15th Jun 2017 10:30
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS PLC
Annual General Meeting
held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel, Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY
on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00 p.m.
RESULTS OF POLL
The Merlin Entertainments plc Annual General Meeting was held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel,
Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00 p.m.
In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each Resolution proposed at the Meeting.
Each Resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each Resolution are set out below:
RESOLUTION | * VOTESFOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | ** VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 900,751,822 | 99.70 | 2,740,511 | 0.30 | 903,492,333 | 88.61% | 909,964 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 4.9 pence per share | 904,268,716 | 100.00 | 516 | 0.00 | 904,269,232 | 88.69% | 133,065 |
3 | To approve the Policy Report of the Director's Remuneration Report | 866,092,288 | 95.78 | 38,165,452 | 4.22 | 904,257,740 | 88.69% | 144,556 |
4 | To approve the Annual Report on Director's Remuneration | 874,185,694 | 97.48 | 22,639,087 | 2.52 | 896,824,781 | 87.96% | 7,577,514 |
5 | To re-elect Sir John Sunderland as a Director | 898,704,917 | 99.39 | 5,506,104 | 0.61 | 904,211,021 | 88.69% | 191,277 |
6 | To re-elect Nick Varney as a Director | 902,823,584 | 99.84 | 1,455,002 | 0.16 | 904,278,586 | 88.69% | 123,712 |
7 | To elect Anne-Francoise Nesmes as a Director | 902,820,553 | 99.84 | 1,455,002 | 0.16 | 904,275,555 | 88.69% | 126,743 |
8 | To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director | 885,900,951 | 97.97 | 18,374,354 | 2.03 | 904,275,305 | 88.69% | 126,993 |
9 | To re-elect Ken Hydon as a Director | 870,131,077 | 99.29 | 6,266,102 | 0.71 | 876,397,179 | 85.96% | 28,005,119 |
10 | To re-elect Fru Hazlitt as a Director | 903,028,993 | 99.86 | 1,246,312 | 0.14 | 904,275,305 | 88.69% | 126,993 |
11 | To re-elect Søren Sørensen as a Director | 902,143,356 | 99.76 | 2,134,493 | 0.24 | 904,277,849 | 88.69% | 124,449 |
12 | To re-elect Trudy Rautio as a Director | 903,032,545 | 99.86 | 1,245,304 | 0.14 | 904,277,849 | 88.69% | 124,449 |
13 | To re-elect Yun (Rachel) Chiang as a Director | 901,417,614 | 99.69 | 2,835,929 | 0.31 | 904,253,543 | 88.69% | 148,755 |
14 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 890,443,347 | 98.51 | 13,464,740 | 1.49 | 903,908,087 | 88.66% | 494,210 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 897,852,041 | 99.29 | 6,404,371 | 0.71 | 904,256,412 | 88.69% | 145,885 |
16 | To authorise political donations and expenditure | 900,649,370 | 99.69 | 2,783,772 | 0.31 | 903,433,142 | 88.61% | 969,156 |
17 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 881,574,828 | 97.78 | 20,018,549 | 2.22 | 901,593,377 | 88.43% | 2,808,920 |
18 *** | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to shares allotted in Resolution 17 | 901,386,624 | 99.80 | 1,841,844 | 0.20 | 903,228,468 | 88.59% | 1,173,829 |
19 *** | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 880,468,360 | 97.48 | 22,764,181 | 2.52 | 903,232,541 | 88.59% | 1,169,755 |
20 *** | To enable a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 884,565,602 | 97.84 | 19,571,560 | 2.16 | 904,137,162 | 88.68% | 265,134 |
Notes:
* Includes discretionary votes received.
** A vote Withheld is not a vote in English Law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes For or Against a Resolution.
*** Indicates a Special Resolution.
This Announcement is available for viewing on the Company's website, www.merlinentertainments.biz/shareholder-meetings.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the Resolutions passed by Merlin Entertainments plc shareholders have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Further enquiries:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
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