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23 January 2024

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, 23 January 2024, at 9.00a.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 17 and 18 were passed as special resolutions. All other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions and, in the case of resolutions 4, 6 and 11, were also passed by a majority of the independent shareholders voting on the resolution, in accordance with LR 9.2.2ER.

%
%
% of ISC VOTED
1
Receipt of accounts
534,930,350
100.00
17,916
0.00
534,948,266
89.50%
175,424
2
Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration
530,322,991
99.11
4,755,726
0.89
535,078,717
89.52%
45,033
3
Approval of Remuneration Policy
509,875,972
95.29
25,186,080
4.71
535,062,052
89.52%
61,730
4
Re-elect Amanda Brown
523,333,100
97.80
11,752,706
2.20
535,085,806
89.52%
37,944
5
Re-elect Keith Browne
501,943,362
95.97
21,094,262
4.03
523,037,624
87.50%
12,086,158
6
Re-elect Dave Coplin
524,242,096
97.97
10,848,681
2.03
535,090,777
89.52%
33,005
7
Re-elect Eddie Irwin
489,533,724
93.59
33,503,553
6.41
523,037,277
87.50%
12,086,505
8
Re-elect Bob Ivell
376,931,716
70.44
158,157,194
29.56
535,088,910
89.52%
34,872
9
Re-elect Tim Jones
532,252,498
99.47
2,840,749
0.53
535,093,247
89.52%
30,117
10
Re-elect Josh Levy
406,508,347
77.72
116,533,081
22.28
523,041,428
87.51%
12,082,354
11
Re-elect Jane Moriarty
524,041,686
97.94
11,040,600
2.06
535,082,286
89.52%
41,496
12
Re-elect Phil Urban
533,954,922
99.79
1,140,354
0.21
535,095,276
89.52%
28,734
13
Reappointment of auditor
535,005,169
99.98
84,473
0.02
535,089,642
89.52%
33,747
14
Auditor's remuneration
535,012,722
99.98
81,671
0.02
535,094,393
89.52%
29,389
15
Political donations
532,704,059
99.57
2,303,887
0.43
535,007,946
89.51%
115,836
16
Approval of Performance Share Plan
534,292,802
99.86
768,505
0.14
535,061,307
89.52%
62,475
17
Authority to purchase own shares (c)
530,216,920
99.14
4,579,216
0.86
534,796,136
89.47%
327,646
18
Notice period for meetings (c)
532,818,347
99.57
2,278,754
0.43
535,097,101
89.52%
26,681
VOTES EXCLUDING THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
VOTES FOR (a)
%
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES TOTAL
% of ISC VOTED (excluding controlling shareholder)
VOTES WITHHELD (b)
4
Re-elect Amanda Brown (d)
184,499,405
94.01
11,752,706
5.99
196,252,111
75.80%
37,944
6
Re-elect Dave Coplin (d)
185,408,401
94.47
10,848,681
5.53
196,257,082
75.81%
33,005
11
Re-elect Jane Moriarty (d)
185,207,991
94.37
11,040,600
5.63
196,248,591
75.80%
41,496

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 special resolutions.

(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 of Directors notes the level of votes against resolution 8 concerning the Chairman and resolution 10 concerning an individual who represents the Company's controlling shareholder (as defined in the Listing Rules). 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 2023 Annual Report.

The number of shares in issue at 6.30p.m. on 21 January 2024 was 597,727,235, of which 258,893,540 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