J.D. Wetherspoon PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Nov 16, 2023

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title: JD Wetherspoon plc Annual General Meeting
author: skenward
date: 2023-11-15 10:42:00+00:00

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JD Wetherspoon plc Annual General Meeting

Held on Thursday 16 November 2023

At the Company’s Annual General Meeting the following resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by poll. (Resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions 15 to 18 as special resolutions) Number of voting shares in issue at the meeting date was 128,750,155

|
Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form) |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes Total |
% of ISC Voted | Votes Marked As Withheld |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ordinary Business | | | | | | | |
| 1. To receive and adopt the reports of the directors and the Company’s auditors, and the audited accounts of the Company, for the year ended 30th July 2023 | 89,522,532 | 99.96% | 31,434 | 0.04% | 89,553,966 | 69.56% | 367,812 |
| 2. To receive and approve the directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 30th July 2023. | 81,143,614 | 90.32% | 8,697,101 | 9.68% | 89,840,715 | 69.78% | 81,318 |
| 3. To approve the directors’ remuneration policy, as set out in pages 68 to 71 of the director’s remuneration report in the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30th July 2023. | 81,130,088 | 90.56% | 8,454,641 | 9.44% | 89,584,729 | 69.58% | 336,550 |
| 4. To re-elect Tim Martin as a director. | 70,916,118 | 82.90% | 14,626,172 | 17.10% | 85,542,290 | 66.44% | 4,380,525 |
| 5. To re-elect John Hutson as a director. | 80,266,905 | 89.31% | 9,609,091 | 10.69% | 89,875,996 | 69.81% | 46,819 |
| 6. To re-elect Ben Whitley as a director. | 80,035,235 | 89.06% | 9,833,579 | 10.94% | 89,868,814 | 69.80% | 53,801 |
| 7. To re-elect Debra van Gene as a director. | 68,156,036 | 79.65% | 17,417,839 | 20.35% | 85,573,875 | 66.47% | 4,348,740 |
| 8. To re-elect Harry Morley as a director. | 84,927,785 | 94.52% | 4,926,862 | 5.48% | 89,854,647 | 69.79% | 67,968 |
| 9. To re-elect Ben Thorne as a director. | 74,352,930 | 83.41% | 14,791,401 | 16.59% | 89,144,331 | 69.24% | 778,284 |
| 10. To elect James Ullman as a director. | 80,183,289 | 89.22% | 9,684,278 | 10.78% | 89,867,567 | 69.80% | 55,048 |
| 11. To elect Hudson Simmons as a director. | 88,023,775 | 98.01% | 1,789,610 | 1.99% | 89,813,385 | 69.76% | 109,430 |
| 12. To elect Debbie Whittingham as a director. | 88,022,946 | 98.00% | 1,792,551 | 2.00% | 89,815,497 | 69.76% | 107,318 |
| 13. To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration. | 89,823,025 | 99.92% | 72,532 | 0.08% | 89,895,557 | 69.82% | 27,258 |
| 14. To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 551. | 89,448,289 | 99.53% | 422,965 | 0.47% | 89,871,254 | 69.80% | 37,362 |
| Special Business | | | | | | | |
| 15. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis. | 89,060,028 | 99.08% | 825,692 | 0.92% | 89,885,720 | 69.81% | 36,895 |
| 16. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities. | 88,893,315 | 98.90% | 987,282 | 1.10% | 89,880,597 | 69.81% | 42,018 |
| 17. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares under certain circumstances. | 89,573,870 | 99.66% | 305,539 | 0.34% | 89,879,409 | 69.81% | 43,406 |
| 18. To authorise calling general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice. | 88,255,983 | 98.17% | 1,645,158 | 1.83% | 89,901,141 | 69.83% | 21,474 |