7th May 2008 16:36
Restaurant Group PLC07 May 2008 The Restaurant Group Results of AGM At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 7 May 2008, all of theresolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. The proxy votes received on each resolution were as follows: Resolution Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld 1. To adopt the Accounts for the year 103,225,263 711 84,105ended 30 December 20072. To approve the Director's remuneration 95,785,693 2,787,792 4,736,593report for the year ended 30 December 20073. To approve a final dividend of 5.99p 103,306,970 711 2,398per share for the year ended 30 December 20074. To re-elect Andrew Page as a Director 103,244,441 45,516 20,122of the Company5. To re-elect Stephen Critoph as a 103,239,862 50,024 20,193Director of the Company6. To re-elect John Jackson as a Director 95,907,743 7,314,865 87,470of the Company7. To elect Tony Hughes as a Director of 103,261,280 27,317 21,482the Company8. To re-appoint the Auditors and to 100,422,870 27,929 2,832,709authorise the Directors to determine theirremuneration9. To authorise the allotment of shares 103,192,432 87,678 29,969up to a maximum nominal amount of £18,979,35410. To give the Directors powers pursuant to 103,203,174 69,709 37,196Section 95 of the Companies Act 198511. To authorise the Company to purchase its 103,254,592 32,785 22,702own shares12. To adopt the new Articles of Association 103,249,833 30,126 30,120 Notes: 1) The total number of shares in issue at 7 May 2008 is 196,646,033. 2) Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as theirproxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of theresolutions and are included in the total of those votes for. 3) It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not anunequivocally precise indicator of the way that shareholder would have voted ona poll; it reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given.Voting instructions can be given at any time prior to a poll being completed,and a shareholder may lodge a proxy vote and still attend the meeting and voteas they see fit. 4) Certified copies of ordinary resolution 9 and the special resolutions(numbers 10 to 12) have been delivered to the UKLA in accordance with LR 9.6.2for placing on its Document Viewing Facility For further information please contact: Robert Morgan, Company Secretary, The Restaurant Group plc, 0845 612 5001 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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