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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
FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

** VOTES WITHHELD

1

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

900,751,822

99.70

2,740,511

0.30

903,492,333

88.61%

909,964

2

To declare a final dividend of 4.9 pence per share

904,268,716

100.00

516

0.00

904,269,232

88.69%

133,065

3

To approve the Policy Report of the Director's Remuneration Report

866,092,288

95.78

38,165,452

4.22

904,257,740

88.69%

144,556

4

To approve the Annual Report on Director's Remuneration

874,185,694

97.48

22,639,087

2.52

896,824,781

87.96%

7,577,514

5

To re-elect Sir John Sunderland as a Director

898,704,917

99.39

5,506,104

0.61

904,211,021

88.69%

191,277

6

To re-elect Nick Varney as a Director

902,823,584

99.84

1,455,002

0.16

904,278,586

88.69%

123,712

7

To elect Anne-Francoise Nesmes as a Director

902,820,553

99.84

1,455,002

0.16

904,275,555

88.69%

126,743

8

To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director

885,900,951

97.97

18,374,354

2.03

904,275,305

88.69%

126,993

9

To re-elect Ken Hydon as a Director

870,131,077

99.29

6,266,102

0.71

876,397,179

85.96%

28,005,119

10

To re-elect Fru Hazlitt as a Director

903,028,993

99.86

1,246,312

0.14

904,275,305

88.69%

126,993

11

To re-elect Søren Sørensen as a Director

902,143,356

99.76

2,134,493

0.24

904,277,849

88.69%

124,449

12

To re-elect Trudy Rautio as a Director

903,032,545

99.86

1,245,304

0.14

904,277,849

88.69%

124,449

13

To re-elect Yun (Rachel) Chiang as a Director

901,417,614

99.69

2,835,929

0.31

904,253,543

88.69%

148,755

14

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

890,443,347

98.51

13,464,740

1.49

903,908,087

88.66%

494,210

15

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors

897,852,041

99.29

6,404,371

0.71

904,256,412

88.69%

145,885

16

To authorise political donations and expenditure

900,649,370

99.69

2,783,772

0.31

903,433,142

88.61%

969,156

17

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

881,574,828

97.78

20,018,549

2.22

901,593,377

88.43%

2,808,920

18 ***

To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to shares allotted in Resolution 17

901,386,624

99.80

1,841,844

0.20

903,228,468

88.59%

1,173,829

19 ***

To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment

880,468,360

97.48

22,764,181

2.52

903,232,541

88.59%

1,169,755

20 ***

To enable a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

884,565,602

97.84

19,571,560

2.16

904,137,162

88.68%

265,134

 

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


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