Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1355N

Hostmore PLC

27 May 2022

 

Hostmore plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

Hostmore plc (the "Company"), the hospitality business focused on American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', the cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand, '63rd+1st' , and the fast casual dining brand 'Fridays and Go', is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting was held earlier today, Friday 27 May 2022. All resolutions were decided on a poll.  All resolutions were duly passed.   Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.

No	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR (incl. discretionary)	FOR ( % of votes cast)	VOTES AGAINST	AGAINST ( % of votes cast)	TOTAL VOTES CAST (excluding votes withheld)	% of I SSUED S HARE C APITAL  VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive the Company's audited financial statements, together with the Directors' and auditor's reports for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022.	68,922,465	99.97%	22,317	0.03%	68,944,782	54.66	0
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022.	68,850,288	99.91%	64,557	0.09%	68,914,845	54.64	29,937
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (as contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022).	68,356,489	99.88%	78,939	0.12%	68,435,428	54.26	509,354
4	To elect Jane Bednall as a Director.	68,888,193	99.96%	29,097	0.04%	68,917,290	54.64	27,492
5	To elect Andrew Blurton as a Director.	68,879,739	99.95%	37,551	0.05%	68,917,290	54.64	27,492
6	To elect Alan Clark as a Director.	68,889,804	99.96%	27,477	0.04%	68,917,281	54.64	27,501
7	To elect Robert B. Cook as a Director.	68,889,804	99.96%	27,477	0.04%	68,917,281	54.64	27,501
8	To elect David Lis as a Director.	68,879,739	99.95%	37,542	0.05%	68,917,281	54.64	27,501
9	To elect Gavin Manson as a Director.	68,517,006	99.42%	400,275	0.58%	68,917,281	54.64	27,501
10	To elect Louise Stonier as a Director.	68,888,193	99.96%	29,097	0.04%	68,917,290	54.64	27,492
11	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	68,913,534	99.99%	3,747	0.01%	68,917,281	54.64	27,501
12	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors.	68,911,713	99.99%	4,893	0.01%	68,916,606	54.64	28,176
13	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	68,817,735	99.85%	100,269	0.15%	68,918,004	54.64	26,778
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	68,843,295	99.90%	70,995	0.10%	68,914,290	54.64	30,492
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the Company's issued share capital.	68,859,798	99.95%	37,281	0.05%	68,897,079	54.63	47,703
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments.	68,861,277	99.92%	52,338	0.08%	68,913,615	54.64	31,167
17	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.	68,892,138	99.96%	25,332	0.04%	68,917,470	54.64	27,312
18	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice.	68,898,582	99.93%	46,200	0.07%	68,944,782	54.66	0

Notes:

1.  Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "For" totals.

2.  A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution or the total number of votes cast.

3.  The number of shares in issue in the Company on 27th May 2022 was 126,127,279. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held in the Company.

4.  Copies of the resolutions required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

5.  Results of the poll will also be available to view on the Company's website at  www.hostmoregroup.com .

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Robert B. Cook, Chief Executive Officer

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

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Sofia Newitt 

020 3957 5045

NOTES TO EDITORS

Hostmore plc is a growing hospitality business with its current operations focused on the American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', the cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand, '63rd+1st', and the fast casual dining brand 'Fridays and Go' .  While Fridays has been trading for over three decades in the UK, Hostmore was established in 2021 to provide a platform for the development of hospitality brands under the leadership of an experienced management team that has a track record of building businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors.  Hostmore's businesses are defined by their iconic brand experience and vibrant heritage. As of 27 May 2022, Hostmore operates 89 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Jersey, a majority of which are in high footfall locations, including retail parks, shopping centres and city centres.  Hostmore is exploring opportunities with TGI Friday's, Inc., the franchisor of Fridays, to expand its existing brands into new franchise territories and is seeking to add rapidly growing, early-stage businesses to its portfolio of complementary hospitality brands, as well as to extend its offering in other experience-led, leisure concepts.

 

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