Marston's PLC Result of AGM (3849D)

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RNS Number : 3849D

Marston's PLC

28 January 2015

Result of AGM

28 January 2015

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2015, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll. Full details of the total number of votes received for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 
     Resolution        Votes for     % of      Votes      % of      Total       Total     Votes withheld 
                                     votes    against     votes      votes       votes 
                                     cast                 cast       cast        cast 
                                                                                 as a 
                                                                                 % of 
                                                                                issued 
                                                                                 share 
                                                                                capital 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 1) Annual 
  Report and 
  Accounts             99,532,109   99.91%      87,122    0.09%   99,632,204     58.88%           12,973 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 2) Declare 
  a final dividend     99,536,393   99.90%      94,874    0.10%   99,632,204     58.89%              937 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 3) Elect 
  Carolyn Bradley      99,370,095   99.77%     233,297    0.23%   99,632,204     58.87%           28,812 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 4) Elect 
  Catherine 
  Glickman             99,392,500   99.79%     209,481    0.21%   99,632,204     58.87%           30,223 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 5) Re-elect 
  Andrew Andrea        99,243,898   99.63%     364,513    0.37%   99,632,204     58.88%           23,793 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 6) Re-elect 
  Nicholas 
  Backhouse            99,439,937   99.83%     164,729    0.17%   99,632,204     58.87%           27,538 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 7) Re-elect 
  Peter Dalzell        99,240,264   99.63%     367,651    0.37%   99,632,204     58.88%           24,289 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 8) Re-elect 
  Roger Devlin         99,453,813   99.84%     159,647    0.16%   99,632,204     58.88%           18,744 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 9) Re-elect 
  Ralph Findlay        97,227,126   97.61%   2,382,607    2.39%   99,632,204     58.88%           22,471 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 10) Re-elect 
  Neil Goulden         99,461,921   99.85%     145,082    0.15%   99,632,144     58.88%           25,141 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 11) Re-elect 
  Robin Rowland        99,465,777   99.87%     132,887    0.13%   99,632,204     58.87%           33,540 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 12) Re-appoint 
  Auditors             98,118,672   99.82%     172,428    0.18%   99,632,205     58.10%        1,341,105 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 13) Authorise 
  Auditors' 
  remuneration         99,095,784   99.82%     181,488    0.18%   99,632,204     58.68%          354,932 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 14) Approve 
  the Annual 
  Report on 
  Remuneration         97,950,014   99.46%     535,561    0.54%   99,632,204     58.21%        1,146,629 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 15) Authority 
  to allot 
  shares               99,453,791   99.87%     131,954    0.13%   99,632,204     58.86%           46,459 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 16) Disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights               97,208,930   97.62%   2,372,446    2.38%   99,632,204     58.86%           50,828 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 17) Authority 
  to purchase 
  of own shares        99,431,661   99.82%     175,570    0.18%   99,632,204     58.88%           24,973 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 18) Short 
  notice of 
  general meetings     90,802,716   91.15%   8,815,048    8.85%   99,632,091     58.88%           14,327 
--------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 

Notes:

(i) Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii) Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

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