Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1350M

Burberry Group PLC

11 July 2014

 



BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company held its Annual General Meeting held earlier today and announces the results of voting below.

Sir John Peace, Chairman, said:

"After another strong trading update in which retail sales were up by 17%, we are pleased that shareholders have voted in favour of all binding votes on our remuneration policy, share plans and board appointments. However it is disappointing that the advisory vote for this year's remuneration report did not have the same level of support.

In developing our remuneration policy, Burberry is guided by three principles: delivering value to shareholders, ensuring business success and remaining competitive in the global talent market in the luxury industry."

Resolutions 1 to 19 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 22 as special resolutions as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as % of issued share capital	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2014.	329,300,304	99.80%	650,282	0.20%	329,950,586	74.34%	4,372,920
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	271,305,305	83.92%	51,981,069	16.08%	323,286,374	72.84%	11,037,131
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2014.	157,179,496	47.32%	174,989,922	52.68%	332,169,418	74.84%	2,154,087
4	To declare a final dividend of 23.2p per Ordinary Share.	332,553,360	100.00%	672	0.00%	332,554,032	74.92%	1,769,322
5	To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.	325,230,149	97.81%	7,298,304	2.19%	332,528,453	74.92%	1,795,052
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	306,608,398	96.85%	9,981,816	3.15%	316,590,214	71.33%	17,733,921
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	313,917,494	94.40%	18,609,934	5.60%	332,527,428	74.92%	1,796,078
8	To elect Jeremy Darroch as a director of the Company.	295,645,700	93.05%	22,093,556	6.95%	317,739,256	71.59%	16,584,250
9	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	315,387,397	99.26%	2,351,466	0.74%	317,738,863	71.59%	16,584,643
10	To elect Matthew Key as a director of the Company.	317,519,824	99.93%	216,774	0.07%	317,736,598	71.58%	16,586,908
11	To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.	309,106,844	97.62%	7,529,393	2.38%	316,636,237	71.34%	17,687,268
12	To elect Christopher Bailey as a director of the Company.	330,377,062	99.35%	2,157,792	0.65%	332,534,854	74.92%	1,788,652
13	To re-elect Carol Fairweather as a director of the Company.	330,272,635	99.32%	2,261,033	0.68%	332,533,668	74.92%	1,788,320
14	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	330,327,498	99.34%	2,203,188	0.66%	332,530,686	74.92%	1,792,820
15	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	329,031,490	99.69%	1,022,936	0.31%	330,054,426	74.36%	4,269,080
16	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	331,370,718	99.66%	1,123,951	0.34%	332,494,669	74.91%	1,828,837
17	To approve the Burberry Group plc Executive Share Plan 2014.	303,072,798	91.16%	29,386,262	8.84%	332,459,060	74.90%	1,864,445
18	To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries.	328,084,656	98.67%	4,434,967	1.33%	332,519,623	74.92%	1,803,883
19	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	327,710,593	98.55%	4,818,126	1.45%	332,528,719	74.92%	1,794,787
20	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	326,768,670	98.27%	5,766,679	1.73%	332,535,349	74.92%	1,788,157
21	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	332,168,473	99.90%	326,590	0.10%	332,495,063	74.91%	1,828,443
22	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	307,281,354	92.40%	25,268,007	7.60%	332,549,361	74.92%	1,773,743

* 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.

Every shareholder has one vote for every Ordinary Share held.   As at 11 July 2014, the share capital of the Company consisted of 443,860,272 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.  The Company did not hold any shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 11 July 2014 are 443,860,272.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

11 July 2014

 

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