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Marston's PLC

25 January 2017

Result of AGM

25 January 2017

Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 24 January 2017, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a poll. Full details of the total number of votes received for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 
 Resolution                  Votes for     % of       Votes      % of      Total       Total     Votes withheld 
                                           votes     against     votes      votes       votes 
                                            cast                 cast       cast        cast 
                                                                                        as a 
                                                                                        % of 
                                                                                       issued 
                                                                                        share 
                                                                                       capital 
--------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Receive the 
       Annual Report 
 1     and Accounts          83,756,166    99.88%     102,882    0.12%   83,859,048     49.27%           29,932 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Approve the 
       Directors' 
       remuneration 
 2     policy                 80,921034    97.88%   1,753,514    2.12%   82,674,548     48.57%        1,214,429 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Approve the 
       Annual Report 
 3     on Remuneration       82,129,038    99.26%     608,771    0.74%   82,737,809     48.61%        1,151,170 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Declare a final 
 4     dividend              83,867,640   100.00%       1,732    0.00%   83,869,372     49.27%           19,610 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Andrew 
 5     Andrea                82,454,106    99.57%     355,707    0.43%   82,809,813     48.65%        1,079,074 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Nicholas 
 6     Backhouse             82,565,987    99.71%     243,604    0.29%   82,809,591     48.65%        1,079,298 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Carolyn 
 7     Bradley               82,672,015    99.84%     134,770    0.16%   82,806,785     48.65%        1,082,104 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Peter 
 8     Dalzell               82,629,502    99.78%     179,516    0.22%   82,809,018     48.65%        1,079,871 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Roger 
 9     Devlin                82,560,245    99.70%     244,544    0.30%   82,804,789     48.65%        1,084,097 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Ralph 
 10    Findlay               78,170,623    94.40%   4,641,514    5.60%   82,812,137     48.65%        1,076,749 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Catherine 
 11    Glickman              81,631,566    99.72%     231,877    0.28%   81,863,443     48.10%        2,025,444 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Robin 
 12    Rowland               82,673,904    99.84%     135,860    0.16%   82,809,764     48.65%        1,079,124 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Re-appoint 
 13    Auditors              81,831,577    97.65%   1,966,850    2.35%   83,798,427     49.23%           90,551 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authorise Auditors' 
 14    remuneration          83,485,597    99.55%     379,877    0.45%   83,865,474     49.27%           23,506 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Approve amendments 
       to the 2014 
       Long Term Incentive 
 15    Plan                  82,481,120    99.76%     202,573    0.24%   82,683,693     48.58%        1,205,288 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to 
 16    allot shares          83,306,102    99.38%     520,161    0.62%   83,826,263     49.25%           62,716 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
 17    rights                79,458,664    94.79%   4,365,407    5.21%   83,824,071     49.25%           64,908 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Authority to 
       make market 
       purchases of 
 18    own shares            82,290,196    98.11%   1,582,652    1.89%   83,872,848     49.28%           16,131 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Adopt new Articles 
 19    of Association        82,238,621    99.81%     155,210    0.19%   82,393,831     48.41%        1,495,148 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
      Short notice 
       of general 
 20    meetings              81,680,283    97.40%   2,179,497    2.60%   83,859,780     49.27%           29,194 
---  ---------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  ---------  --------------- 
 

Notes:

(i) Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(ii) Resolutions 17 to 20 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.

(iii) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

(iv) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

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