J.D. Wetherspoon PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Nov 21, 2024

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title: JD Wetherspoon plc Annual General Meeting
author: skenward
date: 2024-11-14 10:31:00+00:00

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JD Wetherspoon plc Annual General Meeting

Held on Thursday 21 November 2024

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 122,207,196.

|
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
28th July 2024. | 83,969,975 | 99.99% | 9,970 | 0.01% | 83,979,945 | 68.72% | 632,180 |
| 2. To receive and approve the directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 28th July 2024. | 81,013,104 | 95.79% | 3,558,619 | 4.21% | 84,571,723 | 69.20% | 40,002 |
| 3. To declare a dividend for the year ended 28 July
2024 of 12.0 pence per ordinary share. | 84,585,075 | 99.99% | 8,607 | 0.01% | 84,593,682 | 69.22% | 18,443 |
| 4. To re-elect Tim Martin as a director. | 70,430,751 | 83.27% | 14,149,386 | 16.73% | 84,580,137 | 69.21% | 31,988 |
| 5. To re-elect John Hutson as a director. | 73,240,766 | 86.81% | 11,124,437 | 13.19% | 84,365,203 | 69.03% | 246,622 |
| 6. To re-elect Ben Whitley as a director. | 73,056,509 | 86.60% | 11,299,979 | 13.40% | 84,356,488 | 69.03% | 255,637 |
| 7. To re-elect Debra van Gene as a director. | 66,284,057 | 78.39% | 18,277,078 | 21.61% | 84,561,135 | 69.19% | 50,990 |
| 8. To re-elect Harry Morley as a director. | 79,052,905 | 93.49% | 5,505,850 | 6.51% | 84,558,755 | 69.19% | 53,369 |
| 9. To re-elect Ben Thorne as a director. | 69,335,245 | 81.99% | 15,228,119 | 18.01% | 84,563,364 | 69.20% | 48,761 |
| 10. To re-elect James Ullman as a director. | 72,260,751 | 85.66% | 12,093,983 | 14.34% | 84,354,734 | 69.03% | 257,391 |
| 11. To re-elect Hudson Simmons as a director. | 81,268,362 | 96.11% | 3,291,123 | 3.89% | 84,559,485 | 69.19% | 52,640 |
| 12. To re-elect Debbie Whittingham as a director. | 81,281,308 | 96.12% | 3,284,149 | 3.88% | 84,565,457 | 69.20% | 46,668 |
| 13. To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as the
auditors of the Company and to authorise the
Audit Committee of the board to fix their
remuneration. | 84,312,114 | 99.96% | 33,677 | 0.04% | 84,345,791 | 69.02% | 266,334 |
| 14. To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 551. | 81,085,369 | 95.89% | 3,474,083 | 4.11% | 84,559,452 | 69.19% | 39,068 |
| Special Business | | | | | | | |
| 15. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis. | 81,231,528 | 96.06% | 3,327,543 | 3.94% | 84,559,071 | 69.19% | 53,054 |
| 16. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities. | 80,212,578 | 94.86% | 4,344,683 | 5.14% | 84,557,261 | 69.19% | 54,864 |
| 17. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares under certain circumstances. | 84,106,493 | 99.44% | 472,130 | 0.56% | 84,578,623 | 69.21% | 33,502 |
| 18. To authorise calling general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice. | 82,264,342 | 97.27% | 2,312,637 | 2.73% | 84,576,979 | 69.21% | 35,145 |