YOUNG & CO.’S BREWERY, P.L.C. (THE “COMPANY”)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Company’s 137th Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out in the table below. The resolutions themselves are contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 20 May 2026, a copy of which is in the Company’s 2026 Annual Report which is available on the Company’s website (www.youngs.co.uk).
Resolution |
For |
% of total |
Against |
% of total |
Total votes cast (excluding withheld) |
% of issued share capital voted |
Withheld |
1 Annual accounts and reports |
26,252,995 |
100.00% |
673 |
0.00% |
26,253,668 |
69.00% |
40,690 |
2 Directors’ remuneration report |
26,214,399 |
99.92% |
20,660 |
0.08% |
26,235,059 |
68.95% |
59,299 |
3 Directors’ remuneration policy |
25,675,576 |
98.70% |
337,672 |
1.30% |
26,013,248 |
68.37% |
281,110 |
4 Final dividend |
26,289,714 |
100.00% |
643 |
0.00% |
26,290,357 |
69.10% |
4,001 |
5 Re-appointment of auditor |
25,901,969 |
98.52% |
389,897 |
1.48% |
26,291,866 |
69.10% |
2,492 |
6 Auditor’s remuneration |
26,173,002 |
99.54% |
119,949 |
0.46% |
26,292,951 |
69.10% |
1,407 |
7 Re-appointment of director: Steve Cooke |
25,955,380 |
98.72% |
335,794 |
1.28% |
26,291,174 |
69.10% |
3,184 |
8 Re-appointment of director: Simon Dodd |
26,226,175 |
99.75% |
66,752 |
0.25% |
26,292,927 |
69.10% |
1,431 |
9 Re-appointment of director: Mike Owen |
26,208,988 |
99.68% |
83,925 |
0.32% |
26,292,913 |
69.10% |
1,445 |
10 Re-appointment of director: Tracy Dodd |
26,165,889 |
99.52% |
127,131 |
0.48% |
26,293,020 |
69.10% |
1,338 |
11 Re-appointment of director: Torquil Sligo-Young |
26,189,094 |
99.62% |
99,548 |
0.38% |
26,288,642 |
69.09% |
5,716 |
12 Re-appointment of director: Aisling Meany |
26,084,652 |
99.42% |
151,788 |
0.58% |
26,236,440 |
68.96% |
57,918 |
13 Re-appointment of director: Ian Dyson |
25,906,548 |
98.53% |
386,287 |
1.47% |
26,292,835 |
69.10% |
1,523 |
14 Re-appointment of director: John Dunsmore |
26,215,882 |
99.72% |
72,732 |
0.28% |
26,288,614 |
69.09% |
5,444 |
15 Political donations and expenditure |
24,903,244 |
97.38% |
670,634 |
2.62% |
25,573,878 |
67.21% |
720,000 |
16 Directors’ authority to allot shares |
26,064,370 |
99.22% |
206,191 |
0.78% |
26,270,561 |
69.05% |
23,517 |
17 Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general authority) |
25,138,075 |
95.72% |
1,124,355 |
4.28% |
26,262,430 |
69.02% |
31,928 |
18 Disapplication of pre-emption rights (additional authority) |
25,092,737 |
95.56% |
1,166,533 |
4.44% |
26,259,270 |
69.02% |
35,008 |
19 Authority to purchase own shares |
26,193,583 |
99.94% |
16,650 |
0.06% |
26,210,233 |
68.89% |
84,125 |
20 Adoption of new articles of association |
26,203,451 |
99.97% |
8,628 |
0.03% |
26,212,079 |
68.89% |
82,279 |
For information:
(a) The total number of voting shares in issue at the time of the AGM was 38,048,005;
(b) the "For" column includes those votes giving the Chair of the meeting discretion; and
(c) a “vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.
Séverine Béquin
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 8875 7000
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