Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3321W

Marston's PLC

27 January 2012

 



Result of AGM

27 January 2012

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2012, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a show of hands.  Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Resolution	Votes for	% of vote	Votes against	% of vote	Votes withheld
1) Annual Report and Accounts	105,663,493	99.96	40,343	0.04	476,801
2) Declare dividend	105703110.8	100.00	1,219	0.00	476,307
3) Re-elect David Thompson	102,717,678	99.13	900,287	0.87	2,562,671
4) Re-elect Andrew Andrea	105,174,917	99.54	482,034	0.46	523,686
5) Re-elect Rosalind Cuschieri	102,115,488	96.65	3,540,554	3.35	524,595
6) Re-elect Alistair Darby	105,172,945	99.54	483,467	0.46	524,225
7) Re-elect Ralph Findlay	104,111,928	98.54	1,542,636	1.46	526,073
8) Re-elect Neil Goulden	102,312,479	96.80	3,379,828	3.20	488,330
9) Re-elect Robin Hodgson	83,226,295	78.76	22,445,513	21.24	508,830
10) Re-elect Robin Rowland	105,379,353	99.72	297,221	0.28	504,062
11) Reappoint Auditors	99,439,298	94.24	6,072,213	5.76	669,509
12) Authorise Auditors remuneration	100,984,728	96.01	4,199,345	3.99	996,563
13) Approve Remuneration Report	103,427,772	98.37	1,711,233	1.63	1,041,632
14) Authority to allot shares	105,503,869	99.83	179,942	0.17	496,826
15) Approve new SAYE	105,052,983	99.41	625,710	0.59	501,945
16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights	105,194,470	99.57	452,097	0.43	534,070
17) Authority to purchase of own shares	105,473,931	99.83	175,033	0.17	531,673
18) Short notice of general meetings	101,308,871	95.85	4,381,487	4.15	490,279

Notes:

(i)         Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)         Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii)        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv)        A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

 

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