REG - Restaurant Group PLC - Result of AGM

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19/05/2020 15:35

RNS Number : 3877N
  
Restaurant Group PLC
  
19 May 2020
  
 

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")
 
Results of 2020 AGM
 
The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 19 May 2020.
Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
 



Resolutions


Votes For


%


Votes Against


%


Total Votes Cast


Votes Withheld




1.     Report and Accounts 2019


460,680,341


99.27%


3,366,930


0.73%


464,047,271


1,771,704




2.     Directors' Remuneration Report 2019


420,121,320


90.19%


45,672,479


9.81%


465,793,799


25,176




3.     Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director


425,804,545


91.42%


39,980,141


8.58%


465,784,686


34,289




4.     Re-appoint Andy Hornby as a Director


465,679,264


99.98%


102,673


0.02%


465,781,937


37,038




5.     Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director


464,275,662


99.97%


141,665


0.03%


464,417,327


1,401,648




6.     Re-elect Allan Leighton as a Director


465,007,998


99.83%


769,892


0.17%


465,777,890


41,085




7.     Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director


452,972,983


97.25%


12,805,763


2.75%


465,778,746


40,229




8.     Re-appoint Alison Digges as a Director


465,688,184


99.98%


98,176


0.02%


465,786,360


32,615




9.     Re-appoint Zoe Morgan as a Director


465,697,424


99.98%


92,194


0.02%


465,789,618


29,357




10.  Re-appoint the Auditor 


465,750,257


99.99%


49,224


0.01%


465,799,481


19,494




11.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration


464,997,009


99.82%


816,037


0.18%


465,813,046


5,929




12.  Authority to allot shares


440,648,102


94.60%


25,143,006


5.40%


465,791,108


27,866




13.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (general)


428,525,215


92.00%


37,255,185


8.00%


465,780,400


38,574




14.  Waiver of pre-emption rights (financing)


427,170,524


91.71%


38,609,164


8.29%


465,779,688


39,286




15.  Authority to purchase own shares


464,340,952


99.70%


1,418,680


0.30%


465,759,632


59,343




16.  Amendment to Articles of Association


465,590,094


99.95%


211,448


0.05%


465,801,542


17,433




17.  Notice of General Meetings


449,483,368


96.50%


16,325,176


3.50%


465,808,544


10,431




18.  Cancellation of the share premium account


465,722,742


99.98%


70,660


0.02%


465,793,402


25,573



 
Notes:
1)    The total number of shares in issue at 19 May 2020 was 589,795,475.
2)    Where shareholders 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.
3)    Certified copies of resolutions 13 to 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
4)    A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
 
Enquiries:                                                               
 
Jean-Paul Rabin, Company Secretary                                     Tel: 020 3117 5001
 


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