Results of 2021 AGM

RNS Number : 7659Z

Restaurant Group PLC

25 May 2021

 

 

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

Results of 2021 AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 25 May 2021.

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 16 (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 2020	657,713,943	99.99	33,059	0.01	657,747,002	577,140
2.  Directors' Remuneration Report 2020	488,542,426	80.09	121,423,243	19.91	609,965,669	48,358,473
3.  Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director	592,164,433	89.96	66,072,446	10.04	658,236,879	87,263
4.  Re-elect Andy Hornby as a Director	638,238,228	96.96	20,000,921	3.04	658,239,149	84,993
5.  Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director	638,209,749	96.96	20,028,669	3.04	658,238,418	85,724
6.  Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director	591,482,692	89.86	66,755,726	10.14	658,238,418	85,724
7.  Re-elect Alison Digges as a Director	580,192,715	88.14	78,045,526	11.86	658,238,241	85,901
8.  Re-elect Zoe Morgan as a Director	592,984,070	90.09	65,255,079	9.91	658,239,149	84,993
9.  Re-appoint Alex Gersh as a Director	638,349,568	96.98	19,886,834	3.02	658,236,402	87,740
10.  Re-appoint the Auditor	650,790,468	98.87	7,456,183	1.13	658,246,651	77,491
11.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration	643,986,769	97.83	14,274,429	2.17	658,261,198	62,944
12.  Authority to allot shares	642,310,607	97.58	15,940,961	2.42	658,251,568	72,574
13.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (general)	645,973,009	98.13	12,276,499	1.87	658,249,508	74,634
14.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (financing)	631,702,359	95.97	26,547,111	4.03	658,249,470	74,672
15.  Authority to purchase own shares	655,217,555	99.66	2,249,569	0.34	657,467,124	857,018
16.  Notice of General Meetings	634,769,544	96.43	23,484,133	3.57	658,253,677	70,465

Notes:

1)  The total number of shares in issue at 25 May 2021 was 765,036,713.

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 16 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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