Whitbread PLC - AGM Resolutions |
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20 June 2012 |
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Whitbread PLC announces that all 21 resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held yesterday were |
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passed on a poll. The results are as follows: |
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AGM Resolutions |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
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For information only |
1. To receive the Annual Report and |
107,893,301 |
67,257 |
13,175 |
Accounts for the year ended 1 March 2012 |
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2. To approve the Remuneration Report |
104,922,806 |
2,821,092 |
228,524 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 33.75p per |
107,961,086 |
4,208 |
7,925 |
ordinary share |
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4. To elect Susan Hooper as a director |
101,667,494 |
5,021,062 |
1,328,466 |
5. To elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director |
107,656,234 |
309,131 |
48,693 |
6. To re-elect Richard Baker as a director |
107,665,745 |
308,122 |
39,289 |
7. To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director |
107,617,100 |
308,710 |
42,729 |
8. To re-elect Ian Cheshire as a director |
106,276,841 |
408,592 |
1,326,747 |
9. To re-elect Patrick Dempsey as a director |
107,658,500 |
285,683 |
42,502 |
10. To re-elect Anthony Habgood as a director |
107,340,952 |
632,781 |
43,261 |
11. To re-elect Andy Harrison as a director |
107,686,610 |
290,677 |
39,600 |
12. To re-elect Simon Melliss as a director |
107,378,025 |
597,521 |
41,219 |
13. To re-elect Christopher Rogers as a director |
107,681,485 |
293,003 |
40,420 |
14. To re-elect Stephen Williams as a director |
106,293,709 |
395,460 |
1,327,233 |
15. To re-appoint the auditor |
107,260,235 |
741,831 |
16,061 |
16. To authorise the Board to set the auditor's |
107,432,851 |
560,239 |
23,804 |
remuneration |
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17. To renew the authority given to the Board |
92,257,603 |
14,906,057 |
852,604 |
to allot shares |
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18. To amend the performance conditions relating to the future awards under the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
105,680,689 |
614,740 |
1,705,130 |
19. To renew the authority given to the Board to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis including authority to sell treasury shares |
107,585,656 |
371,661 |
55,500 |
20. To give the Company authority to purchase |
105,913,533 |
789,831 |
1,315,164 |
its ordinary shares |
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21. To authorise the Company to call general |
101,697,230 |
6,287,896 |
27,636 |
meetings other than an Annual General Meeting |
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on reduced notice |
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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.'
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Contact: Daren Lowry, Head of Secretariat & Risk Management, 01582 889346