MARSTON'S PLC — AGM Information 2013

Jan 22, 2013

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RNS Number : 1285W

Marston's PLC

22 January 2013

Result of AGM

22 January 2013

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 22 January 2013, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a show of hands.  Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Resolution	Votes for	% of vote	Votes against	% of vote	Votes withheld
1) Annual Report and Accounts	98,171,729	99.87%	131,477	0.13%	168,690
2) Declare dividend	98,261,774	99.96%	40,823	0.04%	169,300
3) Re-elect David Thompson	96,371,551	99.20%	776,041	0.80%	1,324,305
4) Re-elect Andrew Andrea	98,049,506	99.81%	185,508	0.19%	236,884
5) Re-elect Rosalind Cuschieri	96,969,694	99.82%	170,672	0.18%	1,331,531
6) Re-elect Ralph Findlay	96,430,882	98.14%	1,824,182	1.86%	216,833
7) Re-elect Neil Goulden	98,164,843	99.89%	103,266	0.11%	203,788
8) Re-elect Robin Hodgson	96,031,899	97.72%	2,244,696	2.28%	195,302
9) Re-elect Robin Rowland	98,166,863	99.88%	119,186	0.12%	185,848
10) Elect Nicholas Backhouse	98,154,965	99.89%	107,756	0.11%	209,177
11) Elect Peter Dalzell	98,062,418	99.79%	201,956	0.21%	207,523
12) Re-appoint Auditors	98,086,844	99.80%	198,813	0.20%	186,239
13) Authorise Auditors' remuneration	98,114,496	99.82%	173,881	0.18%	183,520
14) Approve Remuneration Report	97,457,903	99.77%	227,150	0.23%	786,844
15) Authority to allot shares	98,174,284	99.92%	82,503	0.08%	215,109
16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights	97,785,763	99.56%	427,482	0.44%	258,652
17) Authority to purchase of own shares	97,407,999	99.81%	182,815	0.19%	881,083
18) Short notice of general meetings	92,809,613	94.42%	5,480,250	5.58%	182,034

Notes:

(i)         Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)         Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii)        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv)        A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

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