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: [phone]

 

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