Whitbread PLC — AGM Information 2019

Jun 20, 2019

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RNS Number : 9096C

Whitbread PLC

20 June 2019

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions                                                                                                    

20 June 2019

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 June 2019, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The results of the AGM are as follows:

RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2019	97,379,137	99.99	6,064	0.01	97,385,201	56.01	1,140,163
2.To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	94,570,584	96.97	2,958,424	3.03	97,529,008	56.09	996,373
3.To declare a final dividend of 67.00p per ordinary share	98,150,423	99.67	320,508	0.33	98,470,931	56.63	52,192
4. To elect Frank Fiskers as a director	98,191,303	99.78	218,149	0.22	98,409,452	56.60	113,671
5.To re-elect David Atkins as a director	97,399,810	98.97	1,010,946	1.03	98,410,756	56.60	112,367
6.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director	97,437,305	99.01	979,020	0.99	98,416,325	56.60	106,798
7.To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a director	97,343,049	98.91	1,072,654	1.09	98,415,703	56.60	107,259
8.To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director	97,372,274	98.94	1,042,325	1.06	98,414,599	56.60	108,363
9. To re-elect Richard  Gillingwater as a director	97,733,044	99.31	676,889	0.69	98,409,933	56.60	113,029
10. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director	97,235,095	98.81	1,175,870	1.19	98,410,965	56.60	111,997
11. To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a director	95,911,507	98.25	1,706,192	1.75	97,617,699	56.14	905,263
12. To re-elect Louise Smalley as a director	97,400,301	98.97	1,011,835	1.03	98,412,136	56.60	110,826
13. To re-elect Susan Taylor Martin as a director	97,854,618	99.43	559,255	0.57	98,413,873	56.60	109,089
14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor	95,673,136	97.17	2,789,763	2.83	98,462,899	56.63	59,589
15. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration	97,090,563	98.61	1,372,270	1.39	98,462,833	56.63	59,655
16. To authorise the Company to make political donations	95,647,204	97.22	2,737,463	2.78	98,384,667	56.58	137,822
17. To authorise the Board to allot shares	95,457,570	96.95	3,003,058	3.05	98,460,628	56.63	61,758
18. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	96,411,431	98.00	1,971,310	2.00	98,382,741	56.58	77,210
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment	94,608,116	96.28	3,655,533	3.72	98,263,649	56.51	77,110
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	97,279,264	98.99	994,732	1.01	98,273,996	56.52	68,403
21. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice	94,225,664	95.87	4,054,666	4.13	98,280,330	56.52	60,430

A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The results of the Whitbread General Meeting will be announced separately.

Contact:  Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and Insurance 01582 889346    

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