AGM Voting Results

RNS Number : 2360G

Britvic plc

27 January 2010

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 27 January 2010

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at the Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BO 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 and adopt the Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 27 September 2010	148,667,800	99.98	31,831	0.02		524,721
2	Declaration of final dividend	148,624,270	100.00	500	0.00		599,582
3	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a Director	145,000,101	97.82	3,226,536	2.18		997,715
4.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a Director	141,905,969	96.18	5,641,353	3.82		1,677,029
5.	Re-election of John Gibney as a Director	145,473,928	97.84	3,216,980	2.16		533,444
6.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a Director	145,675,297	97.97	3,015,940	2.03		533,115
7.	Re-election of Paul Moody as a Director	145,449,697	97.82	3,243,101	2.18		531,554
8.	Re-election of Michael Shallow as a Director	145,681,837	97.98	3,009,900	2.02		532,615
9	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors	148,659,745	99.98	36,122	0.02		528,485
10.	Authority to Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	148,588,886	99.93	107,195	0.07		528,271
11.	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	140,937,858	95.50	6,634,452	4.50		1,652,041

Special Business

12.	Ordinary Resolution:  Britvic plc political donations	148,166,103	99.72	413,457	0.28	644,792
13.	Ordinary Resolution:  Authority to Directors to allot shares	140,726,378	95.93	5,964,312	4.07	2,533,661
14.	Special Resolution:  Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	148,519,508	99.89	170,213	0.11	534,631
15.	Special Resolution:  Authority to Company to purchase own shares	148,677,261	99.98	24,144	0.02	522,947
16.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice	142,832,455	96.11	5,786,354	3.89	605,543

The Company's issued share capital at 25 January 2010 was 217,110,368. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 148,677,261 shares representing 68.48% 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 at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

John Price

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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