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RNS Number : 1866I
Merlin Entertainments plc
15 June 2017
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS PLC
Annual General Meeting
held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel, Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4
4AY
on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00 p.m.
RESULTS OF POLL
The Merlin Entertainments plc Annual General Meeting was held at
LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel,
Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 2.00
p.m.
In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each
Resolution proposed at the Meeting.
Each Resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each
Resolution are set out below:
RESOLUTION * VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of ** VOTES
FOR AGAINST TOTAL ISC WITHHELD
VOTED
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To receive the Annual
1 Report and Accounts 900,751,822 99.70 2,740,511 0.30 903,492,333 88.61% 909,964
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To declare a final
dividend of 4.9 pence
2 per share 904,268,716 100.00 516 0.00 904,269,232 88.69% 133,065
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To approve the Policy
Report of the Director's
3 Remuneration Report 866,092,288 95.78 38,165,452 4.22 904,257,740 88.69% 144,556
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To approve the Annual
Report on Director's
4 Remuneration 874,185,694 97.48 22,639,087 2.52 896,824,781 87.96% 7,577,514
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To re-elect Sir John
5 Sunderland as a Director 898,704,917 99.39 5,506,104 0.61 904,211,021 88.69% 191,277
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To re-elect Nick Varney
6 as a Director 902,823,584 99.84 1,455,002 0.16 904,278,586 88.69% 123,712
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To elect Anne-Francoise
7 Nesmes as a Director 902,820,553 99.84 1,455,002 0.16 904,275,555 88.69% 126,743
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To re-elect Charles
8 Gurassa as a Director 885,900,951 97.97 18,374,354 2.03 904,275,305 88.69% 126,993
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To re-elect Ken Hydon
9 as a Director 870,131,077 99.29 6,266,102 0.71 876,397,179 85.96% 28,005,119
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To re-elect Fru Hazlitt
10 as a Director 903,028,993 99.86 1,246,312 0.14 904,275,305 88.69% 126,993
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To re-elect Søren
Sørensen as a
11 Director 902,143,356 99.76 2,134,493 0.24 904,277,849 88.69% 124,449
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To re-elect Trudy Rautio
12 as a Director 903,032,545 99.86 1,245,304 0.14 904,277,849 88.69% 124,449
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To re-elect Yun (Rachel)
13 Chiang as a Director 901,417,614 99.69 2,835,929 0.31 904,253,543 88.69% 148,755
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To re-appoint KPMG
14 LLP as auditors 890,443,347 98.51 13,464,740 1.49 903,908,087 88.66% 494,210
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To authorise the Directors
to determine the remuneration
15 of the auditors 897,852,041 99.29 6,404,371 0.71 904,256,412 88.69% 145,885
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To authorise political
16 donations and expenditure 900,649,370 99.69 2,783,772 0.31 903,433,142 88.61% 969,156
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To authorise the Directors
17 to allot shares 881,574,828 97.78 20,018,549 2.22 901,593,377 88.43% 2,808,920
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To disapply statutory
pre-emption rights
relating to shares
18 allotted in Resolution
*** 17 901,386,624 99.80 1,841,844 0.20 903,228,468 88.59% 1,173,829
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To disapply statutory
pre-emption rights
in connection with
19 an acquisition or capital
*** investment 880,468,360 97.48 22,764,181 2.52 903,232,541 88.59% 1,169,755
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To enable a General
Meeting, other than
an Annual General Meeting,
to be called on not
20 less than 14 clear
*** days' notice 884,565,602 97.84 19,571,560 2.16 904,137,162 88.68% 265,134
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Notes:
* Includes discretionary votes received.
** A vote Withheld is not a vote in English Law and is not
counted towards the proportion of votes For or Against a
Resolution.
*** Indicates a Special Resolution.
This Announcement is available for viewing on the Company's
website, www.merlinentertainments.biz/shareholder-meetings.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule
9.6.2, copies of all the Resolutions passed by Merlin
Entertainments plc shareholders have been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Further enquiries:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
This information is provided by RNS
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