Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5091U

Burberry Group PLC

12 July 2018

 

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting 2018

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

Resolutions 1 to 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 as Special Resolutions. The results were 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 2018.	314,257,331	99.88	384,496	0.12	314,641,827	75.44%	17,827
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2018.	280,724,418	89.24	33,863,557	10.76	314,587,975	75.43%	71,678
3	To declare a final dividend of 30.3p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2018.	314,399,828	99.92	258,850	0.08	314,658,678	75.45%	976
4	To elect Dr Gerry Murphy as a Director of the Company.	308,905,465	98.18	5,731,439	1.82	314,636,904	75.44%	22,749
5	To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a Director of the Company.	308,270,118	97.98	6,369,364	2.02	314,639,482	75.44%	20,171
6	To re-elect Ian Carter as a Director of the Company.	293,913,842	93.49	20,471,175	6.51	314,385,017	75.38%	274,635
7	To re-elect Jeremy Darroch as a Director of the Company.	312,380,896	99.28	2,257,781	0.72	314,638,677	75.44%	20,977
8	To re-elect Stephanie George as a Director of the Company.	296,522,478	94.32	17,862,571	5.68	314,385,049	75.38%	274,603
9	To re-elect Matthew Key as a Director of the Company.	313,734,055	99.71	904,746	0.29	314,638,801	75.44%	20,853
10	To re-elect Dame Carolyn McCall as a Director of the Company.	313,729,130	99.71	909,731	0.29	314,638,861	75.44%	20,793
11	To elect Orna NiChionna as a Director of the Company.	314,201,986	99.86	435,860	0.14	314,637,846	75.44%	21,808
12	To elect Ron Frasch as a Director of the Company.	314,252,731	99.88	385,791	0.12	314,638,522	75.44%	21,132
13	To re-elect Julie Brown as a Director of the Company.	312,599,185	99.35	2,040,822	0.65	314,640,007	75.44%	19,647
14	To re-elect Marco Gobbetti as a Director of the Company.	314,309,761	99.90	329,158	0.10	314,638,919	75.44%	20,735
15	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	307,864,487	97.84	6,785,633	2.16	314,650,120	75.44%	9,533
16	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the auditors' remuneration.	313,603,318	99.68	1,006,703	0.32	314,610,021	75.43%	49,462
17	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.	312,730,959	99.83	528,174	0.17	313,259,133	75.11%	1,400,521
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	313,172,799	99.53	1,477,155	0.47	314,649,954	75.44%	9,700
19	To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	311,288,175	98.93	3,359,024	1.07	314,647,199	75.44%	12,455
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.	310,364,117	98.67	4,180,514	1.33	314,544,631	75.42%	115,022
21	To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	297,263,864	94.89	16,005,648	5.11	313,269,512	75.11%	1,390,142

Notes:

* Includes discretionary votes.

** Excluding treasury shares.

*** 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 6.30pm on 10 July 2018, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 418,289,545 ordinary shares (including treasury shares).  The Company held 1,223,255 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights.  Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 10 July 2018 is 417,066,290. 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 

Retirement and change of roles

The Company confirms that, as previously notified, Sir John Peace has today retired as Chairman and a Director following the Annual General Meeting, being succeeded by Dr Gerry Murphy.

12 July 2018

 

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