Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4303P

Burberry Group PLC

15 July 2010

 

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

The Company announces the following results of the poll taken at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today:

Resolution (see Notes below)		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010 together with the Directors and Auditors reports thereon.	333,490,887	99.88	387,341	0.12	470,423
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2010.	314,950,521	95.84	13,680,787	4.16	5,717,343
3	To declare a final dividend of 10.5p per share.	334,105,695	100.00	966	0.00	241,990
4	To re-elect John Peace as a director of the Company	318,854,438	96.17	12,703,428	3.83	2,790,785
5	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	333,930,696	99.91	299,231	0.09	118,724
6	To elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	333,925,936	99.91	301,420	0.09	121,295
7	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	325,964,513	98.70	4,277,674	1.30	4,106,464
8	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	326,358,412	97.64	7,871,876	2.36	118,363
9	To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company, and all companies that are its subsidiaries.	323,597,826	96.83	10,588,702	3.17	162,123
10	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares (Special Resolution).	334,193,588	99.99	39,826	0.01	115,237
11	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	309,887,656	94.15	19,268,080	5.85	5,192,915
12	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution).	328,894,072	98.41	5,323,271	1.59	131,308
13	To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company (Special Resolution).	331,904,720	99.98	62,099	0.02	2,381,832
14	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution).	317,328,216	94.98	16,766,566	5.02	253,869

Notes:

*           Includes discretionary votes.

**          A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

As at 15 July 2010, the share capital of Company consisted of 435,290,402 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company holds 77,215 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc is 435,213,187.

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 Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

 

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