Result of AGM

Marston's PLC

28 January 2026

 

28 January 2026

Marston's PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800Q6RP3ZJ2CZR962

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 28 January 2026, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll.  Full details of the total number of votes received for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstonspubs.co.uk

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2 R, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission Service and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	81,626,835	99.64	292,044	0.36	81,918,879	43.65%	543,267
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	75,631,756	91.98	6,595,974	8.02	82,227,730	43.82%	234,413
3	Approve the Annual Report Remuneration	75,686,174	99.65	265,291	0.35	75,951,465	40.47%	6,510,678
4	Elect Stephen Hopson	82,124,946	99.85	120,497	0.15	82,245,443	43.83%	216,701
5	Re-elect Justin Platt	82,046,642	99.76	196,008	0.24	82,242,650	43.82%	219,498
6	Re-elect Bridget Lea	74,932,822	91.11	7,311,853	8.89	82,244,675	43.83%	217,469
7	Re-elect Ken Lever	72,465,130	88.11	9,782,439	11.89	82,247,569	43.83%	214,575
8	Re-elect Octavia Morley	74,394,076	90.45	7,850,249	9.55	82,244,325	43.83%	217,819
9	Re-elect Rachel Osborne	74,922,495	91.09	7,325,149	8.91	82,247,644	43.83%	214,500
10	Re-elect Sir Nick Varney	74,889,388	91.05	7,359,072	8.95	82,248,460	43.83%	213,683
11	Re-appointment of RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors	82,090,627	99.81	153,978	0.19	82,244,605	43.83%	214,213
12	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	82,116,297	99.82	144,354	0.18	82,260,651	43.83%	201,496
13	Authority to allot shares	75,585,707	99.19	615,197	0.81	76,200,904	40.61%	6,261,242
14	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	74,472,230	97.72	1,735,372	2.28	76,207,602	40.61%	6,254,541
15	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	82,121,072	99.79	172,643	0.21	82,293,715	43.85%	168,433
16	Short notice of general meetings	75,709,270	99.34	500,253	0.66	76,209,523	40.61%	6,252,624

Notes:

(i)         Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)         Resolutions 14 to 16 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii)        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv)       A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

(v)        'ISC" refers to the Company's total issued share capital which, as at 6.30pm on Monday 26 January 2026, was 660,362,194 ordinary shares of 7.375p (of these, 25,234,398 are held in treasury and have suspended voting rights) and 75,000 preference shares of £1, resulting in a maximum of 187,362,699 voting rights.

For further information, please contact:

Bethan Raybould

General Counsel & Company Secretary

01902 907250

 

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