect David Atkins as a director

129,603,240

96.43

4,792,146

3.57

134,395,386

63.49%

19,114

8. To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director

129,956,821

96.70

4,441,549

3.30

134,398,370

63.49%

16,130

9.To re-elect Horst Baier as a director

132,212,921

98.37

2,184,319

1.63

134,397,240

63.49%

17,260

10.To re-elect Fumbi Chima as a director

132,571,878

98.64

1,825,970

1.36

134,397,848

63.49%

16,652

11. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director

122,939,257

92.76

9,594,119

7.24

132,533,376

62.61%

1,881,191

12. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director

127,639,156

94.97

6,759,809

5.03

134,398,965

63.49%

15,602

13. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director

129,602,333

96.43

4,795,378

3.57

134,397,711

63.49%

16,856

14. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director

132,209,770

98.37

2,187,967

1.63

134,397,737

63.49%

16,830

15. To re-elect Hemant Patel as a director

133,961,614

99.67

436,942

0.33

134,398,556

63.49%

16,011

16. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor

132,572,477

99.96

49,375

0.04

132,621,852

62.65%

1,792,785

17. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration

134,393,830

99.99

10,907

0.01

134,404,737

63.49%

9,830

18. To authorise the Company to make political donations

126,398,706

94.64

7,161,799

5.36

133,560,505

63.09%

854,132

19. To authorise the Board to allot shares

122,748,794

91.33

11,653,307

8.67

134,402,101

63.49%

12,465

20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

129,989,710

96.77

4,338,534

3.23

134,328,244

63.45%

86,323

21. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment

128,093,719

95.36

6,234,150

4.64

134,327,869

63.45%

86,698

22. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares

132,328,192

98.50

2,013,379

1.50

134,341,571

63.46%

72,996

23. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice

127,350,091

94.75

7,057,615

5.25

134,407,706

63.49%

6,931

24. To approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association (LIBOR Amendments)

134,352,461

99.97

38,245

0.03

134,390,706

63.48%

23,861

25. To approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association (General Amendments)

132,327,144

98.54

1,964,540

1.46

134,291,684

63.44%

122,883

 

 

 

 

 

A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

Following the AGM: (i) a meeting of the holders of B preference shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "B Class Meeting"), opened at 3.25 pm on 22 June 2023; and (ii) a meeting of the holders of C preference shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "C Class Meeting"), opened at 3.35 pm on 22 June 2023. The B Class Meeting and C Class Meeting were adjourned due to a lack of quorum.

 

Notice is hereby given that:

 

(A)  the B Class Meeting has been adjourned to 10.00 am on Monday 3 July 2023 at Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue, Dunstable, LU5 5XE (the "Adjourned B Class Meeting"); and

 

(B)  the C Class Meeting has been adjourned to 10.05 am (or immediately following the conclusion of the Adjourned B Class Meeting, if later) on Monday 3 July 2023 at Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue, Dunstable, LU5 5XE (the "Adjourned C Class Meeting").

 

Further information concerning the business to be transacted at the Adjourned B Class Meeting and Adjourned C Class Meeting is set out in the Notice of B Class Meeting dated 18 May 2023 and the Notice of C Class Meeting dated 18 May 2023, copies of which are available on the Company's website at https://www.whitbread.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/.

 

Resolution 24, which was passed by the holders of ordinary shares at the Annual General Meeting, was contingent on the passing of resolutions at each of the B and C Share Class meetings and will therefore only come into effect in the event that the resolutions are approved at the Adjourned B Class Meeting and Adjourned C Class Meeting on 3 July 2023.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Investor queries | Whitbread | investorrelations@whitbread.com

 

 

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