Last checked at 23 Jan 2024 13:30
Result of AGM
23 January 2024
Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2024, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll. Full details of the total number of votes received for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstonspubs.co.uk
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission Service and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
| VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 63,410,880 | 98.11 | 1,222,665 | 1.89 | 64,633,545 | 34.49% | 82,508 |
2 | Approve the Annual Report Remuneration | 61,485,390 | 95.16 | 3,127,124 | 4.84 | 64,612,514 | 34.48% | 103,541 |
3 | Elect Justin Platt | 64,171,503 | 99.81 | 122,839 | 0.19 | 64,294,342 | 34.31% | 421,710 |
4 | Elect Rachel Osborne | 64,159,416 | 99.80 | 127,503 | 0.20 | 64,286,919 | 34.31% | 429,133 |
5 | Re-elect Bridget Lea | 64,157,346 | 99.80 | 128,366 | 0.20 | 64,285,712 | 34.31% | 430,342 |
6 | Re-elect Hayleigh Lupino | 63,857,019 | 99.33 | 429,146 | 0.67 | 64,286,165 | 34.31% | 429,888 |
7 | Re-elect Octavia Morley | 60,173,797 | 93.61 | 4,107,369 | 6.39 | 64,281,166 | 34.31% | 434,889 |
8 | Re-elect William Rucker | 62,814,463 | 97.71 | 1,469,942 | 2.29 | 64,284,405 | 34.31% | 431,648 |
9 | Re-elect Sir Nick Varney | 64,133,458 | 99.78 | 141,602 | 0.22 | 64,275,060 | 34.30% | 440,992 |
10 | Appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors | 64,524,341 | 99.81 | 124,333 | 0.19 | 64,648,674 | 34.50% | 67,380 |
11 | Authorise Auditors' remuneration | 64,558,644 | 99.87 | 84,879 | 0.13 | 64,643,523 | 34.50% | 72,529 |
12 | Authority to allot shares | 61,543,109 | 95.22 | 3,090,742 | 4.78 | 64,633,851 | 34.49% | 82,202 |
13 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 61,561,426 | 95.23 | 3,080,504 | 4.77 | 64,641,930 | 34.50% | 74,123 |
14 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 63,303,619 | 97.88 | 1,370,298 | 2.12 | 64,673,917 | 34.52% | 42,138 |
15 | Short notice of general meetings | 64,125,189 | 99.17 | 536,066 | 0.83 | 64,661,255 | 34.51% | 54,795 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 13 to 15 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(iii) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the 'for' total.
(iv) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.