MARSTON'S PLC — AGM Information 2020

Jan 27, 2020

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RNS Number : 9993A

Marston's PLC

27 January 2020

Result of AGM

27 January 2020

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 24 January 2020, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll.  Full details of the total number of votes received 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Resolution		Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital	Votes withheld
1	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	103,086,170	99.99%	5,400	0.01%	103,091,570	55.03%	1,384,017
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	89,792,873	86.05%	14,551,016	13.95%	104,343,889	55.70%	131,691
3	Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	100,094,860	95.92%	4,253,359	4.08%	104,348,219	55.70%	127,364
4	Declare a final dividend	104,459,995	99.99%	5,600	0.01%	104,465,595	55.76%	9,994
5	Elect Bridget Lea	104,358,685	99.95%	54,182	0.05%	104,412,867	55.73%	62,719
6	Elect Octavia Morley	104,346,510	99.94%	59,235	0.06%	104,405,745	55.73%	69,839
7	Re-elect Andrew Andrea	104,100,606	99.70%	316,214	0.30%	104,416,820	55.74%	58,766
8	Re-elect Carolyn Bradley	104,373,023	99.96%	45,539	0.04%	104,418,562	55.74%	57,024
9	Re-elect Ralph Findlay	100,279,910	96.98%	3,120,401	3.02%	103,400,311	55.19%	1,075,273
10	Re-elect Matthew Roberts	104,374,050	99.95%	47,861	0.05%	104,421,911	55.74%	53,675
11	Re-elect William Rucker	97,936,583	95.92%	4,166,144	4.08%	102,102,727	54.50%	2,372,857
12	Appoint KPMG as Auditors	104,229,164	99.85%	160,549	0.15%	104,389,713	55.72%	85,870
13	Authorise Auditors' remuneration	104,266,906	99.84%	167,468	0.16%	104,434,374	55.74%	41,211
14	Authority to allot shares	97,686,444	93.54%	6,741,624	6.46%	104,428,068	55.74%	47,516
15	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	99,023,877	94.87%	5,359,397	5.13%	104,383,274	55.72%	92,308
16	Authority to make market purchases of own shares	103,094,868	98.81%	1,237,701	1.19%	104,332,569	55.69%	143,015
17	Short notice of general meetings	100,062,450	95.79%	4,393,327	4.21%	104,455,777	55.76%	19,803

Notes:

(i)            Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii)           Resolutions 15 to 17 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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