Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3848G

Restaurant Group PLC

26 May 2017

 

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

Results of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 26 May 2017.

Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

	Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast	Votes withheld
1	Annual Report and Accounts 2016	153,508,188	99.94	91,420	0.06	153,599,608	434,808
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	151,032,992	98.85	1,749,753	1.15	152,782,745	1,251,670
3	Declare a final dividend	153,607,611	100.00	1,667	0.00	153,609,278	425,138
4	Re-elect Debbie Hewitt	147,363,779	95.95	6,217,173	4.05	153,580,952	453,463
5	Re-appoint Andy McCue	153,545,595	99.98	30,803	0.02	153,576,398	458,018
6	Re-appoint Barry Nightingale	Resolution Withdrawn
7	Re-elect Simon Cloke	153,396,639	99.88	182,438	0.12	153,579,077	455,339
8	Re-elect Sally Cowdry	153,455,477	99.91	134,408	0.09	153,589,885	444,531
9	Re-elect Mike Tye	151,650,656	98.74	1,938,228	1.26	153,588,884	445,532
10	Re-appoint Graham Clemett	153,439,272	99.90	152,260	0.10	153,591,532	442,884
11	Re-appoint Auditor and determine remuneration	152,016,225	98.97	1,582,056	1.03	153,598,281	436,135
12	Authority to allot shares	153,470,921	99.95	76,163	0.05	153,547,084	487,332
13	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	128,421,233	83.42	25,530,918	16.58	153,952,151	82,265
14	Authority to purchase own shares	152,709,112	99.48	793,051	0.52	153,502,163	532,253
15	Short notice of general meetings	145,503,292	94.49	8,484,627	5.51	153,987,919	46,496

Notes:

1)    The total number of shares in issue at 26 May 2017 was 201,063,167.

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 13, 14 and 15 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:

Jared Cranney, Company Secretary                         Tel: [phone]

 

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