Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0178O

Marston's PLC

24 January 2019

 

Result of AGM

24 January 2019

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2019, 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.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Resolution		Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital	Votes withheld
1	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	87,684,158	99.97%	23,452	0.03%	87,707,610	46.82%	195,833
2	Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	87,583,005	99.77%	202,686	0.23%	87,785,691	46.86%	117,751
3	Declare a final dividend	87,888,959	100.00%	3,993	0.00%	87,892,952	46.92%	10,493
4	Elect William Rucker	85,184,634	96.97%	2,660,025	3.03%	87,844,659	46.89%	58,778
5	Re-elect Andrew Andrea	87,212,907	99.29%	624,846	0.71%	87,837,753	46.89%	65,687
6	Re-elect Carolyn Bradley	87,353,778	99.44%	492,020	0.56%	87,845,798	46.89%	57,643
7	Re-elect Ralph Findlay	86,130,132	98.04%	1,722,373	1.96%	87,852,505	46.90%	50,934
8	Re-elect Catherine Glickman	86,686,890	98.69%	1,151,660	1.31%	87,838,550	46.89%	64,890
9	Re-elect Matthew Roberts	87,339,029	99.44%	492,574	0.56%	87,831,603	46.88%	71,837
10	Re-elect Robin Rowland	86,196,153	99.42%	505,363	0.58%	86,701,516	46.28%	1,201,922
11	Re-appoint PwC as Auditors	86,275,948	98.22%	1,566,143	1.78%	87,842,091	46.89%	61,347
12	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	87,368,012	99.48%	460,887	0.52%	87,828,899	46.88%	74,543
13	Authority to allot shares	80,863,760	92.09%	6,946,193	7.91%	87,809,953	46.87%	93,487
14	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	82,947,746	94.43%	4,888,342	5.57%	87,836,088	46.89%	67,354
15	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	86,249,482	98.48%	1,333,831	1.52%	87,583,313	46.75%	320,127
16	Short notice of general meetings	85,753,723	97.60%	2,111,210	2.40%	87,864,933	46.90%	38,506

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 Chairman 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.

 

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