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RNS Number : 0456P  Whitbread PLC  15 June 2022

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions
 
          15 June 2022

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 June
2022, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The
results of the AGM are as follows:

 RESOLUTION                                                                     VOTES        %      VOTES       %      VOTES        % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1. To receive the Annual                                                       125,133,746  99.83  206,907     0.17   125,340,653  58.44%          2,464,259

 Report and Accounts

 for the year ended

 3 March 2022
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                               109,378,984  85.68  18,280,422  14.32  127,659,406  59.52%          145,506
 3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration                                76,536,853   61.56  47,800,014  38.44  124,336,867  57.97%          3,468,045
 4.  To declare a final dividend of 34.7p per ordinary share                    123,498,102  96.67  4,258,675   3.33   127,756,777  59.57%          48,135
 5. To elect Hemant Patel as a director                                         126,925,776  99.36  814,236     0.64   127,740,012  59.56%          64,312
 6.To re-elect David Atkins as a director                                       123,262,944  96.49  4,479,288   3.51   127,742,232  59.56%          62,092
 7.To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director                                          125,538,881  98.28  2,200,687   1.72   127,739,568  59.56%          64,756
 8. To re-elect Horst Baier as a director                                       123,774,984  96.90  3,965,463   3.10   127,740,447  59.56%          63,877
 9.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director                                    127,316,672  99.67  427,621     0.33   127,744,293  59.56%          60,031
 10.To re-elect Fumbi Chima as a director                                       125,503,153  98.25  2,237,163   1.75   127,740,316  59.56%          64,008
 11. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director                                     107,388,037  88.69  13,698,031  11.31  121,086,068  56.46%          6,702,763
 12. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director                                    113,205,333  88.63  14,522,197  11.37  127,727,530  59.55%          61,301
 13. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director                             123,248,775  96.49  4,478,443   3.51   127,727,218  59.55%          61,613
 14. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director                                    123,738,689  96.88  3,988,240   3.12   127,726,929  59.55%          61,902
 15. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor                                   125,421,815  99.96  53,210      0.04   125,475,025  58.50%          2,314,394
 16. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's  122,017,134  95.52  5,718,836   4.48   127,735,970  59.56%          53,449
 remuneration
 17. To authorise the Company to make political donations                       123,088,640  96.36  4,644,582   3.64   127,733,222  59.56%          56,197
 18. To authorise the Board to allot shares                                     121,562,799  95.14  6,208,320   4.86   127,771,119  59.57%          18,299
 19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                      126,848,275  99.69  394,736     0.31   127,243,011  59.33%          546,408
 20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with   123,589,516  97.13  3,651,849   2.87   127,241,365  59.33%          548,054
 an acquisition or a specified capital investment
 21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares               125,256,287  98.07  2,469,350   1.93   127,725,637  59.55%          63,782
 22. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual       122,117,261  95.69  5,499,004   4.31   127,616,265  59.50%          173,154
 General Meeting, on reduced notice

 

 

 

 

 

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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

The Board notes the results of the advisory resolution on the 2021/22
remuneration report, which has been supported by the majority of shareholders.
We have engaged with a number of shareholders regarding the remuneration
report and will continue to engage constructively with shareholders over the
coming months.  We will report on any actions resulting from those
discussions in due course.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Investor queries | Whitbread | investorrelations@whitbread.com
(mailto:investorrelations@whitbread.com)

 

 

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