Whitbread PLC — AGM Information 2022

Jun 15, 2022

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Whitbread PLC

15 June 2022

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions                                                                                 15 June 2022

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 June 2022, 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 3 March 2022	125,133,746	99.83	206,907	0.17	125,340,653	58.44%	2,464,259
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	109,378,984	85.68	18,280,422	14.32	127,659,406	59.52%	145,506
3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	76,536,853	61.56	47,800,014	38.44	124,336,867	57.97%	3,468,045
4.  To declare a final dividend of 34.7p per ordinary share	123,498,102	96.67	4,258,675	3.33	127,756,777	59.57%	48,135
5. To elect Hemant Patel as a director	126,925,776	99.36	814,236	0.64	127,740,012	59.56%	64,312
6.To re-elect David Atkins as a director	123,262,944	96.49	4,479,288	3.51	127,742,232	59.56%	62,092
7.To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director	125,538,881	98.28	2,200,687	1.72	127,739,568	59.56%	64,756
8. To re-elect Horst Baier as a director	123,774,984	96.90	3,965,463	3.10	127,740,447	59.56%	63,877
9.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director	127,316,672	99.67	427,621	0.33	127,744,293	59.56%	60,031
10.To re-elect Fumbi Chima as a director	125,503,153	98.25	2,237,163	1.75	127,740,316	59.56%	64,008
11. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director	107,388,037	88.69	13,698,031	11.31	121,086,068	56.46%	6,702,763
12. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director	113,205,333	88.63	14,522,197	11.37	127,727,530	59.55%	61,301
13. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director	123,248,775	96.49	4,478,443	3.51	127,727,218	59.55%	61,613
14. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director	123,738,689	96.88	3,988,240	3.12	127,726,929	59.55%	61,902
15. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor	125,421,815	99.96	53,210	0.04	125,475,025	58.50%	2,314,394
16. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration	122,017,134	95.52	5,718,836	4.48	127,735,970	59.56%	53,449
17. To authorise the Company to make political donations	123,088,640	96.36	4,644,582	3.64	127,733,222	59.56%	56,197
18. To authorise the Board to allot shares	121,562,799	95.14	6,208,320	4.86	127,771,119	59.57%	18,299
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	126,848,275	99.69	394,736	0.31	127,243,011	59.33%	546,408
20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment	123,589,516	97.13	3,651,849	2.87	127,241,365	59.33%	548,054
21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	125,256,287	98.07	2,469,350	1.93	127,725,637	59.55%	63,782
22. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice	122,117,261	95.69	5,499,004	4.31	127,616,265	59.50%	173,154

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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The Board notes the results of the advisory resolution on the 2021/22 remuneration report, which has been supported by the majority of shareholders. We have engaged with a number of shareholders regarding the remuneration report and will continue to engage constructively with shareholders over the coming months.  We will report on any actions resulting from those discussions in due course.

Enquiries:

Investor queries | Whitbread | investorrelations@whitbread.com

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