5 Feb 2015 13:13
Result of AGM
5th February 2015
Enterprise Inns plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of meeting were passed on a show of hands. Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.enterpriseinns.com
A copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing authority's National Storage mechanism and will be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Resolution | Votes for | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Votes withheld |
1. Annual Report and Accounts | 288,900,506 | 99.91 | 269,713 | 0.09 | 658,841 |
2. Remuneration Report | 289,068,351 | 99.96 | 114,063 | 0.04 | 646,646 |
3. Remuneration Policy | 282,883,190 | 97.82 | 6,299,223 | 2.18 | 646,646 |
4. Re-election of Robert Walker | 282,591,881 | 97.80 | 6,343,580 | 2.20 | 893,598 |
5. Re-election of Simon Townsend | 288,830,612 | 99.89 | 309,358 | 0.11 | 689,090 |
6. Re-election of Neil Smith | 288,876,504 | 99.89 | 309,358 | 0.11 | 643,198 |
7. Re-election of David Maloney | 288,228,503 | 99.67 | 957,359 | 0.33 | 643,198 |
8. Re-election of Peter Baguley | 287,237,087 | 99.33 | 1,948,515 | 0.67 | 643,458 |
9. Re-appointment of Adam Fowle | 288,480,887 | 99.76 | 704,975 | 0.24 | 643,198 |
10. Auditor's re-appointment | 278,541,372 | 99.04 | 2,704,931 | 0.96 | 8,582,756 |
11. Auditor's remuneration | 287,447,179 | 99.40 | 1,739,786 | 0.60 | 642,094 |
12. Authority to allot shares | 287,808,672 | 99.52 | 1,378,519 | 0.48 | 641,869 |
13. Long term incentive plan | 282,842,970 | 97.81 | 6,342,989 | 2.19 | 643,100 |
14. Save as you earn scheme | 288,149,855 | 99.64 | 1,036,325 | 0.36 | 642,880 |
15. Share incentive plan | 289,138,914 | 99.98 | 45,276 | 0.02 | 644,870 |
16. Partial disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights | 288,251,845 | 99.70 | 875,080 | 0.30 | 694,909 |
17. Purchase of own shares | 279,394,262 | 96.61 | 9,791,763 | 3.39 | 643,035 |
18. Notice period for general meetings | 276,106,442 | 95.48 | 13,065,451 | 4.52 | 645,059 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholders votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(iii) The "for" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion
(iv) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
(v) The number of shares in issue at 11am on Thursday, 5th February 2015 was 555,977,435 of which 50,000,000 are held in Treasury.
L A TogherCompany Secretary and Legal Counsel