Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2498E

Burberry Group PLC

14 July 2016

 

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today and confirms that all resolutions were passed with the majorities as set out below.

Resolutions 1 to 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 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 2016.	326,288,928	99.63	1,224,231	0.37	327,513,159	73.59%	1,947,891
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2016.	285,617,407	89.19	34,601,363	10.81	320,218,770	71.95%	9,242,280
3	To declare a final dividend of 26.8p per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 March 2016.	329,329,805	100.00	1,252	0.00	329,331,057	74.00%	129,993
4	To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.	301,440,548	91.57	27,763,824	8.43	329,204,372	73.97%	256,678
5	To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a director of the Company.	328,910,918	99.95	180,496	0.05	329,091,414	73.95%	369,636
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	310,245,046	94.67	17,477,083	5.33	327,722,129	73.64%	1,738,921
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	310,633,877	94.36	18,566,296	5.64	329,200,173	73.97%	260,877
8	To re-elect Jeremy Darroch as a director of the Company.	325,705,539	99.96	130,003	0.04	325,835,542	73.22%	3,625,508
9	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	324,406,162	98.67	4,370,871	1.33	328,777,033	73.88%	684,017
10	To re-elect Matthew Key as a director of the Company.	328,962,034	99.96	129,644	0.04	329,091,678	73.95%	369,372
11	To re-elect Dame Carolyn McCall as a director of the Company.	325,595,004	99.96	129,842	0.04	325,724,846	73.19%	3,736,204
12	To re-elect Christopher Bailey as a director of the Company.	328,791,240	99.88	411,190	0.12	329,202,430	73.97%	258,620
13	To re-elect Carol Fairweather as a director of the Company.	327,792,269	99.57	1,415,307	0.43	329,207,576	73.97%	253,474
14	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	327,788,382	99.57	1,411,518	0.43	329,199,900	73.97%	261,150
15	To reappoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.	321,769,561	97.71	7,554,667	2.29	329,324,228	74.00%	136,822
16	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	329,190,987	99.96	134,939	0.04	329,325,926	74.00%	135,124
17	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.	321,498,140	98.31	5,529,342	1.69	327,027,482	73.48%	2,433,568
18	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	324,951,674	98.68	4,354,541	1.32	329,306,215	73.99%	154,835
19	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	323,892,876	98.32	5,518,168	1.68	329,411,044	74.02%	50,006
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary shares.	323,293,206	98.79	3,956,106	1.21	327,249,312	73.53%	2,211,738
21	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	302,612,675	92.47	24,636,181	7.53	327,248,856	73.53%	2,212,194

* 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 14 July 2016, the share capital of the Company consisted of 445,038,743 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 14 July 2016 are 445,038,743.

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: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 

14 July 2016

 

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