CORRECTION
A number of non material typographical changes have been made to the AGM Voting Results announcement released on 27 January 2011 at 17:59 under RNS No 2325A.
The two changes are identified with an asterisk (*).
The full amended text is shown below.
Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 27 January 2011
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 53 weeks ended 3 October 2010* |
165,664,913 |
100.00 |
5,513 |
0.00.
|
676,598 |
|
2. |
Declaration of final dividend |
165,668,661 |
100.00 |
36 |
0.00 |
673,327 |
|
3. |
Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a Director |
159,576,620 |
96.33 |
6,077,151 |
3.67 |
688,253 |
|
4. |
Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a Director |
159,277,270 |
96.15 |
6,378,501 |
3.85 |
686,253 |
|
5. |
Re-election of John Gibney as a Director |
159,576,627 |
96.33 |
6,080,279 |
3.67 |
685,118 |
|
6. |
Re-election of Ben Gordon as a Director |
162,580,383 |
98.14 |
3,078,805 |
1.86 |
682,836 |
|
7. |
Re-election of Bob Ivell as a Director |
162,564,609 |
98.13 |
3,091,162 |
1.87 |
686,253 |
|
8. |
Re-election of Paul Moody as a Director |
159,587,067 |
96.33 |
6,075,949 |
3.67 |
679,008 |
|
9. |
Re-election of Michael Shallow as a Director |
162,576,602 |
98.14 |
3,077,169 |
1.86 |
688,253 |
|
10. |
Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors |
165,648,880 |
99.99 |
15,285 |
0.01 |
677,859 |
|
11. |
Authority to Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration |
165,589,049 |
99.98 |
38,349 |
0.02 |
714,626 |
|
12. |
Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report |
164,606,804 |
99.68 |
527,943 |
0.32 |
1,207,276 |
|
Special Business |
13. |
Ordinary Resolution: Britvic plc political donations |
164,062,025 |
99.78 |
367,826 |
0.22 |
1,912,172 |
14. |
Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to allot shares |
159,981,073 |
97.22 |
4,569,910* |
2.78 |
1,791,040 |
15. |
Special Resolution: Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash |
165,590,312 |
99.96 |
58,030 |
0.04 |
693,682 |
16. |
Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares |
164,490,778 |
99.89 |
182,307 |
0.11 |
1,668,938 |
17. |
Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice |
153,765,984 |
92.82 |
11,894,032 |
7.18 |
682,008 |
The Company's issued share capital at 25 January 2011 was 240,062,845. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 165,668,661 shares representing 69.01% of the issued share capital.
* |
Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion |
** |
A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and 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 via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also via the Company's website (www.britvic.com).
Emma Thomas
Company Secretary
Britvic plc
Tel: 01245 261871