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Marston's PLC announced that all 16 resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting, held on 28 January 2026, were passed on a poll. Shareholder votes 'for' the resolutions ranged from 88.11% to 99.85%, with the percentage of issued share capital voted varying between 40.47% and 43.85% across the resolutions.
| Date | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Time | 12:37:33 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 7700Q |
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
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VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES TOTAL |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
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1 |
Receive the Annual Report and Accounts |
81,626,835 |
99.64 |
292,044 |
0.36 |
81,918,879 |
43.65% |
543,267 |
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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 |
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4 |
Elect Stephen Hopson |
82,124,946 |
99.85 |
120,497 |
0.15 |
82,245,443 |
43.83% |
216,701 |
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5 |
Re-elect Justin Platt |
82,046,642 |
99.76 |
196,008 |
0.24 |
82,242,650 |
43.82% |
219,498 |
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6 |
Re-elect Bridget Lea |
74,932,822 |
91.11 |
7,311,853 |
8.89 |
82,244,675 |
43.83% |
217,469 |
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7 |
Re-elect Ken Lever |
72,465,130 |
88.11 |
9,782,439 |
11.89 |
82,247,569 |
43.83% |
214,575 |
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8 |
Re-elect Octavia Morley |
74,394,076 |
90.45 |
7,850,249 |
9.55 |
82,244,325 |
43.83% |
217,819 |
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9 |
Re-elect Rachel Osborne |
74,922,495 |
91.09 |
7,325,149 |
8.91 |
82,247,644 |
43.83% |
214,500 |
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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 |
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12 |
Authorise Auditors' remuneration |
82,116,297 |
99.82 |
144,354 |
0.18 |
82,260,651 |
43.83% |
201,496 |
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13 |
Authority to allot shares |
75,585,707 |
99.19 |
615,197 |
0.81 |
76,200,904 |
40.61% |
6,261,242 |
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14 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
74,472,230 |
97.72 |
1,735,372 |
2.28 |
76,207,602 |
40.61% |
6,254,541 |
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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 |
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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