Marston's PLC Result of AGM (0178O)

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RNS Number : 0178O

Marston's PLC

24 January 2019

Result of AGM

24 January 2019

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 23 January 2019, 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 
 1     Report and Accounts      87,684,158    99.97%      23,452    0.03%   87,707,610     46.82%          195,833 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Approve the Annual 
 2     Report on Remuneration   87,583,005    99.77%     202,686    0.23%   87,785,691     46.86%          117,751 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Declare a final 
 3     dividend                 87,888,959   100.00%       3,993    0.00%   87,892,952     46.92%           10,493 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 4    Elect William Rucker      85,184,634    96.97%   2,660,025    3.03%   87,844,659     46.89%           58,778 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Andrew 
 5     Andrea                   87,212,907    99.29%     624,846    0.71%   87,837,753     46.89%           65,687 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Carolyn 
 6     Bradley                  87,353,778    99.44%     492,020    0.56%   87,845,798     46.89%           57,643 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Ralph 
 7     Findlay                  86,130,132    98.04%   1,722,373    1.96%   87,852,505     46.90%           50,934 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Catherine 
 8     Glickman                 86,686,890    98.69%   1,151,660    1.31%   87,838,550     46.89%           64,890 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Matthew 
 9     Roberts                  87,339,029    99.44%     492,574    0.56%   87,831,603     46.88%           71,837 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Robin 
 10    Rowland                  86,196,153    99.42%     505,363    0.58%   86,701,516     46.28%        1,201,922 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-appoint PwC 
 11    as Auditors              86,275,948    98.22%   1,566,143    1.78%   87,842,091     46.89%           61,347 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authorise Auditors' 
 12    remuneration             87,368,012    99.48%     460,887    0.52%   87,828,899     46.88%           74,543 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to allot 
 13    shares                   80,863,760    92.09%   6,946,193    7.91%   87,809,953     46.87%           93,487 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
 14    rights                   82,947,746    94.43%   4,888,342    5.57%   87,836,088     46.89%           67,354 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to make 
       market purchases 
 15    of own shares            86,249,482    98.48%   1,333,831    1.52%   87,583,313     46.75%          320,127 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Short notice of 
 16    general meetings         85,753,723    97.60%   2,111,210    2.40%   87,864,933     46.90%           38,506 
     ------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 

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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