23 May 2018 13:44
The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 23rd May 2018.
Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes against | % | Total votes cast | Votes withheld |
1. Annual Report and Accounts 2017 | 156,984,968 | 99.99 | 20,497 | 0.01 | 157,005,465 | 557,046 |
2. Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 148,969,248 | 94.58 | 8,531,434 | 5.42 | 157,500,682 | 61,829 |
3. Directors' Remuneration Policy | 156,026,763 | 99.24 | 1,195,663 | 0.76 | 157,222,426 | 340,085 |
4. Declare a final dividend | 157,245,454 | 100.00 | 5,873 | 0.00 | 157,251,327 | 311,185 |
5. Re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director | 156,266,900 | 99.38 | 971,722 | 0.62 | 157,238,622 | 323,889 |
6. Re-elect Andy McCue as a Director | 157,106,626 | 99.92 | 129,336 | 0.08 | 157,235,962 | 326,550 |
7. Re-appoint Kirk Davis as a Director | 157,085,178 | 99.90 | 151,595 | 0.10 | 157,236,773 | 325,739 |
8. Re-elect Simon Cloke as a Director | 157,037,826 | 99.87 | 198,847 | 0.13 | 157,236,673 | 325,839 |
9. Re-elect Mike Tye as a Director | 155,735,675 | 99.04 | 1,502,386 | 0.96 | 157,238,061 | 324,451 |
10. Re-appoint Paul May as a Director | 157,090,744 | 99.91 | 144,679 | 0.09 | 157,235,423 | 327,089 |
11. Re-elect Graham Clemett as a Director | 157,010,074 | 99.86 | 224,532 | 0.14 | 157,234,606 | 327,906 |
12. Re-appoint the Auditors and determine their remuneration | 155,862,373 | 99.12 | 1,383,181 | 0.88 | 157,245,554 | 316,957 |
13. Authority to allot shares | 157,154,900 | 99.95 | 74,401 | 0.05 | 157,229,301 | 333,211 |
14. Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general) | 157,138,900 | 99.95 | 80,256 | 0.05 | 157,219,156 | 343,356 |
15. Disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing) | 149,766,606 | 95.26 | 7,457,689 | 4.74 | 157,224,295 | 338,216 |
16. Authority to purchase own shares | 156,108,493 | 99.58 | 662,455 | 0.42 | 156,770,948 | 791,563 |
17. Short Notice of general meetings | 148,996,330 | 94.75 | 8,251,742 | 5.25 | 157,248,072 | 314,440 |
Notes:
1) The total number of shares in issue at 23 May 2017 was 201067400.
2) Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.
3) Certified copies of resolutions 13 to 17 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm
4) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
Enquiries:
Ace Company Services Limited, Company Secretary Tel: 020 3117 5001
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