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 on 23 January 2018 held at Mitchells & Butlers plc, Retail Support Centre, Birmingham at 2.00pm. All Board Directors were in attendance.
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 | VOTES FOR (a) | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES WITHHELD (b) |
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Resolutions 1 Receipt of accounts | VOTES 367,178,588FOR (a) | % 99.73 | VOTES 990,659AGAINST | % 0.27 | VOTES 158,200WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 2 Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration | VOTES 365,544,870FOR (a) | % 99.71 | VOTES 1,079,721AGAINST | % 0.29 | VOTES 1,702,855WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 3 Approval of Remuneration Policy | VOTES 357,056,085FOR (a) | % 97.00 | VOTES 11,027,030AGAINST | % 3.00 | VOTES 244,331WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 4 Declare a final dividend | VOTES 368,262,960FOR (a) | % 100.00 | VOTES 2,087AGAINST | % 0.00 | VOTES 62,400WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 5 Keith Browne | VOTES 277,437,008FOR (a) | % 77.29 | VOTES 81,510,423AGAINST | % 22.71 | VOTES 9,380,014WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 6 Dave Coplin | VOTES 367,864,200FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 363,846AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 99,401WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 7 Stewart Gilliland | VOTES 367,854,208FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 377,354AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 95,885WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 8 Eddie Irwin | VOTES 264,298,432FOR (a) | % 73.82 | VOTES 93,721,129AGAINST | % 26.18 | VOTES 10,307,884WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 9 Bob Ivell | VOTES 341,551,050FOR (a) | % 93.31 | VOTES 24,504,975AGAINST | % 6.69 | VOTES 2,271,422WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 10 Tim Jones | VOTES 366,709,189FOR (a) | % 99.59 | VOTES 1,522,855AGAINST | % 0.41 | VOTES 95,403WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 11 Josh Levy | VOTES 268,092,883FOR (a) | % 74.88 | VOTES 89,925,968AGAINST | % 25.12 | VOTES 10,308,594WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 12 Ron Robson | VOTES 264,293,381FOR (a) | % 73.82 | VOTES 93,728,252AGAINST | % 26.18 | VOTES 10,305,812WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 13 Colin Rutherford | VOTES 367,775,632FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 364,511AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 187,303WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 14 Phil Urban | VOTES 366,951,224FOR (a) | % 99.65 | VOTES 1,281,074AGAINST | % 0.35 | VOTES 95,149WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 15 Imelda Walsh | VOTES 367,796,961FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 355,370AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 175,116WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 16 Reappointment of auditor | VOTES 366,734,416FOR (a) | % 99.96 | VOTES 152,840AGAINST | % 0.04 | VOTES 1,440,189WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 17 Auditor's remuneration | VOTES 368,092,919FOR (a) | % 99.96 | VOTES 145,868AGAINST | % 0.04 | VOTES 88,660WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 18 Political donations | VOTES 367,679,950FOR (a) | % 99.87 | VOTES 468,011AGAINST | % 0.13 | VOTES 179,486WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 19 Scrip Dividend | VOTES 368,165,743FOR (a) | % 99.98 | VOTES 64,593AGAINST | % 0.02 | VOTES 97,111WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 20 Notice period for meetings (c) | VOTES 364,981,375FOR (a) | % 99.11 | VOTES 3,269,323AGAINST | % 0.89 | VOTES 76,749WITHHELD (b) |
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) Special resolution
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Voting was conducted by a poll.
The number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on Sunday 21 January 2018 was 422,645,675.
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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.
Denise Burton
Deputy Company Secretary