Greene King PLC Result of AGM (1725A)

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RNS Number : 1725A

Greene King PLC

07 September 2018

GREENE KING PLC

RESULTS OF AGM

The annual general meeting of Greene King plc was held at the Millennium Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse Conference Centre, Newmarket on Friday 7 September 2018. All resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands, resolutions 1 to 13 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 as special resolutions.

Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, are being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.

 
 Resolution                        Votes for     Percentage   Votes        Percentage   Votes Withheld 
                                                               Against 
 To receive and adopt 
  the report of the accounts       222,470,661     99.92       169,933        0.08         161,500 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To approve the directors' 
  remuneration report              209,958,040     99.46      1,131,248       0.54        11,712,806 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To declare a final dividend       222,748,959     99.98        51,047        0.02          2,088 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Rooney Anand 
  as a director                    221,264,353     99.64       791,850        0.36         743,891 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Mike Coupe 
  as a director                    220,380,060     99.61       866,267        0.39        1,553,766 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Rob Rowley 
  as a director                    220,370,800     99.24      1,689,057       0.76         742,237 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Lynne Weedall 
  as a director                    221,241,304     99.63       815,859        0.37         744,931 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Philip Yea 
  as a director                    206,576,543     95.86      8,918,949       4.14        7,306,601 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-elect Gordon Fryett 
  as a director                    221,231,028     99.63       823,716        0.37         747,350 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To elect Richard Smothers 
  as a director                    220,948,206     99.50      1,109,120       0.50         744,768 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To re-appoint Ernst 
  & Young LLP as auditors          206,722,184     93.18      15,124,796      6.82         955,113 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To authorise the directors 
  to determine the remuneration 
  of the auditors                  222,702,208     99.96        80,248        0.04          19,638 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To renew the directors' 
  allotment authority              222,757,543     99.98        33,941        0.02          10,610 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To authorise non-pre-emptive 
  issues of ordinary shares 
  up to 5% of share capital*       221,978,547     99.63       819,074        0.37          4,473 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To renew the authority 
  for market purchases*            221,479,376     99.43      1,275,918       0.57          46,799 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 To allow the company 
  to hold general meetings 
  on 14 days' notice*              216,400,968     97.13      6,386,634       2.87          14,492 
                                  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------- 
 

* Special resolutions

Note: Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the chairman have been included in the "For" total.

For further information please contact:

Lindsay Keswick

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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