REG - Restaurant Group PLC - Results of AGM

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17/05/2019 15:05

RNS Number : 4555Z
Restaurant Group PLC
17 May 2019
 


 
The Restaurant Group plc
 
(the "Company")
 
Results of AGM
 
The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 17th May 2019.
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 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 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 2018


426,858,477


99.51


2,111,317


0.49


428,969,794


313,311




2.     Directors' Remuneration Report


424,569,280


98.91


4,696,144


1.09


429,265,424


17,680




3.     Declare a final dividend


429,243,584


99.99


26,963


0.01


429,270,547


12,558




4.     Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director


399,412,557


93.07


29,723,036


6.93


429,135,593


147,511




5.     Re-elect Andy McCue as a Director


415,236,735


96.73


14,018,529


3.27


429,255,264


27,841




6.     Re-elect Kirk Davis as a Director


427,649,842


99.63


1,600,324


0.37


429,250,166


32,939




7.     Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director


427,272,944


99.54


1,982,688


0.46


429,255,632


27,473




8.     Re-elect Simon Cloke as a Director


400,085,607


93.20


29,170,435


6.80


429,256,042


27,062




9.     Re-elect Mike Tye as a Director


427,278,215


99.54


1,973,417


0.46


429,251,632


31,473




10.  Re-appoint Allan Leighton as a Director


428,761,390


99.88


494,498


0.12


429,255,888


27,217




11.  Re-appoint EY as Auditor


428,800,357


99.89


467,881


0.11


429,268,238


14,867




12.  Determine the Auditor's remuneration


426,679,882


99.40


2,591,412


0.60


429,271,294


11,811




13.  Authority to allot shares


400,852,094


93.38


28,403,805


6.62


429,255,899


27,206




14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general)


403,460,754


93.99


25,787,687


6.01


429,248,441


34,664




15.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing)


395,570,047


92.15


33,678,393


7.85


429,248,440


34,664




16.  Authority to purchase own shares


426,543,160


99.61


1,665,760


0.39


428,208,920


1,074,184




17.  Short notice of general meetings


416,833,028


97.10


12,448,302


2.90


429,281,330


1,775




18.  Cancellation of share premium account


429,177,233


99.99


47,649


0.01


429,224,882


58,223



 
Notes:
1)    The total number of shares in issue at 17 May 2017 was 491,496,230.
2)    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.
3)    Certified copies of resolutions 13 to 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm.
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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