24 Jan 2018 09:53
Result of AGM
24 January 2018
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Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23Β JanuaryΒ 2018, 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.marstons.co.uk
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A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to theΒ UK Listing Authority'sΒ National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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Resolution Β | Votes for | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Total votes cast | Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital | Votes withheld | |
1 | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 99,330,676 | 99.98% | 17,104 | 0.02% | 99,347,780 | 53.04% | 29,254 |
2 | Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 94,962,903 | 95.67% | 4,300,620 | 4.33% | 99,263,523 | 52.99% | 113,505 |
3 | Declare a final dividend | 99,368,183 | 100.00% | 4,793 | 0.00% | 99,372,976 | 53.05% | 4,059 |
4 | Elect Matthew Roberts | 99,277,009 | 99.96% | 39,410 | 0.04% | 99,316,419 | 53.02% | 60,613 |
5 | Re-elect Andrew Andrea | 98,979,271 | 99.66% | 341,484 | 0.34% | 99,320,755 | 53.02% | 56,277 |
6 | Re-elect Carolyn Bradley | 99,157,626 | 99.83% | 172,565 | 0.17% | 99,330,191 | 53.03% | 46,840 |
7 | Re-elect Roger Devlin | 98,616,479 | 99.31% | 686,737 | 0.69% | 99,303,216 | 53.02% | 73,816 |
8 | Re-elect RalphΒ Findlay | 98,500,749 | 99.16% | 835,243 | 0.84% | 99,335,992 | 53.03% | 41,040 |
9 | Re-elect Catherine Glickman | 99,156,437 | 99.83% | 173,337 | 0.17% | 99,329,774 | 53.03% | 47,258 |
10 | Re-elect Robin Rowland | 99,157,079 | 99.83% | 171,469 | 0.17% | 99,328,548 | 53.03% | 48,485 |
11 | Re-appoint PwC as Auditors | 97,768,198 | 98.42% | 1,564,491 | 1.58% | 99,332,689 | 53.03% | 43,789 |
12 | Authorise Auditors' remuneration | 99,126,585 | 99.78% | 217,086 | 0.22% | 99,343,671 | 53.04% | 33,361 |
13 | Authority to allot shares | 83,280,317 | 83.85% | 16,040,693 | 16.15% | 99,321,010 | 53.03% | 56,023 |
14 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 94,652,539 | 95.32% | 4,646,767 | 4.68% | 99,299,306 | 53.01% | 77,727 |
15 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 97,785,867 | 98.46% | 1,532,705 | 1.54% | 99,318,572 | 53.02% | 58,459 |
16 | Short notice of general meetings | 96,890,864 | 97.51% | 2,477,127 | 2.49% | 99,367,991 | 53.05% | 8,833 |
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Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 14 to 16 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 Chairman 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.
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