Results of AGM

RNS Number : 4555Z

Restaurant Group PLC

17 May 2019

 

The Restaurant Group plc

(the "Company")

Results of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 17th May 2019.

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 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 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 2018	426,858,477	99.51	2,111,317	0.49	428,969,794	313,311
2.     Directors' Remuneration Report	424,569,280	98.91	4,696,144	1.09	429,265,424	17,680
3.     Declare a final dividend	429,243,584	99.99	26,963	0.01	429,270,547	12,558
4.     Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director	399,412,557	93.07	29,723,036	6.93	429,135,593	147,511
5.     Re-elect Andy McCue as a Director	415,236,735	96.73	14,018,529	3.27	429,255,264	27,841
6.     Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director	427,649,842	99.63	1,600,324	0.37	429,250,166	32,939
7.     Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director	427,272,944	99.54	1,982,688	0.46	429,255,632	27,473
8.     Re-elect Simon Cloke as a Director	400,085,607	93.20	29,170,435	6.80	429,256,042	27,062
9.     Re-elect Mike Tye as a Director	427,278,215	99.54	1,973,417	0.46	429,251,632	31,473
10.  Re-appoint Allan Leighton as a Director	428,761,390	99.88	494,498	0.12	429,255,888	27,217
11.  Re-appoint EY as Auditor	428,800,357	99.89	467,881	0.11	429,268,238	14,867
12.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration	426,679,882	99.40	2,591,412	0.60	429,271,294	11,811
13.  Authority to allot shares	400,852,094	93.38	28,403,805	6.62	429,255,899	27,206
14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general)	403,460,754	93.99	25,787,687	6.01	429,248,441	34,664
15.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing)	395,570,047	92.15	33,678,393	7.85	429,248,440	34,664
16.  Authority to purchase own shares	426,543,160	99.61	1,665,760	0.39	428,208,920	1,074,184
17.  Short notice of general meetings	416,833,028	97.10	12,448,302	2.90	429,281,330	1,775
18.  Cancellation of share premium account	429,177,233	99.99	47,649	0.01	429,224,882	58,223

Notes:

1)    The total number of shares in issue at 17 May 2017 was 491,496,230.

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 to 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:                                                              

Jean-Paul Rabin, Company Secretary                                     Tel: [phone]

 

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