Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3877N
Restaurant Group PLC
19 May 2020
 

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

 

Results of 2020 AGM

 

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 19 May 2020.

Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes Withheld

1.  Report and Accounts 2019

460,680,341

99.27%

3,366,930

0.73%

464,047,271

1,771,704

2.  Directors' Remuneration Report 2019

420,121,320

90.19%

45,672,479

9.81%

465,793,799

25,176

3.  Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director

425,804,545

91.42%

39,980,141

8.58%

465,784,686

34,289

4.  Re-appoint Andy Hornby as a Director

465,679,264

99.98%

102,673

0.02%

465,781,937

37,038

5.  Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director

464,275,662

99.97%

141,665

0.03%

464,417,327

1,401,648

6.  Re-elect Allan Leighton as a Director

465,007,998

99.83%

769,892

0.17%

465,777,890

41,085

7.  Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director

452,972,983

97.25%

12,805,763

2.75%

465,778,746

40,229

8.  Re-appoint Alison Digges as a Director

465,688,184

99.98%

98,176

0.02%

465,786,360

32,615

9.  Re-appoint Zoe Morgan as a Director

465,697,424

99.98%

92,194

0.02%

465,789,618

29,357

10.  Re-appoint the Auditor

465,750,257

99.99%

49,224

0.01%

465,799,481

19,494

11.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration

464,997,009

99.82%

816,037

0.18%

465,813,046

5,929

12.  Authority to allot shares

440,648,102

94.60%

25,143,006

5.40%

465,791,108

27,866

13.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (general)

428,525,215

92.00%

37,255,185

8.00%

465,780,400

38,574

14.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (financing)

427,170,524

91.71%

38,609,164

8.29%

465,779,688

39,286

15.  Authority to purchase own shares

464,340,952

99.70%

1,418,680

0.30%

465,759,632

59,343

16.  Amendment to Articles of Association

465,590,094

99.95%

211,448

0.05%

465,801,542

17,433

17.  Notice of General Meetings

449,483,368

96.50%

16,325,176

3.50%

465,808,544

10,431

18.  Cancellation of the share premium account

465,722,742

99.98%

70,660

0.02%

465,793,402

25,573

 

Notes:

1)  The total number of shares in issue at 19 May 2020 was 589,795,475.

2)  Where shareholders 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 to 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

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: 

 

Jean-Paul Rabin, Company Secretary  Tel: 020 3117 5001

 


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