Result of AGM - 27 January 2016

RNS Number : 1924N

Britvic plc

27 January 2016

 

27 January 2016

Britvic plc ("the Company")

AGM Voting Results

At the 2016 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 poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

No.	Resolution	For *	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld **
Ordinary Business
1.	Receive the Annual Report for 52 weeks ended 27 September 2015	198,806,559	99.95	109,209	0.05		143,882
2.	Declare a final dividend of 16.3p per share	198,894,672	100.00	3,653	0.00		161,325
3.	Consider and approve the directors' remuneration report for 52 weeks ended 27 September 2015	196,632,194	98.88	2,226,303	1.12		201,153
4.	Election of John Daly as a director	198,131,448	99.63	744,942	0.37		183,260
5.	Election of Mathew Dunn as a director	194,450,481	97.77	4,436,570	2.23		172,599
6.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a director	192,247,725	96.66	6,642,281	3.34		169,644
7.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a director	183,223,607	92.21	15,471,150	7.79		364,893
8.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a director	198,258,297	99.68	629,800	0.32		171,553
9.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a director	178,730,858	96.56	6,372,108	3.44		13,956,683
10.	Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director	195,047,529	98.07	3,842,977	1.93		169,144
11.	Re-election of Ian McHoul as a director	198,107,526	99.62	750,062	0.38		202,062
12.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	197,805,160	99.45	1,088,694	0.55		165,796
13.	Authority to directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	198,765,303	99.94	121,899	0.06		172,448
14.	Authority to directors to make political donations	196,730,513	98.98	2,029,835	1.02	299,302
15.	Authority to directors to allot shares	169,573,532	85.33	29,149,657	14.67	336,461
16.	Amendment to the rules of the 2015 Performance Share Plan	197,015,168	99.07	1,857,824	0.93	186,658
17.	Special Resolution: Authority to directors to issue shares for cash	183,335,257	95.57	8,493,907	4.43	7,230,486
18.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	198,801,190	99.94	120,351	0.06	138,109
19.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice	170,639,667	85.85	28,129,175	14.15	290,807

The Company's issued share capital at 25 January 2016 was 262,256,491. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 199,041,268 shares representing 75.90% 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

Jonathan Adelman

General Counsel & Company Secretary (Interim)

Britvic plc

 

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