9 November 2026
RESULT OF REQUISITIONED GENERAL MEETING
Whitbread PLC announces that the ordinary resolution proposed by Corvex Management LP (“Corvex”) to appoint James Gemmel to the Board of directors of the Company was not passed at a General Meeting held earlier today.
Accordingly, James Gemmel has not been appointed as a director of the Company.
The result of the General Meeting is as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % OF ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD |
THAT James H. Gemmel be appointed as a director of the Company with immediate effect | 22,353,178 | 16.59% | 112,373,521 | 83.41% | 134,726,699 | 80.32% | 134,089 |
Excluding the shares voted by Corvex, the proportion of votes cast against the resolution, in line with the Board’s unanimous recommendation, was 91%.
Christine Hodgson, Chair of Whitbread PLC, commented:
“The overwhelming majority of our shareholders have voted decisively to back the Board and our strategy, and I would like to thank them for their support. We will now continue to focus on delivering our Five-Year plan, which has clear and measurable milestones to drive significant value for shareholders, and which we are already executing at pace. With this plan, we are on course to deliver a step change in margins, cash flows and returns”.
For more information please contact:
Investor Relations - Whitbread investorrelations@whitbread.com
Peter Reynolds, Director of Investor Relations peter.reynolds@whitbread.com
Kirsten O’Reilly, Head of Investor Relations kirsten.oreilly@whitbread.com
Media – Brunswick whitbread@brunswickgroup.com
Tim Danaher +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
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