Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")
LEI no. 213800JHYNDNB1NS2W10

Result of Annual General Meeting

Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, 24 March 2021, by telephone at 10.00a.m.

All the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case. Resolutions 20 and 21 were passed as special resolutions. All other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions and, in the case of resolutions 6, 11, 12, 14 and 16, were also passed by a majority of the independent shareholders voting on the resolution, in accordance with LR 9.2.2ER.



VOTES
FOR (a)
%VOTES
AGAINST
%VOTES
TOTAL
% of ISC VOTEDVOTES
WITHHELD (b)
1
VOTES
FOR (a)
Receipt of accounts
%
515,563,440
VOTES
AGAINST
99.93%
%
356,740
VOTES
TOTAL
0.07%
% of ISC VOTED
515,920,180
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.54%
487,814
2
VOTES
FOR (a)
Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration
%
513,229,539
VOTES
AGAINST
99.44%
%
2,889,973
VOTES
TOTAL
0.56%
% of ISC VOTED
516,119,512
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.57%
286,976
3
VOTES
FOR (a)
Approval of Remuneration Policy
%
425,892,672
VOTES
AGAINST
82.48%
%
90,447,384
VOTES
TOTAL
17.52%
% of ISC VOTED
516,340,056
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.61%
61,932
4
VOTES
FOR (a)
Approval of Restricted Share Plan 2021
%
455,803,154
VOTES
AGAINST
88.50%
%
59,223,524
VOTES
TOTAL
11.50%
% of ISC VOTED
515,026,678
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.39%
1,378,979
5
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Keith Browne
%
403,641,142
VOTES
AGAINST
80.11%
%
100,247,426
VOTES
TOTAL
19.89%
% of ISC VOTED
503,888,568
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
84.52%
12,516,467
6
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Dave Coplin
%
504,082,821
VOTES
AGAINST
97.64%
%
12,186,506
VOTES
TOTAL
2.36%
% of ISC VOTED
516,269,327
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.59%
136,668
7
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Eddie Irwin
%
362,408,378
VOTES
AGAINST
71.92%
%
141,480,591
VOTES
TOTAL
28.08%
% of ISC VOTED
503,888,969
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
84.52%
12,515,750
8
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Bob Ivell
%
388,493,695
VOTES
AGAINST
75.24%
%
127,833,039
VOTES
TOTAL
24.76%
% of ISC VOTED
516,326,734
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
79,321
9
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Tim Jones
%
515,496,074
VOTES
AGAINST
99.84%
%
836,816
VOTES
TOTAL
0.16%
% of ISC VOTED
516,332,890
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
74,192
10
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Josh Levy
%
386,265,946
VOTES
AGAINST
76.66%
%
117,628,611
VOTES
TOTAL
23.34%
% of ISC VOTED
503,894,557
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
84.52%
12,511,590
11
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Jane Moriarty
%
504,273,927
VOTES
AGAINST
97.67%
%
12,027,494
VOTES
TOTAL
2.33%
% of ISC VOTED
516,301,421
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
104,349
12
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Susan Murray
%
504,281,272
VOTES
AGAINST
97.67%
%
12,017,465
VOTES
TOTAL
2.33%
% of ISC VOTED
516,298,737
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
100,696
13
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Ron Robson
%
373,633,434
VOTES
AGAINST
74.15%
%
130,256,462
VOTES
TOTAL
25.85%
% of ISC VOTED
503,889,896
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
84.52%
12,515,874
14
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Colin Rutherford
%
504,213,182
VOTES
AGAINST
97.67%
%
12,037,431
VOTES
TOTAL
2.33%
% of ISC VOTED
516,250,613
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.59%
155,156
15
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Phil Urban
%
515,539,367
VOTES
AGAINST
99.85%
%
784,565
VOTES
TOTAL
0.15%
% of ISC VOTED
516,323,932
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
83,801
16
VOTES
FOR (a)
Re-elect Imelda Walsh
%
504,196,423
VOTES
AGAINST
97.66%
%
12,054,969
VOTES
TOTAL
2.34%
% of ISC VOTED
516,251,392
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.59%
153,490
17
VOTES
FOR (a)
Reappointment of auditor
%
515,954,249
VOTES
AGAINST
99.92%
%
411,653
VOTES
TOTAL
0.08%
% of ISC VOTED
516,365,902
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.61%
40,019
18
VOTES
FOR (a)
Auditor's remuneration
%
516,188,685
VOTES
AGAINST
99.97%
%
172,173
VOTES
TOTAL
0.03%
% of ISC VOTED
516,360,858
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.61%
44,912
19
VOTES
FOR (a)
Political donations
%
514,613,018
VOTES
AGAINST
99.69%
%
1,595,865
VOTES
TOTAL
0.31%
% of ISC VOTED
516,208,883
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.58%
196,000
20
VOTES
FOR (a)
Amendments to Articles (c)
%
516,243,114
VOTES
AGAINST
99.98%
%
90,541
VOTES
TOTAL
0.02%
% of ISC VOTED
516,333,655
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.60%
71,898
21
VOTES
FOR (a)
Notice period for meetings (c)
%
514,603,471
VOTES
AGAINST
99.66%
%
1,767,927
VOTES
TOTAL
0.34%
% of ISC VOTED
516,371,398
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
86.61%
33,402
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
6
Re-elect Dave Coplin (d)
165,249,126
93.13%
12,186,506
6.87%
177,435,632
68.94%
136,668
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
11
Re-elect Jane Moriarty (d)
165,440,232
93.22%
12,027,494
6.78%
177,467,726
68.96%
104,349
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
12
Re-elect Susan Murray (d)
165,447,577
93.23%
12,017,465
6.77%
177,465,042
68.95%
100,696
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
14
Re-elect Colin Rutherford (d)
165,379,487
93.22%
12,037,431
6.78%
177,416,918
68.94%
155,156
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
16
Re-elect Imelda Walsh (d)
165,362,728
93.21%
12,054,969
6.79%
177,417,697
68.94%
153,490

NOTES:

(a) The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
(b) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
(c) Passed as a special resolution.
(d) Passed both as an ordinary resolution by a majority of all shareholders and by a majority of the independent shareholders voting on the resolution, in accordance with LR 9.2.2ER.

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Voting was conducted by a poll.

The Board notes the level of votes against resolutions 7, 10 and 13 concerning individuals who represent the Company's controlling shareholder (as defined in the Listing Rules) (the "controlling shareholder") and resolution 8 concerning the Chairman. The UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code") contains best practice recommendations in relation to corporate governance yet acknowledges that, in individual cases, these will not all necessarily be appropriate for particular companies. Accordingly, the Code specifically recognises the concept of "Comply or Explain" in relation to divergences from the Code and the Company has explained the circumstances of these appointments in detail in its 2020 Annual Report.

The number of shares in issue at 6.30p.m. on 22 March 2021 was 596,198,205, of which 257,364,510 were held by shareholders other than the controlling shareholder.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.

Denise Burton
Deputy Company Secretary