Restaurant Group PLC Results of AGM (4555Z)

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RNS Number : 4555Z

Restaurant Group PLC

17 May 2019

The Restaurant Group plc

(the "Company")

Results of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 17th May 2019.

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 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 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 2018            426,858,477   99.51       2,111,317   0.49   428,969,794          313,311 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 2. Directors' 
  Remuneration Report      424,569,280   98.91       4,696,144   1.09   429,265,424           17,680 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 3. Declare a nal 
  dividend                 429,243,584   99.99          26,963   0.01   429,270,547           12,558 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 4. Re-elect Debbie 
  Hewitt as a Director     399,412,557   93.07      29,723,036   6.93   429,135,593          147,511 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 5. Re-elect Andy 
  McCue as a Director      415,236,735   96.73      14,018,529   3.27   429,255,264           27,841 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 6. Re-elect Kirk 
  Davis as a Director      427,649,842   99.63       1,600,324   0.37   429,250,166           32,939 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 7. Re-elect Graham 
  Clemett as a Director    427,272,944   99.54       1,982,688   0.46   429,255,632           27,473 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 8. Re-elect Simon 
  Cloke as a Director      400,085,607   93.20      29,170,435   6.80   429,256,042           27,062 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 9. Re-elect Mike 
  Tye as a Director        427,278,215   99.54       1,973,417   0.46   429,251,632           31,473 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 10. Re-appoint 
  Allan Leighton 
  as a Director            428,761,390   99.88         494,498   0.12   429,255,888           27,217 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 11. Re-appoint 
  EY as Auditor            428,800,357   99.89         467,881   0.11   429,268,238           14,867 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 12. Determine 
  the Auditor's 
  remuneration             426,679,882   99.40       2,591,412   0.60   429,271,294           11,811 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 13. Authority 
  to allot shares          400,852,094   93.38      28,403,805   6.62   429,255,899           27,206 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 14. Disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights (general)         403,460,754   93.99      25,787,687   6.01   429,248,441           34,664 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 15. Disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights (financing)       395,570,047   92.15      33,678,393   7.85   429,248,440           34,664 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 16. Authority 
  to purchase own 
  shares                   426,543,160   99.61       1,665,760   0.39   428,208,920        1,074,184 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 17. Short notice 
  of general meetings      416,833,028   97.10      12,448,302   2.90   429,281,330            1,775 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 18. Cancellation 
  of share premium 
  account                  429,177,233   99.99          47,649   0.01   429,224,882           58,223 
                          ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 

Notes:

   1)    The total number of shares in issue at 17 May 2017 was 491,496,230. 

2) Where shareholders have 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: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm.

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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