20th Jun 2019 11:24
Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions
20 June 2019
Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 June 2019, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed. The results of the AGM are as follows:
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RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2019 | 97,379,137 | 99.99 | 6,064 | 0.01 | 97,385,201 | 56.01 | 1,140,163 |
2.To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 94,570,584 | 96.97 | 2,958,424 | 3.03 | 97,529,008 | 56.09 | 996,373 |
3.To declare a final dividend of 67.00p per ordinary share | 98,150,423 | 99.67 | 320,508 | 0.33 | 98,470,931 | 56.63 | 52,192 |
4. To elect Frank Fiskers as a director | 98,191,303 | 99.78 | 218,149 | 0.22 | 98,409,452 | 56.60 | 113,671 |
5.To re-elect David Atkins as a director | 97,399,810 | 98.97 | 1,010,946 | 1.03 | 98,410,756 | 56.60 | 112,367 |
6.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director | 97,437,305 | 99.01 | 979,020 | 0.99 | 98,416,325 | 56.60 | 106,798 |
7.To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director | 97,343,049 | 98.91 | 1,072,654 | 1.09 | 98,415,703 | 56.60 | 107,259 |
8.To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director | 97,372,274 | 98.94 | 1,042,325 | 1.06 | 98,414,599 | 56.60 | 108,363 |
9. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director | 97,733,044 | 99.31 | 676,889 | 0.69 | 98,409,933 | 56.60 | 113,029 |
10. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director | 97,235,095 | 98.81 | 1,175,870 | 1.19 | 98,410,965 | 56.60 | 111,997 |
11. To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a director | 95,911,507 | 98.25 | 1,706,192 | 1.75 | 97,617,699 | 56.14 | 905,263 |
12. To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director | 97,400,301 | 98.97 | 1,011,835 | 1.03 | 98,412,136 | 56.60 | 110,826 |
13. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director | 97,854,618 | 99.43 | 559,255 | 0.57 | 98,413,873 | 56.60 | 109,089 |
14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor | 95,673,136 | 97.17 | 2,789,763 | 2.83 | 98,462,899 | 56.63 | 59,589 |
15. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration | 97,090,563 | 98.61 | 1,372,270 | 1.39 | 98,462,833 | 56.63 | 59,655 |
16. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 95,647,204 | 97.22 | 2,737,463 | 2.78 | 98,384,667 | 56.58 | 137,822 |
17. To authorise the Board to allot shares | 95,457,570 | 96.95 | 3,003,058 | 3.05 | 98,460,628 | 56.63 | 61,758 |
18. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 96,411,431 | 98.00 | 1,971,310 | 2.00 | 98,382,741 | 56.58 | 77,210 |
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment | 94,608,116 | 96.28 | 3,655,533 | 3.72 | 98,263,649 | 56.51 | 77,110 |
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares | 97,279,264 | 98.99 | 994,732 | 1.01 | 98,273,996 | 56.52 | 68,403 |
21. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice | 94,225,664 | 95.87 | 4,054,666 | 4.13 | 98,280,330 | 56.52 | 60,430 |
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: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
The results of the Whitbread General Meeting will be announced separately.
Contact: Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346
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