AGM Voting Results

RNS Number : 4158M

Britvic plc

28 January 2009

 



Britvic plc ('the Company') - AGM Voting Results - 28 January 2009

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at the Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BO at 11.00am., all resolutions were passed on a show of hands. 

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the Registrars, appointing the Chairman of the Meeting:

No.	Resolution	For *	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld **
Ordinary Business
1	Receive and adopt the Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 28 September 2008	166,509,975	100.00	5,746	0.00		4,042
2	Declaration of final dividend	166,514,068	100.00	3,846	0.00		1,849
3	Election of Ben Gordon as a Director	160,263,449	96.25	6,243,022	3.75		13,292
4	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors	166,508,874	100.00	5,136	0.00		5,753
5	Authority to Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	166,401,332	99.93	110,905	0.07		7,526
6	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	138,831,539	87.60	19,649,531	12.40		8,038,692

Special Business

7	Ordinary Resolution:  Britvic plc political donations	165,204,950	99.22	1,302,591	0.78	12,222
8	Ordinary Resolution:  Authority to Directors to allot shares	165,475,382	99.38	1,034,337	0.62	10,044
9	Special Resolution:  Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	166,390,913	99.92	127,943	0.08	907
10	Special Resolution:  Authority to Company to purchase own shares	166,488,083	99.99	24,927	0.01	6,753
11	Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice	158,267,672	95.05	8,243,777	4.95	8,314
12	Special Resolution:  Adoption new Articles of Association with immediate effect	166,482,526	99.99	9,681	0.01	27,556
13	Special Resolution: Further amend the Articles of Association to take account of certain provisions of the Companies Acts 2006 which come into force 1 October 2009	166,354,428	99.92	135,735	0.08	29,600

*	Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion
**	A 'vote withheld' is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ('UKLA') and will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

John Price

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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