Whitbread PLC - Annual General Meeting Resolutions 19 June 2025
Whitbread PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 June 2025 (the "AGM"), all resolutions were voted on by a poll and were duly passed. The results of the AGM are as follows:
|
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
|
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 27 February 2025 |
137,832,312 |
99.93 |
95,925 |
0.07 |
137,928,237 |
78.64% |
282,621 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
129,328,965 |
93.60 |
8,837,859 |
6.40 |
138,166,824 |
78.78% |
44,033 |
|
3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration |
131,425,799 |
95.19 |
6,643,822 |
4.81 |
138,069,621 |
78.72% |
41,236 |
|
4. To declare a final dividend of 60.6p per ordinary share |
138,175,991 |
99.99 |
11,647 |
0.01 |
138,187,638 |
78.79% |
23,219 |
|
5. To re-elect Kal Atwal as a director |
136,537,875 |
98.82 |
1,633,204 |
1.18 |
138,171,079 |
78.78% |
39,778 |
|
6. To re-elect Horst Baier as a director |
136,541,744 |
98.82 |
1,630,712 |
1.18 |
138,172,456 |
78.78% |
38,401 |
|
7. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director |
123,921,700 |
89.68 |
14,255,894 |
10.32 |
138,177,594 |
78.78% |
33,262 |
|
8. To re-elect Frank Fiskers as a director |
133,189,716 |
96.39 |
4,982,865 |
3.61 |
138,172,581 |
78.78% |
38,276 |
|
9. To re-elect Richard Gillingwater as a director |
136,538,496 |
98.82 |
1,633,225 |
1.18 |
138,171,721 |
78.78% |
38,684 |
|
10. To re-elect Karen Jones as a director |
121,076,838 |
90.46 |
12,767,768 |
9.54 |
133,844,606 |
76.31% |
4,366,251 |
|
11. To re-elect Hemant Patel as a director |
137,990,367 |
99.87 |
182,743 |
0.13 |
138,173,110 |
78.78% |
37,747 |
|
12. To re-elect Dominic Paul as a director |
138,109,706 |
99.95 |
64,844 |
0.05 |
138,174,550 |
78.78% |
36,307 |
|
13. To re-elect Shelley Roberts as a director |
136,531,599 |
98.81 |
1,640,184 |
1.19 |
138,171,783 |
78.78% |
39,074 |
|
14. To re-elect Cilla Snowball as a director |
136,536,816 |
98.82 |
1,635,278 |
1.18 |
138,172,094 |
78.78% |
38,763 |
|
15. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor |
134,310,293 |
99.54 |
622,299 |
0.46 |
134,932,592 |
76.93% |
3,278,265 |
|
16. To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor's remuneration |
138,156,500 |
99.98 |
24,074 |
0.02 |
138,180,574 |
78.78% |
30,283 |
|
17. To authorise the Company to make political donations |
134,459,240 |
97.67 |
3,208,976 |
2.33 |
137,668,216 |
78.49% |
542,641 |
|
18. To authorise the Board to allot shares |
131,619,124 |
95.37 |
6,396,070 |
4.63 |
138,015,194 |
78.69% |
33,597 |
|
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
137,811,693 |
99.73 |
368,588 |
0.27 |
138,180,281 |
78.78% |
30,576 |
|
20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment |
137,674,133 |
99.63 |
505,755 |
0.37 |
138,179,888 |
78.78% |
30,969 |
|
21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares |
138,117,234 |
99.96 |
58,157 |
0.04 |
138,175,391 |
78.78% |
35,466 |
|
22. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on reduced notice |
132,743,210 |
96.06 |
5,438,545 |
3.94 |
138,181,755 |
78.79% |
29,102 |
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
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