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ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC AGM Information 2019

Feb 7, 2019

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AGM Information

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On The Beach Group plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board of the Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, 7 February 2019, all the resolutions considered at the AGM were duly passed by the required majority by means of a poll vote.

Resolution 8 contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 7 January 2019, concerning the re-election of Lee Ginsberg was withdrawn following Lee Ginsberg's resignation from the Company, as separately announced on 6 February 2019, and therefore wsas not put to a vote.

The results of the poll votes on the resolutions are shown in the table below:

Resolution Votes for Votes against Total votes
cast (excl.
withheld)
Votes
withheld
No. of votes % of vote No. of votes % of
vote
No. of votes No. of votes
1. To receive the report &
accounts
93,966,151 100.00% 0 0.00% 93,966,151 312,671
2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy
76,896,941 81.80% 17,107,090 18.20% 94,004,031 274,790
3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report
73,404,924 78.56% 20,036,361 21.44% 93,441,285 837,536
4. Declare final dividend of
2.2p per share
94,019,705 100.00% 0 0.00% 94,019,705 259,117
5. To appoint Elaine
O'Donnell as a Director
93,878,771 99.85% 139,878 0.15% 94,018,649 260,172
6. To re-appoint Simon
Cooper as a Director
93,887,305 99.86% 131,385 0.14% 94,018,690 260,132
7. To re-appoint Paul
Meehan as a Director
93,884,965 99.86% 133,685 0.14% 94,018,650 260,172
8. Withdrawn - - - - - -
9. To re-appoint David Kelly
as a Director
90,596,663 96.36% 3,421,986 3.64% 94,018,649 260,172
10. To re-appoint KPMG LLP
as auditors
93,836,018 99.80% 183,646 0.20% 94,019,664 259,157
11. To authorise the directors
to determine the auditor's
remuneration.
94,018,443 100.00% 1,222 0.00% 94,019,665 259,157
12. To authorise the directors
to allot shares.
90,471,230 96.23% 3,547,420 3.77% 94,018,650 260,172
13. To authorise political
donations.
85,706,136 92.04% 7,409,591 7.96% 93,115,727 1,163,095
14. To dis-apply statutory
pre-emption rights- any
circumstances
91,194,596 97.00% 2,824,054 3.00% 94,018,650 260,172
15. To dis-apply statutory
pre-emption rights
acquisition or capital
investment.
81,526,350 86.71% 12,492,299 13.29% 94,018,649 260,172
16. To authorise the
purchase of own shares.
93,992,698 99.97% 25,951 0.03% 94,018,649 260,172
17. To reduce the notice
period required for
General Meetings
92,692,807 98.59% 1,326,858 1.41% 94,019,665 259,157

Notes:

    1. 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' any resolution.
    1. The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at the date of the AGM was 131,144,234 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
    1. In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the LSE Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
    1. The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at: http://www.onthebeachgroupplc.com.

Statement regarding AGM voting results

The Board notes that there was a significant minority vote (just over 20%) against Resolution 3 for the approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report which primarily stemmed from the salary increase for the Chief Financial Officer. It should be noted that there was an active engagement process to discuss the changes being made to the remuneration arrangements ahead of the publication of the Annual Report and the Company's major shareholders were supportive of these.

The Board believes that the salary increase awarded was essential to support the retention of key talent to enable the Company to continue to grow and resulted in an appropriate market positioning as Paul Meehan has become more established in his role and taken on a wider range of responsibilities since his appointment in 2017. Nonetheless, the Remuneration Committee notes the concerns raised by some of its shareholders and will reflect on feedback received, whilst maintaining focus on alignment with the best interests of shareholders and also with the Company's overarching reward principles.

For further information:

On the Beach Group plc

Simon Cooper, Chief Executive Officer Paul Meehan, Chief Financial Officer Kirsteen Vickerstaff, Company Secretary

FTI Consulting Jonathon Brill Alex Beagley Fiona Walker

c/o FTI Consulting

Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1000