16th May 2007 17:53
Restaurant Group PLC16 May 2007 The Restaurant Group Results of AGM At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 16 May 2007, 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 128,759,615 2,488,207 0 ended 31 December 2006.2. To approve the Director's remuneration 119,717,341 5,069,605 6,460,876 report for the year ended 31 December 20063. To approve a final dividend of 4.95p 131,240,711 7,111 0 per share for the year ended 31 December 20064. To re-elect Kevin J. Bacon as a 131,036,992 201,011 9,819 Director of the Company5. To re-elect Patricia A. Corzine as a 131,031,865 205,250 10,707 Director of the Company6. To re-elect John E. Jackson as a 124,382,773 3,537,625 3,327,424 Director of the Company7. To elect David H. Richardson as a 131,179,038 60,519 8,265 Director of the Company8. To re-appoint the Auditors and to 130,585,196 660,643 1,983 authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration9. To authorise the allotment of shares 130,874,578 369,691 3,553 up to a maximum nominal amount of £18,983,93610. To give the Directors powers pursuant to 131,216,214 27,699 3,909 Section 95 of the Companies Act 198511. To authorise the Company to purchase its 131,218,459 27,475 1,888 own shares Notes: 1) The total number of shares in issue at 16 May 2007 is 196,006,827 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 the special resolutions (numbers 9 to 11) have beendelivered to the UKLA in accordance with LR 9.6.2 for placing on its DocumentViewing 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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