Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3071S
Whitbread PLC
07 July 2020
 

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions    7 July 2020

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 7 July 2020, 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

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended

27 February 2020

138,129,502

99.39%

846,972

0.61%

138,976,474

68.86%

3,091,655

2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

107,891,324

83.20%

21,786,928

16.80%

129,678,252

64.25%

12,389,877

3. To elect Horst Baier as a director

140,561,062

99.53%

670,771

0.47%

141,231,833

69.97%

836,296

4. To re-elect David Atkins as a director

139,904,098

99.06%

1,330,233

0.94%

141,234,331

69.98%

833,798

5. To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director

140,268,572

99.31%

975,644

0.69%

141,244,216

69.98%

823,913

6. To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director

140,226,982

99.28%

1,010,314

0.72%

141,237,296

69.98%

830,833

7. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director

126,802,211

89.79%

14,425,799

10.21%

141,228,010

69.97%

840,119

8. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director

123,643,067

90.81%

12,508,511

9.19%

136,151,578

67.46%

5,916,551

9. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director

139,288,794

98.62%

1,945,616

1.38%

141,234,410

69.98%

833,719

10. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director

139,920,535

99.07%

1,314,536

0.93%

141,235,071

69.98%

833,058

11. To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a director

140,483,881

99.47%

754,786

0.53%

141,238,667

69.98%

829,462

12 To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director

140,277,293

99.32%

959,911

0.68%

141,237,204

69.98%

830,925

13. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director

140,502,560

99.48%

734,040

0.52%

141,236,600

69.98%

831,529

14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor

138,114,347

97.91%

2,951,334

2.09%

141,065,681

69.89%

1,002,448

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

140,605,528

99.67%

462,417

0.33%

141,067,945

69.89%

1,000,184

16. To authorise the Company to make political donations

137,284,908

96.78%

4,564,128

3.22%

141,849,036

70.28%

219,093

17. To authorise the Board to allot shares

133,746,266

94.29%

8,101,790

5.71%

141,848,056

70.28%

220,073

Special Resolutions

18. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

136,337,763

96.24%

5,329,528

3.76%

141,667,291

70.19%

400,838

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

134,122,507

94.68%

7,543,275

5.32%

141,665,782

70.19%

402,347

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

138,344,527

98.13%

2,636,841

1.87%

140,981,368

69.85%

1,086,761

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

134,374,102

95.25%

6,694,285

4.75%

141,068,387

69.89%

999,742

° 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.

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

 

 

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 .

 

Contact:  Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346    

 

 


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