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WhitbreadAnnouncement

22/06/2016 13:20

RNS Number : 9828B
Whitbread PLC
22 June 2016
Whitbread PLC
AGMResolutions 
22 June 2016
Whitbread PLC announces that all 19 resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held yesterday were passed on a poll. The results are as follows:
RESOLUTIONS
VOTES
FOR
%
VOTES
AGAINST
%
VOTES
TOTAL
VOTES
WITHHELD
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 3 March 2016
122,296,839
99.74
313,863
0.26
122,610,702
980,298
2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
116,075,272
95.38
5,627,264
4.62
121,702,536
1,893,034
3. To declare a final dividend of 61.85p per ordinary share
122,981,646
100.00
5,114
0.00
122,986,760
606,365
4. To elect Alison Brittain as a director
122,495,902
99.18
1,018,879
0.82
123,514,781
77,838
5. To elect Chris Kennedy as a director
123,484,197
99.98
20,035
0.02
123,504,232
80,013
6. To re-elect Richard Baker as a director
121,036,492
97.99
2,481,145
2.01
123,517,637
77,589
7. To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director
122,951,061
99.54
562,196
0.46
123,513,257
76,610
8. To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director
122,327,953
99.04
1,186,780
0.96
123,514,733
78,175
9. To re-elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a director
88,461,243
71.63
35,033,549
28.37
123,494,792
95,833
10. To re-elect Simon Melliss as a director
122,568,323
99.24
943,422
0.76
123,511,745
79,379
11. To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director
122,499,308
99.18
1,016,573
0.82
123,515,881
75,006
12. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director
122,952,009
99.55
561,600
0.45
123,513,609
77,352
13. To re-elect Stephen Williams as a director
121,477,593
98.36
2,030,267
1.64
123,507,860
84,414
14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor
122,951,010
99.51
607,860
0.49
123,558,870
31,642
15. To authorise the Board to set the auditor's remuneration
122,925,122
99.49
636,019
0.51
123,561,141
29,520
16. To authorise the Board to allot shares
113,876,430
92.38
9,397,539
7.62
123,273,969
321,296
17. To authorise the Board to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis including the authority to sell treasury shares
113,165,695
91.59
10,385,964
8.41
123,551,659
42,766
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares
122,225,830
98.92
1,334,318
1.08
123,560,148
32,157
19. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice.
112,659,423
91.84
10,009,310
8.16
122,668,733
925,740
A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Whitbread PLC has received a vote of more than 20% against resolution 9 to re-elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a non executive director. The Board has discussed the reasons for this vote with a number of shareholders and understands that it is a result of Sir Ian Cheshire only attending 8 out of the 10 scheduled annual Board meetings and missing an unscheduled meeting that was called at short notice. We can confirm that Sir Ian Cheshire has attended every Board meeting in the current year and has no planned absences. Sir Ian is a strong contributor to the Whitbread Board with a good attendance record over his five year tenure. 
Contact: Anna Glover, Director of Communications, 01582 844 244

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