19th Jun 2008 11:06
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Whitbread PLC - AGM Resolutions - 19 June 2008 |
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Whitbread PLC announces that all 13 resolutions at Tuesday's Annual General Meeting were |
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passed on a show of hands. For information, the proxy votes received were as follows: |
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AGM Resolutions |
For |
Against |
Abstained |
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1. To receive the Annual Report and |
90,707,794 |
316,633 |
71,950 |
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Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2008 |
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2. To approve the Remuneration Report |
88,095,984 |
2,561,758 |
438,620 |
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3. To declare a final dividend of 26.90p per |
91,038,803 |
1,257 |
56,317 |
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ordinary share |
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4. To elect Wendy Becker as a director |
90,198,610 |
790,812 |
106,955 |
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5. To elect Stephen Williams as a director |
90,155,796 |
826,361 |
114,205 |
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6. To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a director |
90,155,661 |
838,139 |
102,562 |
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7. To re-elect Philip Clarke as a director |
90,129,179 |
867,280 |
99,903 |
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8. To re-appoint the auditor and to |
87,597,977 |
1,254,352 |
2,244,033 |
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authorise the directors to set the auditor's |
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remuneration |
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9. To renew the authority given to the directors |
89,136,774 |
1,205,442 |
754,146 |
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to allot shares |
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10. To renew the authority given to the directors |
89,562,628 |
729,718 |
804,031 |
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to allot equity securities for cash other than on a |
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pro-rata basis including authority to sell treasury |
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shares |
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11. To give the Company authority to purchase |
90,938,894 |
70,302 |
87,166 |
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its shares |
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12. To give the Company authority to purchase |
90,624,942 |
371,858 |
99,577 |
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its C Shares |
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13. To adopt the new Articles of Association |
90,316,568 |
660,079 |
119,715 |
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- ends - |
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Contact: |
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Daren Lowry - Head of Secretariat, Whitbread PLC - 01582 889346 |
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Rachael Gardiner - Company Secretarial Assistant, Whitbread PLC - 01582 889337 |
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