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Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 29 January 2015 held at Mitchells & Butlers plc, Retail Support Centre, Birmingham at 11.30am.
All the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM 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
Resolutions | VotesFor (a) | % | VotesAgainst | % | VotesWithheld (b) |
1 Receipt of accounts | 349,503,783 | 99.95 | 165,608 | 0.05 | 27,315 |
2 Approval of remuneration report | 348,330,462 | 99.94 | 214,564 | 0.06 | 1,153,158 |
3 Approval of remuneration policy | 347,071,910 | 99.30 | 2,436,145 | 0.70 | 190,129 |
4 Re-elect Alistair Darby | 348,238,942 | 99.86 | 487,157 | 0.14 | 970,607 |
5 Re-elect Stewart Gilliland | 349,199,976 | 99.88 | 434,949 | 0.12 | 61,781 |
6 Re-elect Eddie Irwin | 284,812,993 | 84.14 | 53,696,330 | 15.86 | 11,187,383 |
7 Re-elect Bob Ivell | 302,529,460 | 95.51 | 14,223,149 | 4.49 | 32,944,097 |
8 Re-elect Tim Jones | 347,673,244 | 99.70 | 1,052,030 | 0.30 | 971,432 |
9 Re-elect Douglas McMahon | 320,512,613 | 94.43 | 18,895,685 | 5.57 | 10,288,408 |
10 Re-elect Ron Robson | 316,556,303 | 93.51 | 21,975,256 | 6.49 | 11,165,147 |
11 Re-elect Colin Rutherford | 349,043,458 | 99.83 | 582,542 | 0.17 | 70,706 |
12 Re-elect Imelda Walsh | 349,150,920 | 99.86 | 475,204 | 0.14 | 70,582 |
13 Reappointment of auditor | 346,757,885 | 99.71 | 1,003,812 | 0.29 | 1,936,487 |
14 Auditor's remuneration | 349,202,758 | 99.87 | 444,702 | 0.13 | 50,724 |
15 Political donations | 349,066,540 | 99.85 | 513,902 | 0.15 | 117,851 |
16 Amendment of 2013 Performance Restricted Share Plan | 345,626,641 | 99.18 | 2,856,082 | 0.82 | 1,213,214 |
17 Notice period for meetings (c) | 343,713,126 | 98.30 | 5,949,087 | 1.70 | 35,971 |
NOTES:
(a) The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
(b) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
(c) Special resolution
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Voting was conducted by a poll.
The number of shares in issue at 11.30am on Tuesday 27 January 2015 was 412,293,934.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.
Denise Burton
Deputy Company Secretary