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12/05/2016 11:55

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Restaurant Group PLC
12 May 2016
The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 12 May 2016.
Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

Resolution
Votes For
%
Votes against
%
Total votes cast
Votes withheld
1
Annual Report and Accounts 2015
150,745,756
99.94
87,237
0.06
150,832,993
514,048
2
Directors' Remuneration Report 
101,294,728
73.17
37,145,533
26.83
138,440,261
12,906,780
3
Declare a final dividend 
150,872,308
100.00
88
0.00
150,872,396
474,645
4
Re-elect Debbie Hewitt 
149,666,556
99.61
590,595
0.39
150,257,151
1,089,890
5
Re-elect Danny 
Breithaupt 
142,158,094
94.24
8,696,340
5.76
150,854,434
492,607
6
Re-elect Stephen Critoph
Resolution Withdrawn
7
Re-elect Simon Cloke
149,653,106
99.35
985,491
0.65
150,638,597
708,444
8
Re-elect Sally Cowdry
149,993,719
99.43
863,206
0.57
150,856,925
490,116
9
Elect Mike Tye
150,778,384
99.96
62,779
0.04
150,841,163
505,878
10
Re-appoint Auditors and determine remuneration
144,211,450
95.59
6,652,977
4.41
150,864,427
482,614
11
Authority to allot shares
147,792,096
99.96
52,272
0.04
147,844,368
3,502,673
12
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
145,383,475
96.48
5,311,540
3.52
150,695,015
652,026
13
Authority to purchase own shares
147,928,623
98.14
2,809,065
1.86
150,737,688
609,353
14
Short notice of general meetings 
145,267,296
96.30
5,582,898
3.70
150,850,194
496,847
Cont.
Notes:
1) The Company notes the significant number of votes cast against Resolution 2, the advisory vote on the Directors' Remuneration Report. The Company understands that this reflects the concerns of a number of investors in respect of the termination arrangements for Alan Jackson and the level of the Executive Director annual bonus awards for 2015. The Remuneration Committee will carry out a detailed review of all of the feedback received to understand fully all of the reasons behind the vote result so that it can reflect, where appropriate, in its approach going forward.
2) The total number of shares in issue at 12 May 2016 was 201,046,447. 
3) Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.
4) Certified copies of resolutions 12, 13 and 14 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm 
5) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast. 
Enquiries: 
Alex Small, Company SecretaryTel: 020 3117 5001

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