Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2511N

Restaurant Group PLC

14 May 2015

 

The Restaurant Group plc

 (the "Company")

 

Results of AGM

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2015, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll.

The votes received on each resolution were as follows:

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. Annual Report and Accounts	141,278,682	100.00	1,105	0.00	141,279,787	70.41%	874,065
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	128,378,517	99.37	817,873	0.63	129,196,390	64.39%	12,957,462
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	139,800,144	98.45	2,202,116	1.55	142,002,260	70.77%	151,592
4. Declare a final dividend	142,015,675	100.00	527	0.00	142,016,202	70.78%	137,650
5. Re-elect Alan Jackson	129,387,306	92.10	11,105,809	7.90	140,493,115	70.02%	1,660,737
6. Elect Danny Breithaupt	139,105,333	97.95	2,907,776	2.05	142,013,109	70.77%	140,743
7. Re-elect Stephen Critoph	140,521,931	99.92	111,385	0.08	140,633,316	70.09%	1,520,536
8. Re-elect Tony Hughes	141,074,120	99.34	938,256	0.66	142,012,376	70.77%	141,476
9. Re-elect Simon Cloke	141,783,056	99.84	231,097	0.16	142,014,153	70.77%	139,699
10. Re-elect Sally Cowdry	141,817,764	99.86	197,033	0.14	142,014,797	70.78%	139,055
11. Elect Debbie Hewitt	138,847,227	99.85	205,631	0.15	139,052,858	69.30%	3,100,994
12. Re-appoint Auditors	139,961,370	99.52	673,300	0.48	140,634,670	70.09%	1,519,182
13. Authority to allot shares	141,929,032	99.96	63,184	0.04	141,992,216	70.76%	161,636
14. Approve the 2015 Long Term Incentive Plan	139,056,470	98.43	2,220,342	1.57	141,276,812	70.41%	877,040
15. Authorise the use of Electronic communications including website	141,960,857	99.99	11,736	0.01	141,972,593	70.75%	181,259
16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	141,869,996	99.92	107,226	0.08	141,977,222	70.76%	176,630
17. Authority to purchase own shares	141,995,021	99.99	11,869	0.01	142,006,890	70.77%	146,962
18. Short notice of general meetings	135,900,887	95.70	6,109,887	4.30	142,010,774	70.77%	143,078

Notes:

1)    The total number of shares in issue at 12 May 2015 was 200,655,821.

2)    Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.

3)    Certified copies of resolutions 16, 17 and 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:  www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm 

4)   A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

Enquiries:                                                                                                                                             14 May 2015

Alex Small, Deputy Company Secretary

The Restaurant Group plc  020 3117 5001

 

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