22 January 2020

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 21 January 2020 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.

 

 

VOTES FOR (a)
%
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES TOTAL
% of ISC VOTED
VOTES WITHHELD (b)
1
Receipt of accounts
373,312,821
99.96
135,609
0.04
373,448,430
87.01
186,214
2
Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration
370,218,405
99.13
3,253,219
0.87
373,471,624
87.02
163,019
3
Elect Jane Moriarty
373,252,729
99.91
347,344
0.09
373,600,073
87.05
34,571
4
Elect Susan Murray
373,250,961
99.91
347,159
0.09
373,598,120
87.05
36,524
5
Re-elect Keith Browne
296,438,344
81.34
67,993,986
18.66
364,432,330
84.91
9,202,313
6
Re-elect Dave Coplin
372,560,929
99.72
1,036,576
0.28
373,597,505
87.05
37,139
7
Re-elect Eddie Irwin
272,647,961
74.93
91,202,402
25.07
363,850,363
84.78
9,779,115
8
Re-elect Bob Ivell
327,066,764
87.68
45,960,404
12.32
373,027,168
86.91
607,796
9
Re-elect Tim Jones
370,733,060
99.23
2,870,308
0.77
373,603,368
87.05
32,701
10
Re-elect Josh Levy
281,693,501
77.30
82,737,812
22.70
364,431,313
84.91
9,204,435
11
Re-elect Ron Robson
269,206,065
73.99
94,649,252
26.01
363,855,317
84.78
9,779,327
12
Re-elect Colin Rutherford
370,048,884
99.05
3,547,261
0.95
373,596,145
87.05
38,498
13
Re-elect Phil Urban
371,982,859
99.57
1,619,105
0.43
373,601,964
87.05
33,001
14
Re-elect Imelda Walsh
372,063,889
99.59
1,537,012
0.41
373,600,901
87.05
33,742
15
Reappointment of auditor
372,042,942
99.95
178,659
0.05
372,221,601
86.73
1,413,043
16
Auditor's remuneration
373,402,177
99.95
186,477
0.05
373,588,654
87.05
45,990
17
Political donations
372,427,914
99.70
1,120,753
0.30
373,548,667
87.04
85,929
18
Notice period for meetings (c)
369,982,306
99.03
3,622,189
0.97
373,604,495
87.05
31,205

 

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 Board notes the level of votes against resolutions 7, 10 and 11 concerning individuals who represent one or other of our two largest shareholders.  The UK Corporate Governance 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 2019 Annual Report.

 

 

The number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on Sunday 19 January 2020 was 429,188,227.

 

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