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Result of AGM
Marston's PLC announced that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting on January 28, 2026, were passed on a poll. The Annual Report and Accounts received strong support with 99.64% of votes in favour, and the re-appointment of auditors and authorisation of their remuneration also saw overwhelming approval at 99.81% and 99.82% respectively. While most director re-elections passed with over 90% of votes, resolutions concerning the Directors' Remuneration Policy and the re-election of Ken Lever saw lower approval rates of 91.98% and 88.11% respectively, and Bridget Lea, Octavia Morley, Rachel Osborne, and Sir Nick Varney also received below 92% approval for their re-elections. Special resolutions for the authority to allot shares and disapplication of pre-emption rights passed with 99.19% and 97.72% in favour. Disclaimer*
About this update from Marston's Plc
28 January 2026 Marston's PLC (the "Company") LEI: 213800Q6RP3ZJ2CZR962 Result of Annual General Meeting The Company is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 28 January 2026, 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.marstonspubs.co.uk In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2 R, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission Service and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % VOTES TOTAL % of ISC VOTED VOTES WITHHELD 1 Receive the Annual Report and Accounts 81,626,835 99.64 292,044 0.36 81,918,879 43.65% 543,267 2 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 75,631,756 91.98 6,595,974 8.02 82,227,730 43.82% 234,413 3 Approve the Annual Report Remuneration 75,686,174 99.65 265,291 0.35 75,951,465 40.47% 6,510,678 4 Elect Stephen Hopson 82,124,946 99.85 120,497 0.15 82,245,443 43.83% 216,701 5 Re-elect Justin Platt 82,046,642 99.76 196,008 0.24 82,242,650 43.82% 219,498 6 Re-elect Bridget Lea 74,932,822 91.11 7,311,853 8.89 82,244,675 43.83% 217,469 7 Re-elect Ken Lever 72,465,130 88.11 9,782,439 11.89 82,247,569 43.83% 214,575 8 Re-elect Octavia Morley 74,394,076 90.45 7,850,249 9.55 82,244,325 43.83% 217,819 9 Re-elect Rachel Osborne 74,922,495 91.09 7,325,149 8.91 82,247,644 43.83% 214,500 10 Re-elect Sir Nick Varney 74,889,388 91.05 7,359,072 8.95 82,248,460 43.83% 213,683 11 Re-appointment of RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors 82,090,627 99.81 153,978 0.19 82,244,605 43.83% 214,213 12 Authorise Auditors' remuneration 82,116,297 99.82 144,354 0.18 82,260,651 43.83% 201,496 13 Authority to allot shares 75,585,707 99.19 615,197 0.81 76,200,904 40.61% 6,261,242 14 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 74,472,230 97.72 1,735,372 2.28 76,207,602 40.61% 6,254,541 15 Authority to make market purchases of own shares 82,121,072 99.79 172,643 0.21 82,293,715 43.85% 168,433 16 Short notice of general meetings 75,709,270 99.34 500,253 0.66 76,209,523 40.61% 6,252,624 Notes: (i) Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. (ii) Resolutions 14 to 16 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 Chair 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. (v) 'ISC" refers to the Company's total issued share capital which, as at 6.30pm on Monday 26 January 2026, was 660,362,194 ordinary shares of 7.375p (of these, 25,234,398 are held in treasury and have suspended voting rights) and 75,000 preference shares of £1, resulting in a maximum of 187,362,699 voting rights. For further information, please contact: Bethan Raybould General Counsel & Company Secretary 01902 907250