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Whitbread PLC
15 June 2022
 

Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions                                                                                 15 June 2022

 

Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 June 2022, all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed.  The results of the AGM are as follows:









RESOLUTION 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1. To receive the Annual

Report and Accounts

for the year ended

3 March 2022

125,133,746

99.83

206,907

0.17

125,340,653

58.44%

2,464,259

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

109,378,984

85.68

18,280,422

14.32

127,659,406

59.52%

145,506

3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

76,536,853

61.56

47,800,014

38.44

124,336,867

57.97%

3,468,045

4.  To declare a final dividend of 34.7p per ordinary share

123,498,102

96.67

4,258,675

3.33

127,756,777

59.57%

48,135

5. To elect Hemant Patel as a director

126,925,776

99.36

814,236

0.64

127,740,012

59.56%

64,312

6.To re-elect David Atkins as a director

123,262,944

96.49

4,479,288

3.51

127,742,232

59.56%

62,092

7.To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director

125,538,881

98.28

2,200,687

1.72

127,739,568

59.56%

64,756

8. To re-elect Horst Baier as a director

123,774,984

96.90

3,965,463

3.10

127,740,447

59.56%

63,877

9.To re-elect Alison Brittain as a director

127,316,672

99.67

427,621

0.33

127,744,293

59.56%

60,031

10.To re-elect Fumbi Chima as a director

125,503,153

98.25

2,237,163

1.75

127,740,316

59.56%

64,008

11. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director

107,388,037

88.69

13,698,031

11.31

121,086,068

56.46%

6,702,763

12. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director

113,205,333

88.63

14,522,197

11.37

127,727,530

59.55%

61,301

13. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director

123,248,775

96.49

4,478,443

3.51

127,727,218

59.55%

61,613

14. To re-elect Chris Kennedy as a director

123,738,689

96.88

3,988,240

3.12

127,726,929

59.55%

61,902

15. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor

125,421,815

99.96

53,210

0.04

125,475,025

58.50%

2,314,394

16. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration

122,017,134

95.52

5,718,836

4.48

127,735,970

59.56%

53,449

17. To authorise the Company to make political donations

123,088,640

96.36

4,644,582

3.64

127,733,222

59.56%

56,197

18. To authorise the Board to allot shares

121,562,799

95.14

6,208,320

4.86

127,771,119

59.57%

18,299

19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

126,848,275

99.69

394,736

0.31

127,243,011

59.33%

546,408

20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment

123,589,516

97.13

3,651,849

2.87

127,241,365

59.33%

548,054

21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares

125,256,287

98.07

2,469,350

1.93

127,725,637

59.55%

63,782

22. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice

122,117,261

95.69

5,499,004

4.31

127,616,265

59.50%

173,154

 

 

 

 

 

A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

The Board notes the results of the advisory resolution on the 2021/22 remuneration report, which has been supported by the majority of shareholders. We have engaged with a number of shareholders regarding the remuneration report and will continue to engage constructively with shareholders over the coming months.  We will report on any actions resulting from those discussions in due course.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Investor queries | Whitbread | investorrelations@whitbread.com

 

 

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