Result of AGM

Marston's PLC

23 January 2024

 

Result of AGM

23 January 2024

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2024, 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

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	63,410,880	98.11	1,222,665	1.89	64,633,545	34.49%	82,508
2	Approve the Annual Report Remuneration	61,485,390	95.16	3,127,124	4.84	64,612,514	34.48%	103,541
3	Elect Justin Platt	64,171,503	99.81	122,839	0.19	64,294,342	34.31%	421,710
4	Elect Rachel Osborne	64,159,416	99.80	127,503	0.20	64,286,919	34.31%	429,133
5	Re-elect Bridget Lea	64,157,346	99.80	128,366	0.20	64,285,712	34.31%	430,342
6	Re-elect Hayleigh Lupino	63,857,019	99.33	429,146	0.67	64,286,165	34.31%	429,888
7	Re-elect Octavia Morley	60,173,797	93.61	4,107,369	6.39	64,281,166	34.31%	434,889
8	Re-elect William Rucker	62,814,463	97.71	1,469,942	2.29	64,284,405	34.31%	431,648
9	Re-elect Sir Nick Varney	64,133,458	99.78	141,602	0.22	64,275,060	34.30%	440,992
10	Appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors	64,524,341	99.81	124,333	0.19	64,648,674	34.50%	67,380
11	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	64,558,644	99.87	84,879	0.13	64,643,523	34.50%	72,529
12	Authority to allot shares	61,543,109	95.22	3,090,742	4.78	64,633,851	34.49%	82,202
13	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	61,561,426	95.23	3,080,504	4.77	64,641,930	34.50%	74,123
14	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	63,303,619	97.88	1,370,298	2.12	64,673,917	34.52%	42,138
15	Short notice of general meetings	64,125,189	99.17	536,066	0.83	64,661,255	34.51%	54,795

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 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.

 

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