Result of Annual General Meeting

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PPHE Hotel Group Limited announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting on May 19, 2026, including the re-election of independent directors. While most resolutions received overwhelming support, the Board noted votes against Resolution 12 and intends to engage with shareholders to understand the concerns. The company's Annual Report and Accounts were received with 100% approval, and a final dividend of 22 pence per ordinary share for the year ended December 31, 2025, was also approved with 100% of votes cast in favour. The reappointment of auditors and authorization for directors to determine their remuneration also passed with near-unanimous support.

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PPHE Hotel Group Limited
19 May 2026
 

19 May 2026

 

 

 

PPHE HOTEL GROUP LIMITED
("PPHE Hotel Group" or "the Company")

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

PPHE Hotel Group confirms that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 19 May 2026 at 12 noon, all of the resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were passed. Resolutions 9 to 12 relating to the re-election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below (independent shareholder votes cast being marked ***). The Board notes the votes cast against Resolution 12 and will endeavour to engage with shareholders to understand the reasons for the votes cast for that resolution. The Board values the views of all shareholders and is committed to constructive dialogue.

 

The full text of each resolution was included in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting (dated 12 March 2026) that was posted or e-mailed to shareholders and also made available on the Company's website www.pphe.com. The following table shows the results of the votes cast.

 

Resolution

Total votes cast

For (*)

Against (*)

Withheld (**)

Number

%

Number

%

Ordinary resolutions

1.

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

24,811,897

24,811,747

100.00%

150

0.00%

5,387

2.

To approve a final dividend of 22 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2025

24,817,064

24,816,914

100.00%

150

0.00%

220

3.

To approve the Company's Remuneration Report (advisory vote)

24,816,314

23,081,364

93.01%

1,734,950

6.99%

970

4.

To reappoint Brightman Almagor Zohar

& Co, a firm in the Deloitte Global Network, as auditors of the Company

24,817,064

24,815,664

99.99%

1,400

0.01%

220

5.

To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

24,817,064

24,816,090

100.00%

974

0.00%

220

6.

To re-elect Boris Ivesha (President & Chief Executive Officer)

24,817,064

24,756,234

99.75%

60,830

0.25%

220

7.

To re-elect Greg Hegarty (Co-Chief Executive Officer)

24,817,064

24,789,948

99.89%

27,116

0.11%

220

8.

To re-elect Daniel Kos (Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director)

24,817,064

24,758,247

99.76%

58,817

0.24%

220

9.

To re-elect Marcia Bakker (Non-Executive Director)

24,816,740

24,285,272

97.86%

531,468

2.14%

544

7,272,400

6,740,932

92.69%

531,468

7.31%

544

10.

To re-elect Kenneth Bradley (Non-Executive Chairman)

24,817,064

23,423,651

94.39%

1,393,413

5.61%

220

7,272,724

5,879,311

80.84%

1,393,413

19.16%

220

11.

To re-elect Stephanie Coxon (Non-Executive Director)

24,817,064

24,278,976

97.83%

538,088

2.17%

 220

7,272,724

6,734,636

92.60%

538,088

7.40%

 220

12.

To re-elect Nigel Keen (Non-Executive Director & Senior Independent Director)

24,817,064

23,237,659

93.64%

1,579,405

6.36%

 220

7,272,724

5,693,319

78.28%

1,579,405

21.72%

 220

13.

To re-elect Roni Hirsh (Non-Executive Director)

24,817,064

24,526,199

98.83%

290,865

1.17%

 220

Extraordinary resolutions

14.

To approve an authority for Directors to allot shares

24,817,064

24,692,134

99.50%

124,930

0.50%

220

Special resolutions

15.

To approve a general authority to disapply pre-emption rights

24,817,064

24,655,934

99.35%

161,130

0.65%

220

16.

To approve a specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights

24,817,064

24,623,897

99.22%

193,167

0.78%

220

 

*Includes discretionary votes

**A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution

*** Votes cast by independent shareholders

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules a copy of each of the resolutions in respect of special business of the Company passed at the Annual General Meeting has been forwarded to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

Enquiries:

 

PPHE Hotel Group Limited

Daniel Kos, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director

Tel: +31 (0)20 717 8600

h2Radnor

Iain Daly / Joshua Cryer

Tel: +44 (0) 203 897 1830

Hudson Sandler

Wendy Baker / Lucy Wollam / India Laidlaw

Tel: +44 (0)20 7796 4133
Email: pphe@hudsonsandler.com

 

 

Notes to Editors

 

PPHE Hotel Group is an international hospitality real estate company, with a £2.2 billion* portfolio, valued as at December 2025 by Savills and Zagreb nekretnine Ltd (ZANE), of primarily prime freehold and long leasehold assets in Europe.

 

Through its subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates it owns, co-owns, develops, leases, operates and franchises hospitality real estate. Its portfolio includes full-service upscale, upper upscale and lifestyle hotels in major gateway cities and regional centres, as well as hotel, resort and campsite properties in select resort destinations. The Group's strategy is to grow its portfolio of core upper upscale city centre hotels, leisure and outdoor hospitality and hospitality management platform.

 

PPHE Hotel Group benefits from having an exclusive and perpetual licence from the Radisson Hotel Group, one of the world's largest hotel groups, to develop and operate Park Plaza® branded hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In addition, PPHE Hotel Group wholly owns, and operates under, the art'otel® brand and its Croatian subsidiary owns, and operates under, the Arena Hotels & Apartments® and Arena Campsites® brands.

 

PPHE Hotel Group is a Guernsey registered company with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange. PPHE Hotel Group also holds a controlling ownership interest in Arena Hospitality Group, whose shares are listed on the Prime market of the Zagreb Stock Exchange.

 

*In the event of a firm offer being announced for PPHE Hotel Group, asset valuation reports in accordance with Rule 29 of the Code will be published in due course and by no later than publication of the scheme document or offer document.

 

Company websites: www.pphe.com | www.arenahospitalitygroup.com

 

For reservations: www.parkplaza.com | www.artotel.com | www.arenahotels.com | www.arenacampsites.com | www.radissonhotels.com

 

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