Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0736R

Barr(A.G.) PLC

25 June 2020

 

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")

25 June 2020

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM put to the AGM were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out below.

RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC	VOTES WITHHELD
1.  To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company for the year ended 25 January 2020.	71,555,775	98.65%	979,235	1.35%	72,535,010	64.75	168,078
2.  To approve the directors' remuneration policy.	64,446,704	91.20%	6,216,945	8.80%	70,663,649	63.08	2,039,440
3.  To receive and approve the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report.	69,796,581	98.36%	1,161,738	1.64%	70,958,319	63.34	1,744,770
4.  To re-elect Mr John Ross Nicolson as a director of the Company.	68,311,330	94.19%	4,217,012	5.81%	72,528,342	64.74	174,747
5.  To re-elect Mr Roger Alexander White as a director of the Company.	72,514,912	99.86%	98,101	0.14%	72,613,013	64.82	90,076
6.  To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.	72,517,815	99.85%	105,359	0.15%	72,623,174	64.83	79,915
7.  To re-elect Mr Jonathan David Kemp as a director of the Company.	72,508,993	99.86%	103,799	0.14%	72,612,792	64.82	90,297
8.  To re-elect Mr William Robin Graham Barr as a director of the Company.	71,585,139	98.58%	1,027,874	1.42%	72,613,013	64.82	90,076
9.  To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.	72,478,032	99.81%	137,420	0.19%	72,615,452	64.82	87,637
10.  To re-elect Ms Pamela Powell as a director of the Company.	72,479,727	99.81%	135,504	0.19%	72,615,231	64.82	87,858
11.  To re-elect Mr David James Ritchie as a director of the Company.	70,812,540	97.53%	1,791,486	2.47%	72,604,026	64.81	99,062
12.  To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.	72,449,661	99.78%	158,530	0.22%	72,608,191	64.81	94,897
13.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor and to authorise the audit and risk committee of the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.	72,592,014	99.96%	27,660	0.04%	72,619,674	64.82	83,415
14.  To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	72,368,720	99.66%	245,233	0.34%	72,613,953	64.82	89,136
15.  *To approve the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights.	72,561,315	99.93%	52,917	0.07%	72,614,232	64.82	88,857
16.  *To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.	72,398,055	99.69%	224,356	0.31%	72,622,411	64.82	80,677

Notes:

(1)  * denotes a special resolution.

(2)  Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.

(3)  A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any resolution, nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Percentage of Issued Share Capital" for any resolution.

(4)  The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 24 June 2020 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.

(5)  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

 

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