Result of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 5936A

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

22 January 2020

 

22 January 2020

Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")

LEI no. 213800JHYNDNB1NS2W10

Result of Annual General Meeting

Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 21 January 2020 held at Mitchells & Butlers plc, Retail Support Centre, Birmingham at 2.00pm.  All Board Directors were in attendance.

All the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below.  All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case.

		VOTES FOR (a)	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD (b)
1	Receipt of accounts	373,312,821	99.96	135,609	0.04	373,448,430	87.01	186,214
2	Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration	370,218,405	99.13	3,253,219	0.87	373,471,624	87.02	163,019
3	Elect Jane Moriarty	373,252,729	99.91	347,344	0.09	373,600,073	87.05	34,571
4	Elect Susan Murray	373,250,961	99.91	347,159	0.09	373,598,120	87.05	36,524
5	Re-elect Keith Browne	296,438,344	81.34	67,993,986	18.66	364,432,330	84.91	9,202,313
6	Re-elect Dave Coplin	372,560,929	99.72	1,036,576	0.28	373,597,505	87.05	37,139
7	Re-elect Eddie Irwin	272,647,961	74.93	91,202,402	25.07	363,850,363	84.78	9,779,115
8	Re-elect Bob Ivell	327,066,764	87.68	45,960,404	12.32	373,027,168	86.91	607,796
9	Re-elect Tim Jones	370,733,060	99.23	2,870,308	0.77	373,603,368	87.05	32,701
10	Re-elect Josh Levy	281,693,501	77.30	82,737,812	22.70	364,431,313	84.91	9,204,435
11	Re-elect Ron Robson	269,206,065	73.99	94,649,252	26.01	363,855,317	84.78	9,779,327
12	Re-elect Colin Rutherford	370,048,884	99.05	3,547,261	0.95	373,596,145	87.05	38,498
13	Re-elect Phil Urban	371,982,859	99.57	1,619,105	0.43	373,601,964	87.05	33,001
14	Re-elect Imelda Walsh	372,063,889	99.59	1,537,012	0.41	373,600,901	87.05	33,742
15	Reappointment of auditor	372,042,942	99.95	178,659	0.05	372,221,601	86.73	1,413,043
16	Auditor's remuneration	373,402,177	99.95	186,477	0.05	373,588,654	87.05	45,990
17	Political donations	372,427,914	99.70	1,120,753	0.30	373,548,667	87.04	85,929
18	Notice period for meetings (c)	369,982,306	99.03	3,622,189	0.97	373,604,495	87.05	31,205

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.

(c) Special resolution

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.  Voting was conducted by a poll.

The Board notes the level of votes against resolutions 7, 10 and 11 concerning individuals who represent one or other of our two largest shareholders.  The UK Corporate Governance Code contains best practice recommendations in relation to corporate governance yet acknowledges that, in individual cases, these will not all necessarily be appropriate for particular companies.  Accordingly, the Code specifically recognises the concept of "Comply or Explain" in relation to divergences from the Code and the Company has explained the circumstances of these appointments in detail in its 2019 Annual Report.

The number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on Sunday 19 January 2020 was 429,188,227.

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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.

Denise Burton

Deputy Company Secretary

 

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