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 30 January 2014 held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham at 11.30am. 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.
| Resolutions | VOTES FOR (a) | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES WITHHELD (b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Resolutions 1 Receipt of accounts | VOTES 352,318,351FOR (a) | % 99.97 | VOTES 95,328AGAINST | % 0.03 | VOTES 14,308WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 2 Approval of remuneration report | VOTES 349,102,726FOR (a) | % 99.87 | VOTES 457,965AGAINST | % 0.13 | VOTES 2,867,296WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 3 Elect Stewart Gilliland | VOTES 352,007,139FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 348,301AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 72,547WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 4 Elect Colin Rutherford | VOTES 352,013,202FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 347,406AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 67,379WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 5 Elect Imelda Walsh | VOTES 352,017,116FOR (a) | % 99.90 | VOTES 354,587AGAINST | % 0.10 | VOTES 56,284WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 6 Re-elect Alistair Darby | VOTES 351,618,579FOR (a) | % 99.78 | VOTES 759,228AGAINST | % 0.22 | VOTES 50,180WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 7 Re-elect Eddie Irwin | VOTES 323,924,858FOR (a) | % 95.11 | VOTES 16,668,961AGAINST | % 4.89 | VOTES 11,834,168WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 8 Re-elect Bob Ivell | VOTES 349,535,434FOR (a) | % 99.39 | VOTES 2,162,072AGAINST | % 0.61 | VOTES 730,481WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 9 Re-elect Tim Jones | VOTES 351,612,021FOR (a) | % 99.78 | VOTES 764,719AGAINST | % 0.22 | VOTES 51,247WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 10 Re-elect Douglas McMahon | VOTES 319,999,358FOR (a) | % 97.09 | VOTES 9,585,848AGAINST | % 2.91 | VOTES 22,842,781WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 11 Re-elect Ron Robson | VOTES 307,727,927FOR (a) | % 94.86 | VOTES 16,685,441AGAINST | % 5.14 | VOTES 28,014,459WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 12 Reappointment of auditor | VOTES 349,826,863FOR (a) | % 99.93 | VOTES 250,096AGAINST | % 0.07 | VOTES 2,351,028WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 13 Auditor's remuneration | VOTES 352,232,181FOR (a) | % 99.96 | VOTES 131,160AGAINST | % 0.04 | VOTES 64,646WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 14 Political donations | VOTES 351,734,234FOR (a) | % 99.84 | VOTES 569,568AGAINST | % 0.16 | VOTES 124,185WITHHELD (b) |
Resolutions 15 Reduce notice of meetings (c) | VOTES 346,175,547FOR (a) | % 98.25 | VOTES 6,168,163AGAINST | % 1.75 | VOTES 81,076WITHHELD (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 11.30am on Tuesday 28 January 2014 was 411,401,148.
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