Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3691A

Britvic plc

19 March 2013

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 19 March 2013

At the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQat 10.00am,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 company's accounts and reports for the 52 weeks ended 30 September 2012	181,869,291	99.99	17,184	0.01		2,793
2.	Approve the directors' remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 30 September 2012	171,751,061	95.79	7,555,269	4.21		2,582,938
3.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a Director	178,045,047	97.89	3,829,014	2.11		15,207
4.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a Director	170,443,029	97.82	3,799,302	2.18		7,646,937
5.	Re-election of John Gibney as a Director	178,521,536	98.16	3,352,528	1.84		15,204
6.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a Director	181,423,981	99.75	453,480	0.25		11,807
7.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a Director	181,418,615	99.75	458,846	0.25		11,807
8.	Election of Simon Litherland as a Director	178,549,127	98.17	3,327,842	1.83		12,299
9.	Re-election of Michael Shallow as a Director	180,230,579	99.09	1,646,882	0.91		11,807
10.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors	175,442,308	96.46	6,440,510	3.54		5,400
11.	Authority to Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration	168,464,472	95.94	7,136,416	4.06		6,287,330

Special Business

12.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to make political donations	181,184,963	99.79	381,315	0.21	322,990
13.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to continue to operate the Britvic Share Incentive Plan	181,834,071	99.98	41,290	0.02	13,907
14.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to allot shares	167,902,386	92.64	13,332,748	7.36	654,134
15.	Special Resolution: Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	180,635,161	99.32	1,243,553	0.68	10,554
16.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	181,557,175	99.90	179,381	0.10	152,712
17.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice	165,611,962	91.06	16,255,483	8.94	20,773

The Company's issued share capital at 17 March 2013 was 243,316,658. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 181,889,268 shares representing 75% 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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