Fuller Smith & Turner : 24-Jul-2014 AGM results and change of Company Secretary
July 25, 2014 at 05:27 am EDT
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24-Jul-2014: AGM results and change of Company Secretary
The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting which was held today at Griffin Brewery, Chiswick Lane South, London W4 2QB, all the resolutions put to members were passed on a show of hands, resolutions 9,11, 12 and 14 as special resolutions.
Consent of the B and C shareholders to the adoption of new articles of association was also obtained at the class meetings held following the Annual General Meeting.
The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) copies of resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business. These documents will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Details of the proxy instructions lodged for each resolution are available on the Company's website: www.fullers.co.uk.
The Company also announces that the Board has reluctantly accepted the resignation of Marie Gracie, who has been Company Secretary of Fuller's for sixteen years. The Directors wish to thank Marie for her wonderful contribution and outstanding services to the Company and wish her well for the future. The Board has appointed Séverine Garnham as Company Secretary with effect from today. A solicitor by training, she joined Fuller's in April as Company Secretary Designate after nearly ten years as Company Secretary of Eurotunnel.
Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC is a United Kingdom-based premium pubs and hotels business. The Company provides food and a range of drinks, bedrooms, and engaging services. It operates through two segments: Managed Pubs and Hotels, and Tenanted Inns. Its Managed Pubs and Hotels include Cotswold Inns & Hotels operates approximately seven hotels in the Cotswolds, and Bel & The Dragon operates approximately six exquisite modern English inns located in the Home Counties. Its Tenanted Inns segment comprises pubs operated by third parties under tenancy or lease agreements. The Company has approximately 183 managed businesses, 1,015 boutique bedrooms, and 193 tenanted inns. It provides a range of pub categories, including breakfast & brunch, ale, and pie pubs, licensed, pubs in Hampshire, live sports pubs, play areas, pub gardens, rugby pubs, and others. Its hotels include The Bear of Burton, Christchurch; The Blackbird, Earl's Court; The Bull Hotel, Bridport, and others.