Last checked at 31 Jan 2017 13:07
-31 January 2017
Britvic plc ("the Company")
AGM Voting Results
At the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at RSA House, Durham House Street (off The Strand), London WC2N 6HG 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 53 weeks ended 2 October 2016 | 200,404,377 | 100.00 | 5,972 | 0.00 | 347,267 |
2. | Declare a final dividend of 17.5p per share | 200,430,105 | 99.99 | 26,997 | 0.01 | 300,514 |
3. | Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 53 weeks ended 2 October 2016 | 187,437,492 | 94.02 | 11,921,615 | 5.98 | 1,398,509 |
4. | Election of Sue Clark as a Director | 200,302,518 | 99.93 | 146,714 | 0.07 | 308,384 |
5. | Election of Euan Sutherland as a director | 200,298,489 | 99.93 | 147,534 | 0.07 | 309,349 |
6. | Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a director | 199,568,037 | 99.56 | 882,783 | 0.44 | 306,796 |
7. | Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a director | 181,019,539 | 99.06 | 1,710,675 | 0.94 | 18,023,402 |
8. | Re-election of John Daly as a director | 200,005,828 | 99.78 | 443,810 | 0.22 | 307,978 |
9. | Re-election of Mathew Dunn as a Director | 199,966,284 | 99.76 | 483,536 | 0.24 | 307,796 |
10. | Re-election of Ben Gordon as a director | 200,266,303 | 99.91 | 184,517 | 0.09 | 306,796 |
11. | Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director | 200,099,492 | 99.82 | 353,877 | 0.18 | 304,247 |
12. | Re-election of Ian McHoul as a director | 199,701,476 | 99.86 | 279,559 | 0.14 | 776,581 |
13. | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 199,016,891 | 99.28 | 1,434,983 | 0.72 | 305,742 |
14. | Authority to Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 200,175,644 | 99.86 | 275,964 | 0.14 | 306,008 |
15. | Authority to directors to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 197,248,704 | 98.32 | 3,374,208 | 1.68 | 134,704 |
16. | Authority to directors to allot shares | 177,400,449 | 88.69 | 22,632,909 | 11.31 | 724,258 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||
17. | Authority to directors to issue shares for cash | 197,056,154 | 98.94 | 2,103,973 | 1.06 | 1,597,489 |
18. | Authority to directors to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment | 181,515,880 | 91.14 | 17,641,985 | 8.86 | 1,599,751 |
19. | Authority to Company to purchase own shares | 199,397,044 | 99.42 | 1,165,530 | 0.58 | 195,042 |
20. | Notice period for general meetings | 175,384,056 | 87.50 | 25,064,394 | 12.50 | 309,166 |
The Company's issued share capital at 31 January 2017 was 263,452,322. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 200,735,462 shares representing 76.19% 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
Clare Thomas
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Britvic plc