Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 31 January 2013 held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham at 11am. All Board Directors were in attendance.
Each of the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved.
Resolutions | VOTES FOR (a) | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES WITHHELD (b) |
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Resolutions 1 Receipt of accounts | VOTES 346,434,803FOR (a) | % 99.68 | VOTES 1,096,336AGAINST | % 0.32 | VOTES 3,898,176WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 2 Approval of remuneration report | VOTES 345,676,383FOR (a) | % 99.04 | VOTES 3,354,053AGAINST | % 0.96 | VOTES 2,398,879WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 3 Elect Alistair Darby | VOTES 349,221,816FOR (a) | % 99.39 | VOTES 2,144,655AGAINST | % 0.61 | VOTES 62,844WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 4 Elect Eddie Irwin | VOTES 326,163,282FOR (a) | % 96.43 | VOTES 12,075,737AGAINST | % 3.57 | VOTES 13,190,296WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 5 Re-elect Bob Ivell | VOTES 334,353,543FOR (a) | % 96.83 | VOTES 10,958,005AGAINST | % 3.17 | VOTES 6,117,767WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 6 Re-elect Tim Jones | VOTES 349,175,953FOR (a) | % 99.37 | VOTES 2,197,751AGAINST | % 0.63 | VOTES 55,611WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 7 Re-elect Douglas McMahon | VOTES 321,245,064FOR (a) | % 94.60 | VOTES 18,324,916AGAINST | % 5.40 | VOTES 11,859,335WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 8 Re-elect Ron Robson | VOTES 306,423,979FOR (a) | % 90.24 | VOTES 33,148,415AGAINST | % 9.76 | VOTES 11,856,921WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 9 Reappointment of auditor | VOTES 335,886,021FOR (a) | % 96.12 | VOTES 13,552,088AGAINST | % 3.88 | VOTES 1,991,206WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 10 Auditor's Remuneration | VOTES 351,230,347FOR (a) | % 99.96 | VOTES 152,984AGAINST | % 0.04 | VOTES 45,984WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 11 Political donations | VOTES 350,661,300FOR (a) | % 99.82 | VOTES 620,843AGAINST | % 0.18 | VOTES 147,295WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 12 Approval of Sharesave Plan | VOTES 350,895,641FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 338,091AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 195,583WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 13 Approval of Share Incentive Plan | VOTES 350,998,090FOR (a) | % 99.94 | VOTES 227,995AGAINST | % 0.06 | VOTES 203,230WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 14 Approval of 2013 Short Term Deferred Incentive Plan | VOTES 345,268,411FOR (a) | % 98.40 | VOTES 5,621,971AGAINST | % 1.60 | VOTES 538,933WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 15 Approval of 2013 Performance Restricted Share Plan | VOTES 329,182,452FOR (a) | % 94.33 | VOTES 19,800,927AGAINST | % 5.67 | VOTES 2,445,936WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 16 Adopt new Articles of Association*** | VOTES 351,085,382FOR (a) | % 99.93 | VOTES 255,046AGAINST | % 0.07 | VOTES 88,887WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 17 Reduce notice of meetings*** | VOTES 346,064,237FOR (a) | % 98.50 | VOTES 5,283,828AGAINST | % 1.50 | VOTES 81,250WITHHELD (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.
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Voting was conducted by a poll.
The number of shares in issues at 11am on Tuesday 29 January 2013 was 410,777,816 excluding shares held in Treasury.
*** denotes Special Resolutions
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.hemscott.com sm.do and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.
Denise Burton
Deputy Company Secretary