Result of Annual General Meeting
21 January 2025
Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held on 21 January 2025, 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
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| VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD | |
| 1 | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 78,011,033 | 99.95 | 38,639 | 0.05 | 78,049,672 | 41.65 | 1,331,116 |
| 2 | Approve the Annual Report Remuneration | 75,107,160 | 94.70 | 4,205,481 | 5.30 | 79,312,641 | 42.32 | 68,142 |
| 3 | Elect Ken Lever | 79,112,234 | 99.75 | 200,541 | 0.25 | 79,312,775 | 42.32 | 68,007 |
| 4 | Re-elect Justin Platt | 78,030,819 | 99.87 | 102,122 | 0.13 | 78,132,941 | 41.69 | 1,247,841 |
| 5 | Re-elect Hayleigh Lupino | 79,194,237 | 99.82 | 138,937 | 0.18 | 79,333,174 | 42.33 | 47,611 |
| 6 | Re-elect Bridget Lea | 79,183,621 | 99.84 | 124,625 | 0.16 | 79,308,246 | 42.32 | 72,538 |
| 7 | Re-elect Octavia Morley | 76,400,738 | 96.32 | 2,923,007 | 3.68 | 79,323,745 | 42.33 | 57,039 |
| 8 | Re-elect Rachel Osborne | 79,185,510 | 99.84 | 127,535 | 0.16 | 79,313,045 | 42.32 | 67,739 |
| 9 | Re-elect Sir Nick Varney | 79,163,914 | 99.82 | 142,701 | 0.18 | 79,306,615 | 42.32 | 74,166 |
| 10 | Re-appointment of RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors | 79,183,590 | 99.84 | 128,971 | 0.16 | 79,312,561 | 42.32 | 68,222 |
| 11 | Authorise Auditors' remuneration | 79,264,005 | 99.88 | 96,371 | 0.12 | 79,360,376 | 42.35 | 20,411 |
| 12 | Authority to allot shares | 76,244,301 | 96.09 | 3,099,808 | 3.91 | 79,344,109 | 42.34 | 36,677 |
| 13 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 75,332,788 | 95.00 | 3,963,143 | 5.00 | 79,295,931 | 42.31 | 84,852 |
| 14 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 77,992,570 | 98.27 | 1,371,615 | 1.73 | 79,364,185 | 42.35 | 16,601 |
| 15 | Short notice of general meetings | 78,920,645 | 99.44 | 440,714 | 0.56 | 79,361,359 | 42.35 | 19,423 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 13 to 15 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.
Enquiries:
Bethan Raybould, General Counsel and Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1902 907250
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