Whitbread PLC - AGM Resolutions - 16 June 2009 |
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Whitbread PLC announces that all 11 resolutions at today's Annual General Meeting were |
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passed on a show of hands. For information, the proxy votes received were as follows: |
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AGM Resolutions |
For |
Against |
Abstained |
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1. To receive the Annual Report and |
106,517,598 |
341,068 |
29,287 |
Accounts for the year ended 26 February 2009 |
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2. To approve the Remuneration Report |
96,907,497 |
4,538,235 |
5,442,220 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 26.90p per |
106,838,671 |
1,870 |
47,412 |
ordinary share |
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4. To elect Patrick Dempsey as a director |
106,428,517 |
400,304 |
59,018 |
5. To elect Alan Parker as a director |
104,819,884 |
2,004,769 |
63,300 |
6. To re-appoint the auditor and to |
106,470,851 |
362,431 |
54,671 |
authorise the directors to set the auditor's |
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remuneration |
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7. To renew the authority given to the directors |
99,873,897 |
3,540,389 |
3,473,666 |
to allot shares |
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8. To authorise the making of Scrip dividend offers to shareholders. |
106,284,134 |
518,881 |
85,008
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9. To renew the authority given to the directors to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis including authority to sell treasury shares. |
105,215,237 |
1,592,826 |
79,890
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10. To give the Company authority to purchase |
106,761,092 |
88,876 |
37,985 |
its ordinary shares |
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11. To give the Company the ability to call a Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
105,222,002 |
1,590,909 |
75,042
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Contact: |
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Daren Lowry Head of Secretariat & Risk Management Whitbread PLC - 01582 889346 |
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