RNS Number : 6303W Marston's PLC 01 February 2012 Marston's PLC (the "Company") Total Voting RightsIn compliance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we hereby notify the market of the following: On 1 February 2012, the Company Ordinary shares ● had 600,870,232 issued ordinary shares of 7.375p each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, an ordinary shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of ordinary share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company; ● held 30,162,339 ordinary shares in treasury and the voting rights of these treasury shares are automatically suspended; and ● accordingly had maximum total voting rights of 168,358,828 attached to its 570,707,893 issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares). Preference shares ● had 75,000 issued preference shares of £1 each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, a preference shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of preference share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company; ● held no preference shares in treasury; and ● accordingly, had total voting rights of 300,000 attached to its preference shares. These total voting rights figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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RNS Number : 3321W Marston's PLC 27 January 2012 Result of AGM 27 January 2012 Marston's PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2012, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a show of hands. Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.marstons.co.uk A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do Resolution | Votes for | % of vote | Votes against | % of vote | Votes withheld | 1) Annual Report and Accounts | 105,663,493 | 99.96 | 40,343 | 0.04 | 476,801 | 2) Declare dividend | 105703110.8 | 100.00 | 1,219 | 0.00 | 476,307 | 3) Re-elect David Thompson | 102,717,678 | 99.13 | 900,287 | 0.87 | 2,562,671 | 4) Re-elect Andrew Andrea | 105,174,917 | 99.54 | 482,034 | 0.46 | 523,686 | 5) Re-elect Rosalind Cuschieri | 102,115,488 | 96.65 | 3,540,554 | 3.35 | 524,595 | 6) Re-elect Alistair Darby | 105,172,945 | 99.54 | 483,467 | 0.46 | 524,225 | 7) Re-elect Ralph Findlay | 104,111,928 | 98.54 | 1,542,636 | 1.46 | 526,073 | 8) Re-elect Neil Goulden | 102,312,479 | 96.80 | 3,379,828 | 3.20 | 488,330 | 9) Re-elect Robin Hodgson | 83,226,295 | 78.76 | 22,445,513 | 21.24 | 508,830 | 10) Re-elect Robin Rowland | 105,379,353 | 99.72 | 297,221 | 0.28 | 504,062 | 11) Reappoint Auditors | 99,439,298 | 94.24 | 6,072,213 | 5.76 | 669,509 | 12) Authorise Auditors remuneration | 100,984,728 | 96.01 | 4,199,345 | 3.99 | 996,563 | 13) Approve Remuneration Report | 103,427,772 | 98.37 | 1,711,233 | 1.63 | 1,041,632 | 14) Authority to allot shares | 105,503,869 | 99.83 | 179,942 | 0.17 | 496,826 | 15) Approve new SAYE | 105,052,983 | 99.41 | 625,710 | 0.59 | 501,945 | 16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 105,194,470 | 99.57 | 452,097 | 0.43 | 534,070 | 17) Authority to purchase of own shares | 105,473,931 | 99.83 | 175,033 | 0.17 | 531,673 | 18) Short notice of general meetings | 101,308,871 | 95.85 | 4,381,487 | 4.15 | 490,279 |
Notes: (i) Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. (ii) Resolutions 16 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. (iii) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total. (iv) 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.
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RNS Number : 2686W Marston's PLC 27 January 2012 MARSTON'S PLC AGM AND INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 16 weeks to 21 January 2012 27 January 2012 Marston's PLC issues the following Interim Management Statement for the 16 weeks to 21 January 2012 in advance of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at noon today. Trading Our trading performance has been strong over the Christmas and New Year period. Profitability is in line with our expectations and we continue to make good progress in each of our trading divisions. In our managed pubs, like-for-like sales for the 16 week period were 5.0% ahead of last year, including like-for-like food sales growth of 5.5% and like-for-like wet sales growth of 4.8%. Like-for-like sales in the eight weeks to 21 January were up 7.0% against comparatives which were affected by exceptional wintry conditions in December 2010. Operating margins are in line with last year and our plan to build around 25 pub-restaurants in the current financial year remains on track. In our leased, tenanted and franchised pubs, profit trends have continued to improve. Profits for the 16 week period are estimated to be around 3.0% above last year, with 4.0% growth in the eight weeks to 21 January. This improvement reflects the continuing success of Retail Agreements, our franchise model, which now operates in over 360 pubs. In Marston's Beer Company, our brands outperformed the market with own-brewed beer volumes 2% above last year. Our established strategy of focussing on premium ale brands and local beers with genuine provenance has contributed to this good performance, with premium cask ale up 3% and bottled ale up 7% compared to last year. Net debt and cashflow are in line with our expectations. Outlook We are expecting the challenging consumer environment experienced in 2011 to remain in 2012. However, our focus on value, service and quality; the performance of our new-build pub-restaurants; the success of franchise agreements; and the benefits of enhanced commercial support to our tenanted and free trade customers have all contributed to the positive performance to date. We remain well positioned to make progress on our key objectives of sustainable growth, improved return on capital and reduced leverage. We will announce our half-year trading update on 14 March 2012 and our Interim Results for the 26 weeks to 31 March 2012 on 17 May 2012. ENQUIRIES: Marston's PLC | Hudson Sandler | Ralph Findlay, Chief Executive Officer | Andrew Hayes / Kate Hough | Andrew Andrea, Chief Financial Officer |
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NOTES TO EDITORS ○ | Marston's is a leading pub operator and independent brewer. | ○ | It has an estate of around 2,150 pubs situated nationally; comprising tenanted, leased, franchised and managed pubs. | ○ | It is the UK's leading brewer of premium cask and bottled ales, including Marston's Pedigree and Hobgoblin. The beer portfolio also includes Banks's, Jennings, Wychwood, Ringwood, Brakspear and Mansfield beers. | ○ | Marston's employs over 12,000 people throughout England and Wales. |
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