Result of AGM and EGM
Whitbread PLC
20 June 2006
Whitbread PLC
20 June 2006
Whitbread PLC - AGM and EGM Resolutions - 20 June 2006
Whitbread PLC announces that all 11 resolutions at today's Annual General
Meeting, as well as the single resolution at today's Extraordinary General
Meeting, were passed on a show of hands.
For information the proxy votes received were as follows:
AGM Resolutions For Against Abstained
1. To receive the Annual Report and 133,983,429 391,918 3,030,644
Accounts for the year ended 2 March 2006
2. To approve the Remuneration Report 134,610,921 893,533 1,878,441
3. To declare a final dividend 137,392,941 8,581 10,061
4. To elect Margaret Ewing as a director 137,028,499 100,279 67,544
5. To elect Philip Clarke as a director 137,040,172 93,308 66,578
6. To re-elect Alan Parker as a director 134,684,675 2,460,769 55,099
7. To re-elect Angie Risley as a director 136,863,262 281,107 55,053
8. To re-appoint the auditors and to 136,899,556 478,760 21,214
authorise the directors to set the
auditors'remuneration
9. To renew the authority given to
directors to allot shares 134,225,254 2,905,746 74,767
10. To renew the authority given to
directors to allot securities for cash 135,061,883 1,983,088 134,503
other than on a pro-rata basis including
authority to sell or allot treasury shares
11. To give the directors authority to 136,822,844 276,831 94,924
purchase the company's shares
EGM Resolutions For Against Abstained
1. To approve the Return of Cash, Put 142,018,702 98,653 360,493
Option Agreement and amendments to the
Company's articles of association (each
as defined in the circular to shareholders
dated 26 May 2006)
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Contact:
Daren Lowry - Assistant Company Secretary, Whitbread PLC - 01582 396869
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