Merlin Entertainments plc Result of AGM (1866I)

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RNS Number : 1866I

Merlin Entertainments plc

15 June 2017

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS PLC

Annual General Meeting

held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel, Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY

on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00 p.m.

RESULTS OF POLL

The Merlin Entertainments plc Annual General Meeting was held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel,

Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00 p.m.

In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each Resolution proposed at the Meeting.

Each Resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each Resolution are set out below:

 
 RESOLUTION                                  * VOTES        %        VOTES      %         VOTES     % of     ** VOTES 
                                                 FOR               AGAINST                TOTAL      ISC     WITHHELD 
                                                                                                   VOTED 
--------------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To receive the Annual 
  1      Report and Accounts             900,751,822    99.70    2,740,511   0.30   903,492,333   88.61%      909,964 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To declare a final 
         dividend of 4.9 pence 
  2      per share                       904,268,716   100.00          516   0.00   904,269,232   88.69%      133,065 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To approve the Policy 
         Report of the Director's 
  3      Remuneration Report             866,092,288    95.78   38,165,452   4.22   904,257,740   88.69%      144,556 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To approve the Annual 
         Report on Director's 
  4      Remuneration                    874,185,694    97.48   22,639,087   2.52   896,824,781   87.96%    7,577,514 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Sir John 
  5      Sunderland as a Director        898,704,917    99.39    5,506,104   0.61   904,211,021   88.69%      191,277 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Nick Varney 
  6      as a Director                   902,823,584    99.84    1,455,002   0.16   904,278,586   88.69%      123,712 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To elect Anne-Francoise 
  7      Nesmes as a Director            902,820,553    99.84    1,455,002   0.16   904,275,555   88.69%      126,743 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Charles 
  8      Gurassa as a Director           885,900,951    97.97   18,374,354   2.03   904,275,305   88.69%      126,993 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Ken Hydon 
  9      as a Director                   870,131,077    99.29    6,266,102   0.71   876,397,179   85.96%   28,005,119 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Fru Hazlitt 
  10     as a Director                   903,028,993    99.86    1,246,312   0.14   904,275,305   88.69%      126,993 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Søren 
         Sørensen as a 
  11     Director                        902,143,356    99.76    2,134,493   0.24   904,277,849   88.69%      124,449 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Trudy Rautio 
  12     as a Director                   903,032,545    99.86    1,245,304   0.14   904,277,849   88.69%      124,449 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-elect Yun (Rachel) 
  13     Chiang as a Director            901,417,614    99.69    2,835,929   0.31   904,253,543   88.69%      148,755 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint KPMG 
  14     LLP as auditors                 890,443,347    98.51   13,464,740   1.49   903,908,087   88.66%      494,210 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To authorise the Directors 
         to determine the remuneration 
  15     of the auditors                 897,852,041    99.29    6,404,371   0.71   904,256,412   88.69%      145,885 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To authorise political 
  16     donations and expenditure       900,649,370    99.69    2,783,772   0.31   903,433,142   88.61%      969,156 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To authorise the Directors 
  17     to allot shares                 881,574,828    97.78   20,018,549   2.22   901,593,377   88.43%    2,808,920 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To disapply statutory 
         pre-emption rights 
         relating to shares 
  18     allotted in Resolution 
  ***    17                              901,386,624    99.80    1,841,844   0.20   903,228,468   88.59%    1,173,829 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To disapply statutory 
         pre-emption rights 
         in connection with 
  19     an acquisition or capital 
  ***    investment                      880,468,360    97.48   22,764,181   2.52   903,232,541   88.59%    1,169,755 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
        To enable a General 
         Meeting, other than 
         an Annual General Meeting, 
         to be called on not 
  20     less than 14 clear 
  ***    days' notice                    884,565,602    97.84   19,571,560   2.16   904,137,162   88.68%      265,134 
-----  -------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  -------  ----------- 
 

Notes:

   *           Includes discretionary votes received. 

** A vote Withheld is not a vote in English Law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes For or Against a Resolution.

   ***        Indicates a Special Resolution. 

This Announcement is available for viewing on the Company's website, www.merlinentertainments.biz/shareholder-meetings.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the Resolutions passed by Merlin Entertainments plc shareholders have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Further enquiries:

Matthew Jowett

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Merlin Entertainments plc

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