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9 July 2025
Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (the “Company”) - Result of AGM
At the Company’s 136th Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out in the table below. The resolutions themselves are contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 June 2025, a copy of which is in the Company’s 2025 Annual Report which is available on the Company’s website (www.youngs.co.uk).
Resolution | For | % of total | Against | % of total | Total votes cast (excluding withheld) | % of issued share capital voted | Withheld |
1 Annual accounts and reports | 23,692,001 | 100.00% | 367 | 0.00% | 23,692,368 | 62.31% | 116,309 |
2 Directors Remuneration report | 18,562,670 | 78.33% | 5,135,796 | 21.67% | 23,698,466 | 62.32% | 110,211 |
3 Declare final dividend | 23,703,716 | 99.99% | 2,301 | 0.01% | 23,706,017 | 62.34% | 102,660 |
4 Re-appointment of auditor | 23,687,260 | 99.94% | 15,403 | 0.06% | 23,702,663 | 62.33% | 106,014 |
5 Auditor’s remuneration | 23,702,019 | 99.99% | 1,653 | 0.01% | 23,703,672 | 62.34% | 105,005 |
6 Re-appointment of director: Steve Cooke | 23,680,062 | 99.90% | 23,226 | 0.10% | 23,703,288 | 62.33% | 105,389 |
7 Re-appointment of director: Simon Dodd | 23,655,174 | 99.81% | 45,258 | 0.19% | 23,700,432 | 62.33% | 108,245 |
8 Re-appointment of director: Mike Owen | 23,655,700 | 99.81% | 44,172 | 0.19% | 23,699,872 | 62.33% | 108,805 |
9 Re-appointment of director: Tracy Dodd | 23,656,706 | 99.82% | 43,730 | 0.18% | 23,700,436 | 62.33% | 108,241 |
10 Re-appointment of director: Aisling Meany | 23,675,362 | 99.88% | 28,486 | 0.12% | 23,703,848 | 62.34% | 104,829 |
11 Re-appointment of director: Sarah Sergeant | 23,372,744 | 99.87% | 31,180 | 0.13% | 23,403,924 | 61.55% | 404,753 |
12 Re-appointment of director: Torquil Sligo-Young | 23,664,587 | 99.83% | 39,265 | 0.17% | 23,703,852 | 62.34% | 104,825 |
13 Re-appointment of director: Ian Dyson | 23,667,492 | 99.85% | 36,356 | 0.15% | 23,703,848 | 62.34% | 104,829 |
14 Political donations and expenditure | 18,679,420 | 97.77% | 426,764 | 2.23% | 19,106,184 | 50.24% | 4,701,325 |
15 Directors authority to allot | 23,321,582 | 98.39% | 381,158 | 1.61% | 23,702,740 | 62.33% | 105,247 |
16 Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general authority) | 22,495,038 | 96.64% | 782,523 | 3.36% | 23,277,561 | 61.21% | 531,036 |
17 Disapplication of pre-emption rights (additional authority) | 22,495,332 | 96.64% | 781,934 | 3.36% | 23,277,266 | 61.21% | 531,330 |
18 Authority to undertake market purchases of own shares | 19,088,903 | 99.90% | 19,470 | 0.10% | 19,108,373 | 50.25% | 4,700,223 |
For information: (a) the total number of voting shares in issue at the time of the AGM was 38,026,087, (b) the "For" column includes those votes giving the Chair of the meeting discretion, and (c) a “vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.
The Board notes that although resolution 2 (Directors Remuneration report) passed with the requisite majority, it received more than 20% of votes against the Board's recommendation. The Board takes the views expressed by shareholders seriously and has already proactively engaged with shareholders to understand their views, in accordance with the QCA Corporate Governance Code.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
Séverine Béquin
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 8875 7000
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