Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1870M

Marston's PLC

23 January 2009

 



23 January 2009 

Result of AGM

Marston's PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 23 January 2009, all the resolutions proposed were passed on a show of hands.

Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld
1) Adoption of Report and Accounts	163,526,852	99.97	53,500	0.03	5,620
2) Declare dividend	163,583,264	100.00	1,624	0.00	1,084
3) Re-elect Lord Hodgson	161,994,615	99.07	1,527,625	0.93	63,732
4) Re-elect Derek Andrew	160,889,525	98.39	2,635,759	1.61	60,688
5) Re-elect Rosalind Cuschieri	162,004,403	99.08	1,505,273	0.92	76,296
6) Re-elect Miles Emley	118,549,262	72.70	44,520,209	27.30	516,500
7) Elect Neil Goulden	142,502,389	99.88	170,823	0.12	20,912,760
8) Re-appoint auditors	158,786,257	97.08	4,780,128	2.92	19,586
9) Approve Remuneration Report	157,160,384	98.00	3,206,896	2.00	3,218,691
10) Authority to allot shares	162,941,794	99.66	548,102	0.34	96,076
11) Dis-application of pre-emption rights	162,972,653	99.70	497,359	0.30	115,960
12) Purchase of own shares	162,869,324	99.72	449,736	0.28	266,912
13) Amend Articles	161,457,322	98.93	1,754,158	1.07	374,492

Notes:

• Resolutions 1 to 9 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

• Resolutions 10 to 13 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

• Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

• 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.

Certified copies of the documents setting out the resolutions passed as special business (as defined by the Listing Rules) by the Company at the meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for viewing at the Document Viewing Facility situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

 

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