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 |
VOTES |
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VOTES |
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VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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4. To elect Frank Fiskers as a director |
98,191,303 |
99.78 |
218,149 |
0.22 |
98,409,452 |
56.60 |
113,671 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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