Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0593N

Marston's PLC

27 January 2021

 

Result of AGM

27 January 2021

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 27 January 2021, 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission Service and will shortly be available to view at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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	80,934,554	99.71	231,388	0.29	81,165,942	43.32%	1,358,746
2	Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	70,200,064	86.35	11,097,024	13.65	81,297,088	43.39%	1,227,598
3	Re-elect Andrew Andrea	80,771,571	99.26	598,958	0.74	81,370,529	43.43%	1,154,157
4	Re-elect Carolyn Bradley	82,036,344	99.56	360,820	0.44	82,397,164	43.98%	127,522
5	Re-elect Ralph Findlay	80,100,734	97.18	2,327,598	2.82	82,428,332	44.00%	96,352
6	Re-elect Bridget Lea	82,017,319	99.55	373,540	0.45	82,390,859	43.98%	133,826
7	Re-elect Octavia Morley	82,004,557	99.54	382,686	0.46	82,387,243	43.98%	137,443
8	Re-elect Matthew Roberts	82,028,385	99.56	363,037	0.44	82,391,422	43.98%	133,264
9	Re-elect William Rucker	79,534,839	99.27	586,746	0.73	80,121,585	42.77%	2,403,099
10	Appoint KPMG as Auditors	82,314,737	99.82	145,342	0.18	82,460,079	44.02%	64,608
11	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	82,328,065	99.86	115,411	0.14	82,443,476	44.01%	81,210
12	Authority to allot shares	81,475,628	98.85	943,751	1.15	82,419,379	43.99%	105,306
13	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	77,321,831	93.90	5,018,677	6.10	82,340,508	43.95%	125,827
14	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	81,120,911	98.49	1,240,131	1.51	82,361,042	43.96%	105,293
15	Short notice of general meetings	77,036,752	93.47	5,379,360	6.53	82,416,112	43.99%	50,219

Notes:

(i)  Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)  Resolutions 13 to 15 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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