Whitbread PLC Result of AGM (9096C)

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RNS Number : 9096C

Whitbread PLC

20 June 2019

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions

20 June 2019

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 June 2019, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed. The results of the AGM are as follows:

 
 
               RESOLUTION                    VOTES        %       VOTES      %       VOTES         % of        VOTES 
                                               FOR               AGAINST              TOTAL      ISC VOTED    WITHHELD 
                                                                                  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 1. To receive the Annual Report and 
  Accounts 
  for the year ended 
  28 February 2019                         97,379,137   99.99     6,064     0.01   97,385,201     56.01      1,140,163 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 2.To approve the Annual Report on 
  Remuneration                             94,570,584   96.97   2,958,424   3.03   97,529,008     56.09       996,373 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 3.To declare a final dividend of 67.00p 
  per ordinary share                       98,150,423   99.67    320,508    0.33   98,470,931     56.63       52,192 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 4. To elect Frank Fiskers as a director   98,191,303   99.78    218,149    0.22   98,409,452     56.60       113,671 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 5.To re-elect David Atkins as a 
  director                                 97,399,810   98.97   1,010,946   1.03   98,410,756     56.60       112,367 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 6.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a 
  director                                 97,437,305   99.01    979,020    0.99   98,416,325     56.60       106,798 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 7.To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a 
  director                                 97,343,049   98.91   1,072,654   1.09   98,415,703     56.60       107,259 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 8.To re-elect Adam Crozier as a 
  director                                 97,372,274   98.94   1,042,325   1.06   98,414,599     56.60       108,363 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect Richard 
  Gillingwater as a director               97,733,044   99.31    676,889    0.69   98,409,933     56.60       113,029 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 10. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a 
  director                                 97,235,095   98.81   1,175,870   1.19   98,410,965     56.60       111,997 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 11. To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a 
  director                                 95,911,507   98.25   1,706,192   1.75   97,617,699     56.14       905,263 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 12. To re-elect Louise Smalley as a 
  director                                 97,400,301   98.97   1,011,835   1.03   98,412,136     56.60       110,826 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 13. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as 
  a 
  director                                 97,854,618   99.43    559,255    0.57   98,413,873     56.60       109,089 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the 
  auditor                                  95,673,136   97.17   2,789,763   2.83   98,462,899     56.63       59,589 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 15. To authorise the Board, through the 
  Audit Committee, to set the auditor's 
  remuneration                             97,090,563   98.61   1,372,270   1.39   98,462,833     56.63       59,655 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 16. To authorise the Company to make 
  political 
  donations                                95,647,204   97.22   2,737,463   2.78   98,384,667     56.58       137,822 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 17. To authorise the Board to allot 
  shares                                   95,457,570   96.95   3,003,058   3.05   98,460,628     56.63       61,758 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 18. To authorise the disapplication of 
  pre-emption 
  rights                                   96,411,431   98.00   1,971,310   2.00   98,382,741     56.58       77,210 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 19. To authorise the disapplication of 
  pre-emption 
  rights in connection with an 
  acquisition 
  or a specified capital investment        94,608,116   96.28   3,655,533   3.72   98,263,649     56.51       77,110 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 20. To authorise the Company to 
  purchase 
  its own ordinary shares                  97,279,264   98.99    994,732    1.01   98,273,996     56.52       68,403 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 21. To enable the Company to call 
  general 
  meetings, other than an Annual General 
  Meeting, 
  on reduced notice                        94,225,664   95.87   4,054,666   4.13   98,280,330     56.52       60,430 
                                          -----------  ------  ----------  -----  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 

A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The results of the Whitbread General Meeting will be announced separately.

Contact: Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346

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