25 Jan 2024 12:29
Britvic plc
LEI: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53
25 January 2024
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 25 January 2024 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 | ||||||
1. | Receive the Company's Annual Report for year ended 30 September 2023 | 208,416,633 | 100.00 | 4,028 | 0.00 | 731,488 |
2. | Declare a final dividend of 22.6p per share | 209,134,706 | 100.00 | 7,420 | 0.00 | 10,023 |
3. | Approve the Directors' remuneration report for year ended 30 September 2023 | 187,105,431 | 89.55 | 21,838,111 | 10.45 | 208,607 |
4. | Election of Ian Durant as a Director | 207,473,641 | 99.21 | 1,642,107 | 0.79 | 36,401 |
5. | Election of Rebecca Napier as a Director | 207,849,363 | 99.39 | 1,266,847 | 0.61 | 35,939 |
6. | Election of Sue Clark as a Director | 200,401,026 | 95.83 | 8,715,490 | 4.17 | 35,443 |
7. | Re-election of William Eccleshare as a Director | 197,916,944 | 94.65 | 11,195,873 | 5.35 | 39,142 |
8. | Re-election of Emer Finnan as a Director | 200,723,236 | 95.99 | 8,392,774 | 4.01 | 34,169 |
9. | Re-election of Hounaïda Lasry as a Director | 197,916,421 | 94.65 | 11,195,885 | 5.35 | 39,653 |
10. | Re-election of Simon Litherland as a Director | 208,682,436 | 99.97 | 64,001 | 0.03 | 405,712 |
11. | Withdrawn | - | - | - | - | - |
12. | Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors | 209,103,162 | 99.99 | 27,782 | 0.01 | 21,205 |
13. | Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 209,109,485 | 99.99 | 14,392 | 0.01 | 28,082 |
14. | Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 207,572,077 | 99.26 | 1,541,670 | 0.74 | 38,402 |
15. | Authority to Directors to allot shares | 193,686,341 | 92.62 | 15,442,819 | 7.38 | 22,799 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||
16. | Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash | 199,392,024 | 95.35 | 9,734,054 | 4.65 | 25,881 |
17. | Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment | 192,286,146 | 92.09 | 16,505,878 | 7.91 | 359,935 |
18. | Authority to company to purchase own shares | 208,550,827 | 99.73 | 571,306 | 0.27 | 29,826 |
19. | Adopt revised articles of association | 192,392,796 | 92.01 | 16,714,154 | 7.99 | 45,009 |
20. | Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice | 192,034,029 | 91.83 | 17,094,630 | 8.17 | 23,490 |
The Company's issued share capital as at 25 January 2024 was 249,478,964 shares of 20 pence each. 83.83% 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/agm.
Mollie Stoker
Company Secretary
Britvic (BVIC)