Last checked at 1 Feb 2018 09:03
1 February 2018
Britvic plc ("the Company")
The following replaces the result of AGM announcement released yesterday at 13.09 under RNS no. 5051D.
The amendment is to replace the word "policy" with the word "report" in Resolution 4.
The full amended text appears below.
AGM Voting Results
At the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ 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 Resolutions | ||||||
1. | Receive the Annual Report for 52 weeks ended 1 October 2017 | 197,494,192 | 99.99 | 20,494 | 0.01 | 11,281 |
2. | Declare a final dividend of 19.3p per share | 197,482,843 | 99.98 | 33,734 | 0.02 | 9,390 |
3. | Consider and approve the directors' remuneration policy for 52 weeks ended 1 October 2017 | 172,687,645 | 87.51 | 24,644,840 | 12.49 | 193,481 |
4. | Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 52 weeks ended 1 October 2017 | 187,072,865 | 95.43 | 8,960,245 | 4.57 | 1,492,855 |
5. | Election of Suniti Chauhan as a Director | 197,074,332 | 99.78 | 436,299 | 0.22 | 15,336 |
6. | Election of William Eccleshare as a director | 194,423,047 | 98.44 | 3,088,303 | 1.56 | 14,617 |
7. | Re-election of Sue Clark as a director | 195,771,117 | 99.12 | 1,743,583 | 0.88 | 11,267 |
8. | Re-election of John Daly as a director | 196,651,231 | 99.56 | 861,658 | 0.44 | 13,078 |
9. | Re-election of Mathew Dunn as a director | 196,912,218 | 99.70 | 602,389 | 0.30 | 11,360 |
10. | Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director | 196,948,409 | 99.71 | 567,009 | 0.29 | 10,549 |
11. | Re-election of Ian McHoul as a director | 196,878,659 | 99.68 | 627,117 | 0.32 | 20,191 |
12. | Re-election of Euan Sutherland as a director | 197,085,512 | 99.79 | 420,264 | 0.21 | 20,191 |
13. | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 196,274,015 | 99.37 | 1,243,568 | 0.63 | 8,383 |
14. | Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 197,477,024 | 99.98 | 43,312 | 0.02 | 5,631 |
15. | Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 194,374,217 | 98.42 | 3,125,515 | 1.58 | 26,235 |
16. | Authority to directors to allot shares | 169,227,139 | 85.68 | 28,283,329 | 14.32 | 15,499 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||
17. | Authority to directors to issue shares for cash | 189,650,268 | 99.05 | 1,827,045 | 0.95 | 6,048,654 |
18. | Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment | 170,488,385 | 89.04 | 20,995,336 | 10.96 | 6,042,245 |
19. | Authority to company to purchase own shares | 196,309,378 | 99.45 | 1,091,411 | 0.55 | 125,177 |
20. | Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice | 169,444,957 | 85.79 | 28,068,318 | 14.21 | 12,692 |
The Company's issued share capital at 31 January 2018 was 264,315,498. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 197,509,749 shares representing 74.72% 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
Acting General Counsel & Company Secretary
Britvic plc