Greene King PLC Result of AGM (2746Q)

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RNS Number : 2746Q

Greene King PLC

08 September 2017

GREENE KING PLC

RESULTS OF AGM

The annual general meeting of Greene King plc was held at the Millennium Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse Conference Centre, Newmarket on Friday 8 September 2017. All resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands, resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 as special resolutions.

Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, are being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.

 
 Resolution                      Votes         Percentage   Votes        Percentage   Votes 
                                  for                        Against                   Withheld 
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 To receive and 
  adopt the report 
  of the accounts                208,589,009     99.37      1,326,931       0.63       21,401 
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 To approve the 
  directors' remuneration 
  policy report                  193,815,607     93.10      14,371,168      6.90      1,747,247 
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 To approve the 
  directors' remuneration 
  report                         208,476,541     99.93       151,172        0.07      1,304,797 
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 To declare a final 
  dividend                       209,899,751     99.98        35,620        0.02        1,970 
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 To re-elect Rooney 
  Anand as a director            209,408,346     99.75       522,900        0.25        4,175 
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 To re-elect Mike 
  Coupe as a director            209,439,118     99.76       493,648        0.24        3,405 
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 To re-elect Kirk 
  Davis as a director            209,105,747     99.61       825,499        0.39        4,175 
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 To re-elect Rob 
  Rowley as a director           209,306,435     99.70       624,710        0.30        5,026 
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 To re-elect Lynne 
  Weedall as a director          209,445,460     99.77       484,372        0.23        6,339 
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 To re-elect Philip 
  Yea as a director              199,379,249     96.57      7,083,121       3.43      3,473,051 
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 To elect Gordon 
  Fryett as a director           209,423,316     99.76       495,078        0.24       13,098 
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 To re-appoint Ernst 
  & Young LLP as 
  auditors                       206,923,871     99.00      2,091,491       1.00       921,665 
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 To authorise the 
  directors to determine 
  the remuneration 
  of the auditors                209,812,186     99.95       114,688        0.05       10,467 
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 To renew the directors' 
  allotment authority            152,884,142     72.91      56,794,534     27.09       257,210 
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 To authorise non-pre-emptive 
  issues of ordinary 
  shares up to 5% 
  of share capital*              208,757,068     99.44      1,169,685       0.56        9,817 
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 To renew the authority 
  for market purchases*          209,164,561     99.63       767,989        0.37        4,200 
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 To cease entitlement 
  of shareholders 
  to receive company 
  documents if post 
  returned twice*                209,036,921     99.99        27,463        0.01       871,680 
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 To allow the company 
  to hold general 
  meetings on 14 
  days' notice*                  203,426,656     97.30      5,643,792       2.70       866,785 
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* Special resolutions

Note: Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the chairman have been included in the "For" total.

For further information please contact:

Lindsay Keswick

Company Secretary

Tel: 01284 763222

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