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RNS Number : 1355N  Hostmore PLC  27 May 2022

Hostmore plc (the "Company")

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting

 

 

Hostmore plc (the "Company"), the hospitality business focused on
American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', the cocktail-led bar and
restaurant brand, '63rd+1st', and the fast casual dining brand 'Fridays and
Go', is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting was held
earlier today, Friday 27 May 2022. All resolutions were decided on a poll.
All resolutions were duly passed.  Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special
resolutions. The voting results are given below.

 

 

 No    RESOLUTION                                                                      VOTES                       FOR (% of votes cast)  VOTES     AGAINST (% of votes cast)  TOTAL VOTES CAST             % of ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL  VOTED   VOTES

FOR (incl. discretionary)
AGAINST

WITHHELD
                                                                                                                                                                               (excluding votes withheld)
 1     To receive the Company's audited financial statements, together with the        68,922,465                  99.97%                 22,317    0.03%                      68,944,782                   54.66                              0
       Directors' and auditor's reports for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022.
 2     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing   68,850,288                  99.91%                 64,557    0.09%                      68,914,845                   54.64                              29,937
       the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the 53 week period ended 2 January
       2022.
 3     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (as contained in the Directors'   68,356,489                  99.88%                 78,939    0.12%                      68,435,428                   54.26                              509,354
       Remuneration Report for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022).
 4     To elect Jane Bednall as a Director.                                            68,888,193                  99.96%                 29,097    0.04%                      68,917,290                   54.64                              27,492
 5     To elect Andrew Blurton as a Director.                                          68,879,739                  99.95%                 37,551    0.05%                      68,917,290                   54.64                              27,492
 6     To elect Alan Clark as a Director.                                              68,889,804                  99.96%                 27,477    0.04%                      68,917,281                   54.64                              27,501
 7     To elect Robert B. Cook as a Director.                                          68,889,804                  99.96%                 27,477    0.04%                      68,917,281                   54.64                              27,501
 8     To elect David Lis as a Director.                                               68,879,739                  99.95%                 37,542    0.05%                      68,917,281                   54.64                              27,501
 9     To elect Gavin Manson as a Director.                                            68,517,006                  99.42%                 400,275   0.58%                      68,917,281                   54.64                              27,501
 10    To elect Louise Stonier as a Director.                                          68,888,193                  99.96%                 29,097    0.04%                      68,917,290                   54.64                              27,492
 11    To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.            68,913,534                  99.99%                 3,747     0.01%                      68,917,281                   54.64                              27,501
 12    To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the remuneration of the        68,911,713                  99.99%                 4,893     0.01%                      68,916,606                   54.64                              28,176
       auditors.
 13    To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and   68,817,735                  99.85%                 100,269   0.15%                      68,918,004                   54.64                              26,778
       incur political expenditure
 14    To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                     68,843,295                  99.90%                 70,995    0.10%                      68,914,290                   54.64                              30,492
 15    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  68,859,798                  99.95%                 37,281    0.05%                      68,897,079                   54.63                              47,703
       of the Company's issued share capital.
 16    To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of       68,861,277                  99.92%                 52,338    0.08%                      68,913,615                   54.64                              31,167
       acquisitions or capital investments.
 17    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.                            68,892,138                  99.96%                 25,332    0.04%                      68,917,470                   54.64                              27,312
 18    To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice.  68,898,582                  99.93%                 46,200    0.07%                      68,944,782                   54.66                              0

 

Notes:

1.    Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been
included in the "For" totals.

2.    A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any
resolution or the total number of votes cast.

3.    The number of shares in issue in the Company on 27th May 2022 was
126,127,279. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Shareholders
are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held in the Company.

4.    Copies of the resolutions required to be made available for
inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted today to the
Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on
the National Storage Mechanism website at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

5.    Results of the poll will also be available to view on the Company's
website at www.hostmoregroup.com (http://www.hostmoregroup.com) .

 

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Robert B. Cook, Chief Executive Officer

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

enquiries@hostmoregroup.com (mailto:enquiries@hostmoregroup.com)

+44 330 460 5588

 

Vico Partners

Sofia Newitt

020 3957 5045

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Hostmore plc is a growing hospitality business with its current operations
focused on the American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', the
cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand, '63rd+1st', and the fast casual dining
brand 'Fridays and Go'.  While Fridays has been trading for over three
decades in the UK, Hostmore was established in 2021 to provide a platform for
the development of hospitality brands under the leadership of an experienced
management team that has a track record of building businesses in the
hospitality and leisure sectors.  Hostmore's businesses are defined by their
iconic brand experience and vibrant heritage. As of 27 May 2022, Hostmore
operates 89 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Jersey, a majority of which
are in high footfall locations, including retail parks, shopping centres and
city centres.  Hostmore is exploring opportunities with TGI Friday's, Inc.,
the franchisor of Fridays, to expand its existing brands into new franchise
territories and is seeking to add rapidly growing, early-stage businesses to
its portfolio of complementary hospitality brands, as well as to extend its
offering in other experience-led, leisure concepts.

 

 

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