Britvic plc (BVIC )
AGM Statement
26-Jan-2023 / 12:31 GMT/BST
Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Britvic plc LEI: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53 26 January 2023 Result of Annual General Meeting Britvic plc (the “Company”) announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company’s Annual General Meeting which was held at 11:00am on Thursday, 26 January 2023 at Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ. The results of the poll are as follows: | No. | Resolution | Total For (1) | % | Total Against | % | Votes Withheld (2) | | Ordinary Resolutions | -
| Receive the Company’s Accounts and Annual Report for year ended 30 September 2022 | 210,389,934 | 100.00 | 2,206 | 0.00 | 301,768 | -
| Declare a final dividend of 21.2p per share | 210,687,709 | 100.00 | 3,901 | 0.00 | 2,298 | -
| Approve the Directors’ remuneration report for year ended 30 September 2022 | 190,413,985 | 90.39 | 20,244,024 | 9.61 | 35,899 | -
| Approve the new Share Incentive Plan rules | 210,618,316 | 99.98 | 43,511 | 0.02 | 32,081 | -
| Re-election of John Daly as a Director | 201,470,266 | 95.64 | 9,186,996 | 4.36 | 38,205 | -
| Re-election of Sue Clark as a Director | 208,280,980 | 98.86 | 2,395,435 | 1.14 | 19,052 | -
| Re-election of William Eccleshare as a Director | 199,855,218 | 94.86 | 10,823,673 | 5.14 | 16,576 | -
| Re-election of Emer Finnan as a Director | 201,428,010 | 95.61 | 9,247,902 | 4.39 | 19,555 | -
| Re-election of Simon Litherland as a Director | 210,143,647 | 99.93 | 147,465 | 0.07 | 404,355 | -
| Re-election of Euan Sutherland as a Director | 201,424,354 | 95.61 | 9,252,061 | 4.39 | 19,052 | -
| Re-election of Joanne Wilson as a Director | 209,675,450 | 99.54 | 965,666 | 0.46 | 53,116 | -
| Election of Hounaïda Lasry as a Director | 210,513,345 | 99.93 | 156,765 | 0.07 | 22,706 | -
| Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditor | 210,440,400 | 99.89 | 235,929 | 0.11 | 16,487 | -
| Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditor | 210,446,356 | 99.89 | 226,957 | 0.11 | 19,503 | -
| Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 208,861,465 | 99.15 | 1,797,843 | 0.85 | 31,403 | -
| Authority to Directors to allot shares | 194,544,223 | 92.60 | 15,546,291 | 7.40 | 602,302 | | Special Resolutions | -
| Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash | 201,992,016 | 96.95 | 6,353,482 | 3.05 | 2,347,763 | -
| Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment | 195,652,941 | 93.90 | 12,699,962 | 6.10 | 2,341,005 | -
| Authority to company to purchase own shares | 209,997,663 | 99.70 | 623,841 | 0.30 | 71,312 | -
| Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days’ notice | 195,502,335 | 93.05 | 14,607,369 | 6.95 | 583,112 |
The Company’s issued share capital as at 26 January 2023 was 259,340,399 shares of 20 pence each. 81.24% of the issued share capital was instructed. (1) Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion (2) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The results will also be made available on the Company’s website at www.britvic.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm. Clare Thomas Company Secretary
|
Last checked at