The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group plc was held on 26 May 2017.
Voting was conducted by way of a poll and all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Total votes cast |
Votes withheld |
1 |
Annual Report and Accounts 2016 |
153,508,188 |
99.94 |
91,420 |
0.06 |
153,599,608 |
434,808 |
2 |
Directors' Remuneration Report |
151,032,992 |
98.85 |
1,749,753 |
1.15 |
152,782,745 |
1,251,670 |
3 |
Declare a final dividend |
153,607,611 |
100.00 |
1,667 |
0.00 |
153,609,278 |
425,138 |
4 |
Re-elect Debbie Hewitt |
147,363,779 |
95.95 |
6,217,173 |
4.05 |
153,580,952 |
453,463 |
5 |
Re-appoint Andy McCue |
153,545,595 |
99.98 |
30,803 |
0.02 |
153,576,398 |
458,018 |
6 |
Re-appoint Barry Nightingale |
Resolution Withdrawn |
7 |
Re-elect Simon Cloke |
153,396,639 |
99.88 |
182,438 |
0.12 |
153,579,077 |
455,339 |
8 |
Re-elect Sally Cowdry |
153,455,477 |
99.91 |
134,408 |
0.09 |
153,589,885 |
444,531 |
9 |
Re-elect Mike Tye |
151,650,656 |
98.74 |
1,938,228 |
1.26 |
153,588,884 |
445,532 |
10 |
Re-appoint Graham Clemett |
153,439,272 |
99.90 |
152,260 |
0.10 |
153,591,532 |
442,884 |
11 |
Re-appoint Auditor and determine remuneration |
152,016,225 |
98.97 |
1,582,056 |
1.03 |
153,598,281 |
436,135 |
12 |
Authority to allot shares |
153,470,921 |
99.95 |
76,163 |
0.05 |
153,547,084 |
487,332 |
13 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
128,421,233 |
83.42 |
25,530,918 |
16.58 |
153,952,151 |
82,265 |
14 |
Authority to purchase own shares |
152,709,112 |
99.48 |
793,051 |
0.52 |
153,502,163 |
532,253 |
15 |
Short notice of general meetings |
145,503,292 |
94.49 |
8,484,627 |
5.51 |
153,987,919 |
46,496 |
Notes:
1) The total number of shares in issue at 26 May 2017 was 201,063,167.
2) Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of the resolutions and are included in the total of those votes for.
3) Certified copies of resolutions 13, 14 and 15 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/nsm
4) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
Enquiries:
Jared Cranney, Company Secretary Tel: 020 3117 5001