Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1895W

Britvic plc

25 January 2012

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 25 January 2012

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at Nomura, One Angel Lane, London EC4R 3AB 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 2 October 2011	160,192,202	99.77	362,998	0.23		780,582
2.	Declaration of final dividend	160,554,977	99.99	8,281	0.01		773,524
3.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a Director	160,104,191	99.73	441,121	0.27		791,470
4.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a Director	160,283,218	99.84	262,507	0.16		791,057
5.	Re-election of John Gibney as a Director	160,089,593	99.72	454,840	0.28		792,349
6.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a Director	151,421,727	94.32	9,124,178	5.68		790,877
7.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a Director	151,417,025	94.31	9,132,829	5.69		786,928
8.	Re-election of Paul Moody as a Director	157,231,336	97.94	3,309,484	2.06		795,962
9.	Re-election of Michael Shallow as a Director	151,410,366	94.31	9,130,059	5.69		796,357
10.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors	142,585,508	89.02	17,579,190	10.98		1,172,084
11.	Authority to Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	145,663,974	90.73	14,889,258	9.27		783,550
12.	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	154,461,496	99.64	560,016	0.36		6,315,270

Special Business

13.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to make political donations	159,505,336	99.47	847,261	0.53	984,185
14.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to allot shares	144,401,499	89.98	16,077,034	10.02	858,249
15.	Special Resolution: Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	160,382,236	99.89	172,326	0.11	782,220
16.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	160,051,850	99.82	285,958	0.18	998,974
17.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice	141,195,227	87.94	19,361,289	12.06	780,266

The Company's issued share capital at 23 January 2012 was 241,927,200. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 160,554,977 shares representing 66.36% 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: [phone]

 

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