AGM and GM Results

RNS Number : 9122S
Whitbread PLC
28 June 2018
 

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting and General Meeting Resolutions                                28 June 2018

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting and General Meeting held on 27 June 2018, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The results of the AGM are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESOLUTION 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

 

1.To receive the Annual

Report and Accounts for

the year ended

1 March 2018

119,429,790

99.82

215,302

0.18

119,645,092

65.16

1,244,657

 

2.To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

117,883,182

99.13

1,036,235

0.87

118,919,417

64.77

1,969,983

 

3.To declare a final dividend of 69.75p per ordinary share

120,791,235

100.00

2,385

0.00

120,793,620

65.79

96,167

 

4. To elect Richard Gillingwater as a director

118,749,802

98.83

1,401,628

1.17

120,151,430

65.44

738,359

 

5.To re-elect David Atkins as a director

118,915,902

98.66

1,609,608

1.34

120,525,510

65.64

364,107

 

6.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director

119,688,402

99.13

1,048,442

0.87

120,736,844

65.76

152,736

 

7.To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director

119,769,945

99.20

969,015

0.80

120,738,960

65.76

150,658

 

8.To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director

119,704,679

99.14

1,032,874

0.86

120,737,553

65.76

152,065

 

9.To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director

120,229,206

99.58

505,943

0.42

120,735,149

65.76

154,469

 

10.To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a director

117,922,780

97.67

2,812,867

2.33

120,735,647

65.76

150,065

 

11.To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director

120,331,569

99.67

403,036

0.33

120,734,605

65.76

151,107

 

12.To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director

120,225,902

99.58

507,538

0.42

120,733,440

65.76

152,272

 

13.To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor

120,579,155

99.83

201,753

0.17

120,780,908

65.78

104,746

 

14.To authorise the Board to set the auditor's remuneration

120,659,461

99.90

123,683

0.10

120,783,144

65.78

102,568

 

15.To authorise the Company to make political donations

115,320,233

95.97

4,844,507

4.03

120,164,740

65.45

721,087

 

16.To authorise the Board to allot shares

115,401,515

95.55

5,377,567

4.45

120,779,082

65.78

106,744

 

17.To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

117,312,035

97.10

3,503,921

2.90

120,815,956

65.80

69,871

 

18.To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment

114,841,863

95.09

5,929,044

4.91

120,770,907

65.78

114,919

 

19.To authorise the Company to purchase its ordinary shares

119,442,267

98.94

1,275,077

1.06

120,717,344

65.75

168,482

 

20.To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice

111,223,685

92.52

8,994,094

7.48

120,217,779

65.47

668,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The results of the General Meeting are as follows:

 

 

Resolution 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

103,935,219

94.43

6,127,527

5.57

110,062,746

59.94

9,844,543

2.To approve the adoption of the Whitbread Performance Share Plan

102,720,462

93.29

7,387,809

6.71

110,108,271

59.97

9,796,173

 

 

A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

Contact:  Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346    

 

 


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