Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8645F

Burberry Group PLC

17 July 2019

 

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting 2019

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 16 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 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 30 March 2019.	320,726,040	100.00	874	0.00	320,726,914	77.95%	167,796
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 March 2019.	312,865,923	97.51	7,995,075	2.49	320,860,998	77.98%	33,711
3.	To declare a final dividend of 31.5p per ordinary share for the year ended 30 March 2019.	320,878,993	100.00	0	0.00	320,878,993	77.99%	15,717
4.	To re-elect Dr Gerry Murphy as a Director of the Company.	312,262,712	97.71	7,332,617	2.29	319,595,329	77.67%	1,299,380
5.	To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a Director of the Company.	319,976,495	99.72	891,156	0.28	320,867,651	77.98%	27,059
6.	To re-elect Jeremy Darroch as a Director of the Company.	318,083,033	99.13	2,784,492	0.87	320,867,525	77.98%	27,184
7.	To re-elect Ron Frasch as a Director of the Company.	319,967,338	99.72	898,203	0.28	320,865,541	77.98%	29,169
8.	To re-elect Matthew Key as a Director of the Company.	318,509,480	99.72	889,292	0.28	319,398,772	77.63%	1,495,938
9.	To re-elect Dame Carolyn McCall as a Director of the Company.	319,384,911	99.54	1,478,791	0.46	320,863,702	77.98%	31,008
10.	To re-elect Orna NiChionna as a Director of the Company.	317,896,768	99.08	2,966,112	0.92	320,862,880	77.98%	31,829

11.	To re-elect Marco Gobbetti as a Director of the Company.	320,420,101	99.90	317,440	0.10	320,737,541	77.95%	157,169
12.	To re-elect Julie Brown as a Director of the Company.	319,124,553	99.46	1,742,144	0.54	320,866,697	77.98%	28,013
13.	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company.	313,530,797	97.71	7,340,439	2.29	320,871,236	77.98%	23,473
14.	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the auditor's remuneration.	318,496,510	99.26	2,373,070	0.74	320,869,580	77.98%	25,130
15.	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.	316,885,992	99.16	2,671,449	0.84	319,557,441	77.66%	1,337,269
16.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	319,906,220	99.70	961,895	0.30	320,868,115	77.98%	26,595
17.	To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights. [Special Resolution]	320,740,578	99.96	126,198	0.04	320,866,776	77.98%	27,934
18.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares. [Special Resolution]	318,225,110	99.20	2,558,294	0.80	320,783,404	77.96%	111,305
19.	To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. [Special Resolution]	301,247,259	94.26	18,336,564	5.74	319,583,823	77.67%	1,310,887

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.

Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. As at 6.30pm on 15 July 2019, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 411,461,405 ordinary shares.  The Company held no shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 15 July 2019 was also 411,461,405. 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

The Company confirms that, as previously notified, Ian Carter and Stephanie George have today retired as Directors following the Annual General Meeting.

17 July 2019

 

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