REG - Whitbread PLC - Result of AGM

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23/06/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 6581D  Whitbread PLC  22 June 2023

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions
                                                 22
June 2023

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 22 June
2023 (the "AGM"), 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                                                              134,019,141  99.85  203,311     0.15  134,222,452  63.40%          192,048

 Annual Report and

 Accounts for the

 year ended

 2 March 2023
 2. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration                                126,239,328  93.97  8,099,223   6.03  134,338,551  63.46%          75,949
 3. To declare a final dividend of 49.8p per ordinary share                     134,391,881  99.98  21,071      0.02  134,412,952  63.49%          1,548
 4. To elect Dominic Paul as a director                                         134,060,237  99.76  317,885     0.24  134,378,122  63.48%          36,378
 5. To elect Karen Jones as a director                                          134,318,397  99.95  60,645      0.05  134,379,042  63.48%          35,458
 6.To elect Cilla Snowball as a director                                        134,310,043  99.95  67,187      0.05  134,377,230  63.48%          37,270
 7.To re-elect David Atkins as a director                                       129,603,240  96.43  4,792,146   3.57  134,395,386  63.49%          19,114
 8. To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director                                         129,956,821  96.70  4,441,549   3.30  134,398,370  63.49%          16,130
 9.To re-elect Horst Baier as a director                                        132,212,921  98.37  2,184,319   1.63  134,397,240  63.49%          17,260
 10.To re-elect Fumbi Chima as a director                                       132,571,878  98.64  1,825,970   1.36  134,397,848  63.49%          16,652
 11. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director                                     122,939,257  92.76  9,594,119   7.24  132,533,376  62.61%          1,881,191
 12. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director                                    127,639,156  94.97  6,759,809   5.03  134,398,965  63.49%          15,602
 13. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director                             129,602,333  96.43  4,795,378   3.57  134,397,711  63.49%          16,856
 14. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director                                    132,209,770  98.37  2,187,967   1.63  134,397,737  63.49%          16,830
 15. To re-elect Hemant Patel as a director                                     133,961,614  99.67  436,942     0.33  134,398,556  63.49%          16,011
 16. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor                                   132,572,477  99.96  49,375      0.04  132,621,852  62.65%          1,792,785
 17. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's  134,393,830  99.99  10,907      0.01  134,404,737  63.49%          9,830
 remuneration
 18. To authorise the Company to make political donations                       126,398,706  94.64  7,161,799   5.36  133,560,505  63.09%          854,132
 19. To authorise the Board to allot shares                                     122,748,794  91.33  11,653,307  8.67  134,402,101  63.49%          12,465
 20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                      129,989,710  96.77  4,338,534   3.23  134,328,244  63.45%          86,323
 21. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with   128,093,719  95.36  6,234,150   4.64  134,327,869  63.45%          86,698
 an acquisition or a specified capital investment
 22. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares               132,328,192  98.50  2,013,379   1.50  134,341,571  63.46%          72,996
 23. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual       127,350,091  94.75  7,057,615   5.25  134,407,706  63.49%          6,931
 General Meeting, on reduced notice
 24. To approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association (LIBOR      134,352,461  99.97  38,245      0.03  134,390,706  63.48%          23,861
 Amendments)
 25. To approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association (General    132,327,144  98.54  1,964,540   1.46  134,291,684  63.44%          122,883
 Amendments)

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Following the AGM: (i) a meeting of the holders of B preference shares of 1
pence each in the capital of the Company (the "B Class Meeting"), opened at
3.25 pm on 22 June 2023; and (ii) a meeting of the holders of C preference
shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "C Class Meeting"),
opened at 3.35 pm on 22 June 2023. The B Class Meeting and C Class Meeting
were adjourned due to a lack of quorum.

 

Notice is hereby given that:

 

(A)  the B Class Meeting has been adjourned to 10.00 am on Monday 3 July 2023
at Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue, Dunstable, LU5
5XE (the "Adjourned B Class Meeting"); and

 

(B)  the C Class Meeting has been adjourned to 10.05 am (or immediately
following the conclusion of the Adjourned B Class Meeting, if later) on Monday
3 July 2023 at Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue,
Dunstable, LU5 5XE (the "Adjourned C Class Meeting").

 

Further information concerning the business to be transacted at the Adjourned
B Class Meeting and Adjourned C Class Meeting is set out in the Notice of B
Class Meeting dated 18 May 2023 and the Notice of C Class Meeting dated 18 May
2023, copies of which are available on the Company's website at
https://www.whitbread.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/
(https://www.whitbread.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/) .

 

Resolution 24, which was passed by the holders of ordinary shares at the
Annual General Meeting, was contingent on the passing of resolutions at each
of the B and C Share Class meetings and will therefore only come into effect
in the event that the resolutions are approved at the Adjourned B Class
Meeting and Adjourned C Class Meeting on 3 July 2023.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

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

 

 

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