Greene King PLC Result of AGM (4856J)
September 09 2016 - 12:39PM
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Greene King PLC
09 September 2016
GREENE KING PLC
RESULTS OF AGM
The annual general meeting of Greene King plc was held at the
Millennium Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse Conference Centre,
Newmarket on Friday 9 September 2016. All resolutions put to the
members were passed on a show of hands, resolutions 1 to 12 as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13, 15 and 16 as special
resolutions.
Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting, other than
those resolutions concerning ordinary business, are being submitted
to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting
are set out below.
Resolution Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes
for Against Withheld
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To receive and
adopt the report
of the accounts 214,386,963 99.19% 1,317,986 0.61% 427,032
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To approve the
directors' remuneration
report 193,335,535 89.45% 6,687,191 3.09% 16,109,255
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To declare a dividend 215,686,002 99.79% 35,131 0.02% 410,848
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To re-elect Rooney
Anand as a director 213,653,700 98.85% 2,050,529 0.95% 427,752
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To re-elect Mike
Coupe as a director 214,061,074 99.04% 427,843 0.20% 1,643,064
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To re-elect Rob
Rowley as a director 215,062,312 99.51% 625,893 0.29% 443,776
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To re-elect Lynne
Weedall as a director 215,301,337 99.62% 379,598 0.18% 451,046
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To re-elect Kirk
Davis as a director 213,536,397 98.80% 2,161,642 1.00% 433,942
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To elect Philip
Yea as a director 205,188,651 94.94% 3,531,011 1.63% 7,412,319
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To re-appoint Ernst
& Young LLP as
auditors 212,438,448 98.29% 3,246,221 1.50% 446,352
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To authorise the
directors to determine
the remuneration
of the auditors 215,020,953 99.49% 667,580 0.31% 442,488
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To renew the directors'
allotment authority 160,024,354 74.04% 55,653,739 25.75% 452,928
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To authorise non-pre-emptive
issues of ordinary
shares up to 5%
of share capital* 215,238,131 99.59% 422,378 0.20% 470,512
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Resolution 14 was withdrawn and not put to the vote
at the AGM.
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To renew the authority
for market purchases* 213,818,819 98.93% 1,873,850 0.87% 438,352
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To allow the company
to hold general
meetings on 14
days' notice* 204,211,777 94.49% 11,493,431 5.32% 425,813
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* Special resolutions
Note: Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the
chairman have been included in the "For" total.
For further information please contact:
Lindsay Keswick
Company Secretary
Tel: 01284 763222
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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