Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2465W

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

26 January 2012

 



Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 January 2012 held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham at 11am.  All Board Directors were in attendance.

Each of the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below.  All resolutions were duly approved except resolution 10 which was not approved.

Resolutions	VOTES FOR (a)	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES WITHHELD (b)
1 Receipt of accounts	223,801,128	99.98	41,607	0.02	114,777,778
2 Approval of remuneration report	315,666,436	95.01	16,570,771	4.99	6,383,304
3 Elect Bob Ivell	279,625,980	95.92	11,900,535	4.08	47,096,550
4 Re-elect Tim Jones	324,738,400	99.47	1,744,796	0.53	12,139,870
5 Elect Doug Evans	324,703,796	99.46	1,752,893	0.54	12,166,377
6 Re-elect Ron Robson	272,570,486	85.69	45,509,920	14.31	20,541,649
7 Re-elect Douglas McMahon	272,549,671	85.69	45,518,205	14.31	20,554,179
8 Reappointment of auditor	331,152,419	99.78	721,099	0.22	6,746,994
9 Auditor's Remuneration	332,346,718	99.90	322,012	0.10	5,951,783
10 Authority to purchase own shares***	126,697,035	54.46	105,951,017	45.54	105,970,248
11 Political donations	328,525,374	98.78	4,045,728	1.22	6,051,964
12 Notice of meetings***	329,007,454	98.89	3,682,795	1.11	5,932,817

NOTES:

(a) The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

(b) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

Voting was conducted by a poll.

The number of shares in issues at 11am on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 was 409,503,482 excluding shares held in Treasury. 

*** denotes Special Resolutions

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http:\www.hemscott.com\nsm.do and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.

Denise Burton

Deputy Company Secretary

 

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