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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 24 January 2017 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.

ResolutionsVOTES
FOR (a)		%VOTES
AGAINST		%VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
Resolutions
1 Receipt of accounts
VOTES
FOR (a)
361,316,596
%
99.72
VOTES
AGAINST
1,032,344
%
0.28
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
108,255
Resolutions
2 Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration
VOTES
FOR (a)
357,130,786
%
99.91
VOTES
AGAINST
338,955
%
0.09
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
4,987,454
Resolutions
3 Declare a final dividend
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,425,979
%
100.00
VOTES
AGAINST
15,736
%
0.00
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
17,902
Resolutions
4 Elect Keith Browne
VOTES
FOR (a)
274,562,500
%
77.07
VOTES
AGAINST
81,672,313
%
22.93
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
6,222,381
Resolutions
5 Elect Dave Coplin
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,119,210
%
99.92
VOTES
AGAINST
273,737
%
0.08
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
64,248
Resolutions
6 Re-elect Stewart Gilliland
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,117,740
%
99.92
VOTES
AGAINST
277,605
%
0.08
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
61,850
Resolutions
7 Re-elect Eddie Irwin
VOTES
FOR (a)
269,823,268
%
75.93
VOTES
AGAINST
85,539,030
%
24.07
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
7,094,896
Resolutions
8 Re-elect Bob Ivell
VOTES
FOR (a)
338,648,062
%
97.82
VOTES
AGAINST
7,564,284
%
2.18
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
16,244,848
Resolutions
9 Re-elect Tim Jones
VOTES
FOR (a)
360,542,982
%
99.49
VOTES
AGAINST
1,856,257
%
0.51
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
57,956
Resolutions
10 Re-elect Josh Levy
VOTES
FOR (a)
296,055,999
%
83.11
VOTES
AGAINST
60,182,109
%
16.89
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
6,220,301
Resolutions
11 Re-elect Ron Robson
VOTES
FOR (a)
269,829,266
%
75.93
VOTES
AGAINST
85,533,369
%
24.07
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
7,095,773
Resolutions
12 Re-elect Colin Rutherford
VOTES
FOR (a)
361,918,107
%
99.89
VOTES
AGAINST
386,867
%
0.11
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
152,221
Resolutions
13 Re-elect Phil Urban
VOTES
FOR (a)
360,769,905
%
99.55
VOTES
AGAINST
1,630,563
%
0.45
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
56,727
Resolutions
14 Re-elect Imelda Walsh
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,121,980
%
99.92
VOTES
AGAINST
273,430
%
0.08
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
61,785
Resolutions
15 Reappointment of auditor
VOTES
FOR (a)
358,400,157
%
99.96
VOTES
AGAINST
157,228
%
0.04
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
3,899,810
Resolutions
16 Auditor's remuneration
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,186,399
%
99.94
VOTES
AGAINST
223,506
%
0.06
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
47,290
Resolutions
17 Political donations
VOTES
FOR (a)
354,958,800
%
99.62
VOTES
AGAINST
1,340,168
%
0.38
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
6,156,699
Resolutions
18 Scrip Dividend
VOTES
FOR (a)
362,277,855
%
99.98
VOTES
AGAINST
89,086
%
0.02
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
89,929
Resolutions
19 Notice period for meetings (c)
VOTES
FOR (a)
360,168,660
%
99.38
VOTES
AGAINST
2,265,041
%
0.62
VOTES
WITHHELD (b)
23,493

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 2.00pm on Tuesday 24 January 2017 was 413,670,615.

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