AGM Voting Results - 29 January 2014

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Britvic plc

29 January 2014

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 29 January 2014

At the 2014 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 29 September 2013	192,035,161	99.88	228,618	0.12		426,957
2.	Declare a final dividend of 13.0p per share	191,601,898	99.63	712,066	0.37		377,213
3.	Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 52 weeks ended 29 September 2013	174,219,763	94.75	9,661,732	5.25		8,809,241
4.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a director	183,256,166	95.28	9,076,760	4.72		357,810
5.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a director	172,499,062	93.21	12,568,995	6.79		7,622,679
6.	Re-election of John Gibney as a director	183,464,913	95.39	8,869,296	4.61		356,527
7.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a director	189,310,269	98.43	3,021,108	1.57		359,359
8.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a director	189,306,409	98.43	3,025,468	1.57		358,859
9.	Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director	186,534,819	96.98	5,800,293	3.02		355,624
10.	Re-election of Michael Shallow as a director	189,313,573	98.43	3,017,304	1.57		359,859
11.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	180,733,201	93.98	11,577,268	6.02		380,267
12.	Authority to directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	175,064,373	91.04	17,234,926	8.96		391,437

Special Business

13.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to make political donations	191,897,542	99.79	409,488	0.21	384,147
14.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to allot shares	175,556,061	91.75	15,792,378	8.25	1,342,297
15.	Special Resolution: Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	188,585,403	98.07	3,714,520	1.93	391,254
16.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	188,506,310	98.03	3,797,639	1.97	384,614
17.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice	162,341,074	84.41	29,982,302	15.59	367,360

The Company's issued share capital at 27 January 2014 was 247,068,136. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 192,691,177 shares representing 77.99% 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

Tel: [phone]

 

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