Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9828B

Whitbread PLC

22 June 2016

 

Whitbread PLC

AGM Resolutions                                                                                                                                                            

22 June 2016

Whitbread PLC announces that all 19 resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held yesterday were passed on a poll.  The results are as follows:

RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	VOTES WITHHELD
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 3 March 2016	122,296,839	99.74	313,863	0.26	122,610,702	980,298
2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	116,075,272	95.38	5,627,264	4.62	121,702,536	1,893,034
3. To declare a final dividend of 61.85p per ordinary share	122,981,646	100.00	5,114	0.00	122,986,760	606,365
4. To elect Alison Brittain as a director	122,495,902	99.18	1,018,879	0.82	123,514,781	77,838
5. To elect Chris Kennedy as a director	123,484,197	99.98	20,035	0.02	123,504,232	80,013
6. To re-elect Richard Baker as a director	121,036,492	97.99	2,481,145	2.01	123,517,637	77,589
7. To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director	122,951,061	99.54	562,196	0.46	123,513,257	76,610
8. To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director	122,327,953	99.04	1,186,780	0.96	123,514,733	78,175
9. To re-elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a director	88,461,243	71.63	35,033,549	28.37	123,494,792	95,833
10. To re-elect Simon Melliss as a director	122,568,323	99.24	943,422	0.76	123,511,745	79,379
11. To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director	122,499,308	99.18	1,016,573	0.82	123,515,881	75,006
12. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director	122,952,009	99.55	561,600	0.45	123,513,609	77,352
13. To re-elect Stephen Williams as a director	121,477,593	98.36	2,030,267	1.64	123,507,860	84,414
14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor	122,951,010	99.51	607,860	0.49	123,558,870	31,642
15. To authorise the Board to set the auditor's remuneration	122,925,122	99.49	636,019	0.51	123,561,141	29,520
16. To authorise the Board to allot shares	113,876,430	92.38	9,397,539	7.62	123,273,969	321,296
17. To authorise the Board to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis including the authority to sell treasury shares	113,165,695	91.59	10,385,964	8.41	123,551,659	42,766
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	122,225,830	98.92	1,334,318	1.08	123,560,148	32,157
19. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice.	112,659,423	91.84	10,009,310	8.16	122,668,733	925,740

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.

Whitbread PLC has received a vote of more than 20% against resolution 9 to re-elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a non executive director. The Board has discussed the reasons for this vote with a number of shareholders and understands that it is a result of Sir Ian Cheshire only attending 8 out of the 10 scheduled annual Board meetings and missing an unscheduled meeting that was called at short notice. We can confirm that Sir Ian Cheshire has attended every Board meeting in the current year and has no planned absences.  Sir Ian is a strong contributor to the Whitbread Board with a good attendance record over his five year tenure. 

Contact:  Anna Glover, Director of Communications, 01582 844 244

 

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