28th Jan 2008 10:32
Marston's PLC28 January 2008 Marston's PLC 25 January 2008 Result of AGM Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual GeneralMeeting held on 25 January 2008, all the resolutions proposed were passed on ashow of hands. Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meetingfor each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on theCompany's website: www.marstons.co.uk Resolution Votes for % Votes against % Votes withheld1) Adoption of 154,330,184 99.69 480,712 0.31 2,836Report and Accounts2) Declare dividend 154,447,560 99.98 35,000 0.02 331,1723) Re-elect Miles 151,196,049 97.69 3,571,687 2.31 45,996Emley4) Re-elect Stephen 152,654,649 98.63 2,115,547 1.37 43,536Oliver5) Re-elect Paul 152,656,861 98.63 2,112,875 1.37 43,996Inglett6) Re-appoint 142,690,884 92.25 11,992,324 7.75 130,524auditors7) Approve 150,919,074 99.32 1,040,597 0.68 2,854,061Remuneration Report8) Authority to 153,456,895 99.20 1,237,130 0.80 119,707allot shares9) Dis-application 154,241,895 99.71 454,640 0.29 117,197of pre-emptionrights10) Purchase of own 154,639,308 99.91 142,644 0.09 31,780shares11) Amend Articles 153,935,167 99.68 498,897 0.32 379,668(e-comms)12) Amend Articles 154,366,963 99.96 61,195 0.04 385,574(conflicts ofinterest) Notes: (i) Resolutions 1 to 8 were ordinary resolutions, requiring morethan 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. (ii) Resolutions 9 to 12 were special resolutions, requiring notless than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. Certified copies of the documents setting out the resolutions passed as specialbusiness ( as defined by the Listing Rules) by the Company at the meeting havebeen submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for viewing atthe Document Viewing Facility situated at: Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS Tel: 020 7676 1000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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