REG - Marston's Plc - Result of AGM

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27/01/2020 10:20

RNS Number : 9993A
Marston's PLC
27 January 2020
 


Result of AGM
27 January 2020
 
Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 24 January 2020, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll.  Full details of the total number of votes received 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
 



Resolution
 


Votes for


% of votes cast


Votes against


% of votes cast


Total votes cast


Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital


Votes withheld




1


Receive the Annual Report and Accounts


103,086,170


99.99%


5,400


0.01%


103,091,570


55.03%


1,384,017




2


Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


89,792,873


86.05%


14,551,016


13.95%


104,343,889


55.70%


131,691




3


Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration


100,094,860


95.92%


4,253,359


4.08%


104,348,219


55.70%


127,364




4


Declare a final dividend


104,459,995


99.99%


5,600


0.01%


104,465,595


55.76%


9,994




5


Elect Bridget Lea


104,358,685


99.95%


54,182


0.05%


104,412,867


55.73%


62,719




6


Elect Octavia Morley


104,346,510


99.94%


59,235


0.06%


104,405,745


55.73%


69,839




7


Re-elect Andrew Andrea


104,100,606


99.70%


316,214


0.30%


104,416,820


55.74%


58,766




8


Re-elect Carolyn Bradley


104,373,023


99.96%


45,539


0.04%


104,418,562


55.74%


57,024




9


Re-elect Ralph Findlay


100,279,910


96.98%


3,120,401


3.02%


103,400,311


55.19%


1,075,273




10


Re-elect Matthew Roberts


104,374,050


99.95%


47,861


0.05%


104,421,911


55.74%


53,675




11


Re-elect William Rucker


97,936,583


95.92%


4,166,144


4.08%


102,102,727


54.50%


2,372,857




12


Appoint KPMG as Auditors


104,229,164


99.85%


160,549


0.15%


104,389,713


55.72%


85,870




13


Authorise Auditors' remuneration


104,266,906


99.84%


167,468


0.16%


104,434,374


55.74%


41,211




14


Authority to allot shares


97,686,444


93.54%


6,741,624


6.46%


104,428,068


55.74%


47,516




15


Disapplication of pre-emption rights


99,023,877


94.87%


5,359,397


5.13%


104,383,274


55.72%


92,308




16


Authority to make market purchases of own shares


103,094,868


98.81%


1,237,701


1.19%


104,332,569


55.69%


143,015




17


Short notice of general meetings


100,062,450


95.79%


4,393,327


4.21%


104,455,777


55.76%


19,803



 
Notes:
(i)            Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii)           Resolutions 15 to 17 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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