Last checked at 27 Jan 2016 13:44
27 January 2016
Britvic plc ("the Company")
AGM Voting Results
At the 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at Nomura, One Angel Lane, London EC4R 3AB at 11.00am, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:
No. | Resolution | For * | % | Against | % | Votes Withheld ** | |
Ordinary Business
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1. | Receive the Annual Report for 52 weeks ended 27 September 2015 | 198,806,559 | 99.95 | 109,209 | 0.05 | 143,882 | |
2. | Declare a final dividend of 16.3p per share | 198,894,672 | 100.00 | 3,653 | 0.00 | 161,325 | |
3. | Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 52 weeks ended 27 September 2015 | 196,632,194 | 98.88 | 2,226,303 | 1.12 | 201,153 | |
4. | Election of John Daly as a director | 198,131,448 | 99.63 | 744,942 | 0.37 | 183,260 | |
5. | Election of Mathew Dunn as a director | 194,450,481 | 97.77 | 4,436,570 | 2.23 | 172,599 | |
6. | Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a director | 192,247,725 | 96.66 | 6,642,281 | 3.34 | 169,644 | |
7. | Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a director | 183,223,607 | 92.21 | 15,471,150 | 7.79 | 364,893 | |
8. | Re-election of Ben Gordon as a director | 198,258,297 | 99.68 | 629,800 | 0.32 | 171,553 | |
9. | Re-election of Bob Ivell as a director | 178,730,858 | 96.56 | 6,372,108 | 3.44 | 13,956,683 | |
10. | Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director | 195,047,529 | 98.07 | 3,842,977 | 1.93 | 169,144 | |
11. | Re-election of Ian McHoul as a director | 198,107,526 | 99.62 | 750,062 | 0.38 | 202,062 | |
12. | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 197,805,160 | 99.45 | 1,088,694 | 0.55 | 165,796 | |
13. | Authority to directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 198,765,303 | 99.94 | 121,899 | 0.06 | 172,448 | |
14. | Authority to directors to make political donations | 196,730,513 | 98.98 | 2,029,835 | 1.02 | 299,302 | |
15. | Authority to directors to allot shares | 169,573,532 | 85.33 | 29,149,657 | 14.67 | 336,461 | |
16. | Amendment to the rules of the 2015 Performance Share Plan | 197,015,168 | 99.07 | 1,857,824 | 0.93 | 186,658 | |
17. | Special Resolution: Authority to directors to issue shares for cash | 183,335,257 | 95.57 | 8,493,907 | 4.43 | 7,230,486 | |
18. | Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares | 198,801,190 | 99.94 | 120,351 | 0.06 | 138,109 | |
19. | Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice | 170,639,667 | 85.85 | 28,129,175 | 14.15 | 290,807 | |
The Company's issued share capital at 25 January 2016 was 262,256,491. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 199,041,268 shares representing 75.90% of the issued share capital.
* | Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion |
** | A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and also via the Company's website at www.britvic.com
Jonathan Adelman
General Counsel & Company Secretary (Interim)
Britvic plc