AGM Voting Results - 27 January 2015

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Britvic plc

27 January 2015

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 27 January 2015

At the 2015 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 show of hands.

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the Registrars, appointing the Chairman of the Meeting:

No.	Resolution	For *	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld **
Ordinary Business
1.	Receive the Annual Report for 52 weeks ended 28 September 2014	192,707,783	99.92	156,775	0.08		256,588
2.	Declare a final dividend of 14.8p per share	192,842,715	100.00	618	0.00		277,813
3.	Consider and approve the directors' remuneration policy	188,539,826	97.93	3,994,950	2.07		586,370
4.	Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 52 weeks ended 28 September 2014	190,958,650	99.05	1,828,072	0.95		334,424
5.	Election of Ian McHoul as a director	174,587,351	97.08	5,257,710	2.92		13,276,085
6.	Election of Silvia Lagnado as a director	192,291,863	99.71	568,098	0.29		261,185
7.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a director	191,764,035	99.43	1,103,357	0.57		253,754
8.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a director	172,054,001	89.26	20,694,639	10.74		372,506
9.	Re-election of John Gibney as a director	191,356,935	99.22	1,510,707	0.78		253,504
10.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a director	180,760,881	93.76	12,031,235	6.24		329,030
11.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a director	166,918,917	92.83	12,888,556	7.17		13,313,673
12.	Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director	191,915,399	99.50	959,284	0.50		246,463
13.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	156,075,088	80.94	36,764,926	19.06		281,132
14.	Authority to directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	126,220,967	82.96	25,934,196	17.04		40,965,983
Special Business
15.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to directors to make political donations	190,950,432	99.14	1,654,040	0.86	516,674
16.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to directors to allot shares	174,567,266	90.67	17,953,578	9.33	600,302
17.	Ordinary Resolution: Adopt the rules of the 2015 Performance Share Plan	190,355,285	98.73	2,439,031	1.27	326,830
18.	Ordinary Resolution: Adopt the rules of the 2015 Executive Share Option Plan	191,700,702	99.43	1,105,842	0.57	314,602
19.	Special Resolution: Authority to directors to issue shares for cash	185,694,457	96.34	7,045,461	3.66	381,228
20.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	192,815,423	99.97	54,948	0.03	250,775
21.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice	165,559,173	85.84	27,309,125	14.16	252,848

The Company's issued share capital at 23 January 2015 was 247,847,905. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 193,121,146 shares representing 77.92% 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

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

 

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