Marston's PLC Result of AGM (7845C)

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RNS Number : 7845C

Marston's PLC

24 January 2018

Result of AGM

24 January 2018

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2018, 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 
 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 
-------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Receive the 
       Annual Report 
 1     and Accounts         99,330,676    99.98%       17,104    0.02%   99,347,780     53.04%           29,254 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Approve the 
       Annual Report 
 2     on Remuneration      94,962,903    95.67%    4,300,620    4.33%   99,263,523     52.99%          113,505 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Declare a final 
 3     dividend             99,368,183   100.00%        4,793    0.00%   99,372,976     53.05%            4,059 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Elect Matthew 
 4     Roberts              99,277,009    99.96%       39,410    0.04%   99,316,419     53.02%           60,613 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Andrew 
 5     Andrea               98,979,271    99.66%      341,484    0.34%   99,320,755     53.02%           56,277 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Carolyn 
 6     Bradley              99,157,626    99.83%      172,565    0.17%   99,330,191     53.03%           46,840 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Roger 
 7     Devlin               98,616,479    99.31%      686,737    0.69%   99,303,216     53.02%           73,816 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Ralph 
 8     Findlay              98,500,749    99.16%      835,243    0.84%   99,335,992     53.03%           41,040 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Catherine 
 9     Glickman             99,156,437    99.83%      173,337    0.17%   99,329,774     53.03%           47,258 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Robin 
 10    Rowland              99,157,079    99.83%      171,469    0.17%   99,328,548     53.03%           48,485 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-appoint 
 11    PwC as Auditors      97,768,198    98.42%    1,564,491    1.58%   99,332,689     53.03%           43,789 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authorise Auditors' 
 12    remuneration         99,126,585    99.78%      217,086    0.22%   99,343,671     53.04%           33,361 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to 
 13    allot shares         83,280,317    83.85%   16,040,693   16.15%   99,321,010     53.03%           56,023 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
 14    rights               94,652,539    95.32%    4,646,767    4.68%   99,299,306     53.01%           77,727 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to 
       make market 
       purchases of 
 15    own shares           97,785,867    98.46%    1,532,705    1.54%   99,318,572     53.02%           58,459 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Short notice 
       of general 
 16    meetings             96,890,864    97.51%    2,477,127    2.49%   99,367,991     53.05%            8,833 
---  --------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 

Notes:

(i) Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii) Resolutions 14 to 16 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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