Result of AGM (3321W)

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RNS Number : 3321W

Marston's PLC

27 January 2012

Result of AGM

27 January 2012

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2012, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a show of hands. Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting 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 vote   Votes against   % of vote   Votes withheld 
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       1) Annual Report and Accounts         105,663,493     99.96        40,343         0.04         476,801 
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            2) Declare dividend              105703110.8    100.00         1,219         0.00         476,307 
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        3) Re-elect David Thompson           102,717,678     99.13        900,287        0.87        2,562,671 
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         4) Re-elect Andrew Andrea           105,174,917     99.54        482,034        0.46         523,686 
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      5) Re-elect Rosalind Cuschieri         102,115,488     96.65       3,540,554       3.35         524,595 
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        6) Re-elect Alistair Darby           105,172,945     99.54        483,467        0.46         524,225 
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         7) Re-elect Ralph Findlay           104,111,928     98.54       1,542,636       1.46         526,073 
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         8) Re-elect Neil Goulden            102,312,479     96.80       3,379,828       3.20         488,330 
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         9) Re-elect Robin Hodgson           83,226,295      78.76      22,445,513       21.24        508,830 
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        10) Re-elect Robin Rowland           105,379,353     99.72        297,221        0.28         504,062 
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          11) Reappoint Auditors             99,439,298      94.24       6,072,213       5.76         669,509 
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    12) Authorise Auditors remuneration      100,984,728     96.01       4,199,345       3.99         996,563 
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      13) Approve Remuneration Report        103,427,772     98.37       1,711,233       1.63        1,041,632 
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       14) Authority to allot shares         105,503,869     99.83        179,942        0.17         496,826 
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           15) Approve new SAYE              105,052,983     99.41        625,710        0.59         501,945 
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 16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights    105,194,470     99.57        452,097        0.43         534,070 
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  17) Authority to purchase of own shares    105,473,931     99.83        175,033        0.17         531,673 
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   18) Short notice of general meetings      101,308,871     95.85       4,381,487       4.15         490,279 
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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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