REG - Whitbread PLC - Result of AGM

WhitbreadAnnouncement

07/07/2020 16:50

RNS Number : 3071S
  
Whitbread PLC
  
07 July 2020
  
 

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions                                                                                                     7 July 2020
 
Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 7 July 2020, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The results of the AGM are as follows:





































RESOLUTION 


VOTES

FOR°


%


VOTES

AGAINST


%


VOTES

TOTAL*


% of ISC VOTED*


VOTES

WITHHELD




Ordinary Resolutions




1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 
27 February 2020


138,129,502


99.39%


846,972


0.61%


138,976,474


68.86%


3,091,655




2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration


107,891,324


83.20%


21,786,928


16.80%


129,678,252


64.25%


12,389,877




3. To elect Horst Baier as a director


140,561,062


99.53%


670,771


0.47%


141,231,833


69.97%


836,296




4. To re-elect David Atkins as a director


139,904,098


99.06%


1,330,233


0.94%


141,234,331


69.98%


833,798




5. To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director


140,268,572


99.31%


975,644


0.69%


141,244,216


69.98%


823,913




6. To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director


140,226,982


99.28%


1,010,314


0.72%


141,237,296


69.98%


830,833




7. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director


126,802,211


89.79%


14,425,799


10.21%


141,228,010


69.97%


840,119




8. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director


123,643,067


90.81%


12,508,511


9.19%


136,151,578


67.46%


5,916,551




9. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director


139,288,794


98.62%


1,945,616


1.38%


141,234,410


69.98%


833,719




10. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director


139,920,535


99.07%


1,314,536


0.93%


141,235,071


69.98%


833,058




11. To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a director


140,483,881


99.47%


754,786


0.53%


141,238,667


69.98%


829,462




12To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director


140,277,293


99.32%


959,911


0.68%


141,237,204


69.98%


830,925




13. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director


140,502,560


99.48%


734,040


0.52%


141,236,600


69.98%


831,529




14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor


138,114,347


97.91%


2,951,334


2.09%


141,065,681


69.89%


1,002,448




15. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration


140,605,528


99.67%


462,417


0.33%


141,067,945


69.89%


1,000,184




16. To authorise the Company to make political donations


137,284,908


96.78%


4,564,128


3.22%


141,849,036


70.28%


219,093




17. To authorise the Board to allot shares


133,746,266


94.29%


8,101,790


5.71%


141,848,056


70.28%


220,073




Special Resolutions




18. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights


136,337,763


96.24%


5,329,528


3.76%


141,667,291


70.19%


400,838




19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment


134,122,507


94.68%


7,543,275


5.32%


141,665,782


70.19%


402,347




20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares


138,344,527


98.13%


2,636,841


1.87%


140,981,368


69.85%


1,086,761




21. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice


134,374,102


95.25%


6,694,285


4.75%


141,068,387


69.89%


999,742



° 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. 
* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast. 
 
 
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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
Contact:  Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346    
 
 


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