19th Jun 2013 14:54
Whitbread PLC - AGM Resolutions | 19 June 2013 | ||
Whitbread PLC announces that all 23 resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held yesterday were | |||
passed on a poll. The results are as follows: | |||
AGM Resolutions | For | Against | Withheld |
For information only | |||
1. To receive the Annual Report and | 110,892,347 | 5,833 | 1,426,101 |
Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2013 | |||
2. To approve the Remuneration Report | 108,910,620 | 1,673,016 | 1,739,866 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 37.90p per | 112,299,925 | 2,837 | 20,644 |
ordinary share | |||
4. To elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director | 111,875,439 | 396,311 | 55,093 |
5. To elect Louise Smalley as a director | 111,886,040 | 389,596 | 50,857 |
6. To re-elect Richard Baker as a director | 110,436,330 | 437,503 | 1,451,959 |
7. To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director | 110,436,012 | 440,671 | 1,449,341 |
8. To re-elect Ian Cheshire as a director | 111,933,718 | 337,174 | 54,039 |
9. To re-elect Patrick Dempsey as a director | 111,890,844 | 383,455 | 51,636 |
10. To re-elect Anthony Habgood as a director | 111,105,074 | 582,914 | 638,270 |
11. To re-elect Andy Harrison as a director | 111,887,248 | 385,057 | 53,943 |
12. To re-elect Susan Hooper as a director | 111,940,850 | 331,841 | 53,117 |
13. To re-elect Simon Melliss as a director | 111,939,753 | 330,065 | 55,817 |
14. To re-elect Christopher Rogers as a director | 111,880,881 | 384,942 | 59,770 |
15. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director | 111,946,103 | 325,568 | 54,011 |
16. To re-elect Stephen Williams as a director | 111,935,538 | 335,229 | 55,465 |
17. To re-appoint the auditor | 111,652,574 | 54,398 | 617,000 |
18. To authorise the Board to set the auditor's | 111,668,129 | 41,405 | 616,331 |
remuneration | |||
19. To renew the authority given to the Board | 98,244,524 | 13,828,844 | 251,737 |
to allot shares | |||
20. To increase the limit on directors' fees set out in Article 87 of the Company's Articles of Association from £500,000 to £700,000 a year | 111,707,988 | 405,086 | 211,719 |
21. To renew the authority given to the Board to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis including authority to sell treasury shares | 112,060,247 | 173,612 | 86,533 |
22. To give the Company authority to purchase | 110,249,895 | 635,369 | 1,441,047 |
its ordinary shares | |||
23. To authorise the Company to call general | 105,117,596 | 7,163,499 | 41,889 |
meetings other than an Annual General Meeting | |||
on reduced notice | |||
A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.'
- ends -
Contact: Daren Lowry, Head of Secretariat & Risk Management, 01582 889346
Related Shares:
Whitbread