Restaurant Group PLC Result of AGM (3877N)

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RNS Number : 3877N

Restaurant Group PLC

19 May 2020

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

Results of 2020 AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 19 May 2020.

Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

 
       Resolutions          Votes For      %      Votes Against     %     Total Votes   Votes Withheld 
                                                                              Cast 
 1. Report and 
  Accounts 2019            460,680,341   99.27%       3,366,930   0.73%   464,047,271        1,771,704 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 2. Directors' 
  Remuneration Report 
  2019                     420,121,320   90.19%      45,672,479   9.81%   465,793,799           25,176 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 3. Re-elect Debbie 
  Hewitt as a Director     425,804,545   91.42%      39,980,141   8.58%   465,784,686           34,289 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 4. Re-appoint 
  Andy Hornby as 
  a Director               465,679,264   99.98%         102,673   0.02%   465,781,937           37,038 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 5. Re-elect Kirk 
  Davis as a Director      464,275,662   99.97%         141,665   0.03%   464,417,327        1,401,648 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 6. Re-elect Allan 
  Leighton as a 
  Director                 465,007,998   99.83%         769,892   0.17%   465,777,890           41,085 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 7. Re-elect Graham 
  Clemett as a Director    452,972,983   97.25%      12,805,763   2.75%   465,778,746           40,229 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 8. Re-appoint 
  Alison Digges 
  as a Director            465,688,184   99.98%          98,176   0.02%   465,786,360           32,615 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 9. Re-appoint 
  Zoe Morgan as 
  a Director               465,697,424   99.98%          92,194   0.02%   465,789,618           29,357 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 10. Re-appoint 
  the Auditor              465,750,257   99.99%          49,224   0.01%   465,799,481           19,494 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 11. Determine 
  the Auditor's 
  remuneration             464,997,009   99.82%         816,037   0.18%   465,813,046            5,929 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 12. Authority 
  to allot shares          440,648,102   94.60%      25,143,006   5.40%   465,791,108           27,866 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 13. Waiver of 
  pre-emption rights 
  (general)                428,525,215   92.00%      37,255,185   8.00%   465,780,400           38,574 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 14. Waiver of 
  pre-emption rights 
  (financing)              427,170,524   91.71%      38,609,164   8.29%   465,779,688           39,286 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 15. Authority 
  to purchase own 
  shares                   464,340,952   99.70%       1,418,680   0.30%   465,759,632           59,343 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 16. Amendment 
  to Articles of 
  Association              465,590,094   99.95%         211,448   0.05%   465,801,542           17,433 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 17. Notice of 
  General Meetings         449,483,368   96.50%      16,325,176   3.50%   465,808,544           10,431 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 18. Cancellation 
  of the share premium 
  account                  465,722,742   99.98%          70,660   0.02%   465,793,402           25,573 
                          ------------  -------  --------------  ------  ------------  --------------- 
 

Notes:

   1)    The total number of shares in issue at 19 May 2020 was 589,795,475. 

2) Where shareholders appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.

3) Certified copies of resolutions 13 to 18 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

4) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

Enquiries:

   Jean-Paul Rabin, Company Secretary                                     Tel: [phone] 

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