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.
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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:
- Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
- Resolutions 14 to 16 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
- Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the 'for' total.
- 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.
- '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.
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