Last checked at 25 Jan 2022 14:20
Result of AGM
25 January 2022
Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 25 January 2022, 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
Resolution
| 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 | 83,169,444 | 99.74% | 219,573 | 0.26% | 83,389,017 | 44.50% | 1,282,281 |
2 | Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 81,110,385 | 95.90% | 3,465,338 | 4.10% | 84,575,723 | 45.14% | 95,575 |
3 | Elect Hayleigh Lupino | 81,212,543 | 96.03% | 3,358,201 | 3.97% | 84,570,744 | 45.13% | 100,556 |
4 | Re-elect Andrew Andrea | 79,979,935 | 94.57% | 4,590,194 | 5.43% | 84,570,129 | 45.13% | 101,168 |
5 | Re-elect Bridget Lea | 83,118,966 | 99.57% | 357,247 | 0.43% | 83,476,213 | 44.55% | 1,195,085 |
6 | Re-elect Octavia Morley | 81,168,406 | 95.99% | 3,393,278 | 4.01% | 84,561,684 | 45.13% | 109,614 |
7 | Re-elect Matthew Roberts | 84,202,985 | 99.57% | 365,7786 | 0.43% | 84,568,763 | 45.13% | 102,536 |
8 | Re-elect William Rucker | 78,463,700 | 95.34% | 3,831,385 | 4.66% | 82,295,085 | 43.92% | 2,376,211 |
9 | Appoint KPMG as Auditors | 83,341,739 | 98.52% | 1,249,069 | 1.48% | 84,590,808 | 45.15% | 80,485 |
10 | Authorise Auditors' remuneration | 84,444,126 | 99.83% | 141,920 | 0.17% | 84,586,046 | 45.14% | 85,250 |
11 | Authority to allot shares | 79,825,234 | 94.38% | 4,751,787 | 5.62% | 84,577,021 | 45.14% | 94,275 |
12 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 81,118,783 | 95.91% | 3,455,474 | 4.09% | 84,574,257 | 45.14% | 97,040 |
13 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 82,491,934 | 98.45% | 1,301,562 | 1.55% | 83,793,496 | 44.72% | 877,799 |
14 | Short notice of general meetings | 79,822,026 | 94.35% | 4,779,877 | 5.65% | 84,601,903 | 45.15% | 69,390 |
15 | Approval of new Articles of Association | 84,436,733 | 99.86% | 116,934 | 0.14% | 84,553,667 | 45.13% | 117,631 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 11 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 12 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 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.