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RNS Number : 6116M
Merlin Entertainments plc
30 April 2018
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS PLC
RESULTS OF POLL
The Merlin Entertainments plc Annual General Meeting was held at
Chessington Safari Hotel, Chessington World of Adventures Resort,
Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2NE on Friday 27 April
2018 at 11.00 a.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 AGAINST % VOTES % of ISC ** VOTES
FOR TOTAL VOTED WITHHELD
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To receive the Annual
Report
1 and Accounts 830,945,880 99.97 280,471 0.03 831,226,351 81.53% 861,980
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To declare a final
dividend
2 of 5 pence per share 832,048,200 100.00 171 0.00 832,048,371 81.61% 39,960
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To approve the Annual
Report
3 on Director's Remuneration 791,914,039 97.69 18,728,905 2.31 810,642,944 79.51% 21,445,387
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To re-elect Sir John
Sunderland
4 as a Director 828,546,782 99.58 3,525,749 0.42 832,072,531 81.61% 15,800
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To re-elect Nick Varney as
5 a Director 830,256,372 99.78 1,819,210 0.22 832,075,582 81.61% 12,749
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To elect Anne-Francoise
Nesmes
6 as a Director 829,747,711 99.72 2,314,924 0.28 832,062,635 81.61% 25,696
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To re-elect Charles
Gurassa
7 as a Director 799,092,104 98.54 11,841,685 1.46 810,933,789 79.54% 21,154,542
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To re-elect Fru Hazlitt as
8 a Director 830,607,356 99.83 1,455,493 0.17 832,062,849 81.61% 25,482
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To re-elect Søren
Sørensen
9 as a Director 829,696,734 99.72 2,364,901 0.28 832,061,635 81.61% 26,696
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To re-elect Trudy Rautio
as
10 a Director 828,876,386 99.62 3,184,249 0.38 832,060,635 81.61% 27,696
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To re-elect Yun (Rachel)
Chiang
11 as a Director 830,095,862 99.76 1,967,129 0.24 832,062,991 81.61% 25,340
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To re-appoint KPMG LLP as
12 auditors 824,409,476 99.08 7,622,106 0.92 832,031,582 81.61% 56,749
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To authorise the Directors
to determine the
remuneration
13 of the auditors 831,929,469 99.98 135,674 0.02 832,065,143 81.61% 23,188
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To authorise political
donations
14 and expenditure 826,879,576 99.70 2,459,930 0.30 829,339,506 81.34% 2,748,825
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To authorise the Directors
15 to allot shares 773,733,836 92.99 58,329,244 7.01 832,063,080 81.61% 25,251
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To empower the Directors
to
allot equity securities
under
section 570 of the
16 Companies
*** Act 2006. 831,979,618 100.00 27,460 0.00 832,007,078 81.60% 81,253
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To empower the Directors
to
allot equity securities in
connection with an
acquisition
or capital investment
under
section 570 of the
17 Companies
*** Act 2006. 821,987,414 98.80 10,021,889 1.20 832,009,303 81.60% 79,028
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To authorise the Company
18 to
*** purchase its own shares. 825,465,529 99.23 6,408,552 0.77 831,874,081 81.59% 214,250
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To enable a General
Meeting,
other than an Annual
General
Meeting, to be called on
not
19 less than 14 clear days'
*** notice 813,270,175 98.02 16,431,621 1.98 829,701,796 81.38% 2,386,535
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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
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