Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5471H

Burberry Group PLC

12 July 2012

 



BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today and confirms that all resolutions were passed with large majorities as set out below.

Resolutions 1 to 14 and 16 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15, 17 and 18 as special resolutions and were passed as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 together with the Directors' and Auditors' reports.	315,516,334	99.95	158,163	0.05	691,906
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2012.	293,438,714	96.95	9,230,527	3.05	13,549,959
3	To declare a final dividend of 18.0p per ordinary share.	315,744,191	100.00	447	0.00	474,563
4	To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.	306,307,590	98.21	5,595,645	1.79	4,315,964
5	To re-elect Angela Ahrendts as a director of the Company.	299,731,713	94.93	16,004,340	5.07	483,147
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	308,045,210	98.63	4,286,426	1.37	3,887,564
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	315,319,180	99.87	410,342	0.13	489,679
8	To re-elect Stacey Cartwright as a director of the Company.	314,762,284	99.69	968,423	0.31	488,494
9	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	315,318,618	99.87	411,242	0.13	489,341
10	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	315,319,678	99.87	407,249	0.13	492,274
11	To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.	308,049,527	98.63	4,281,471	1.37	3,888,202
12	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	311,584,514	99.77	710,471	0.23	3,924,215
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	315,606,225	99.96	132,938	0.04	480,038
14	To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries.	310,886,858	98.73	3,985,965	1.27	1,346,378
15	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	315,627,326	99.97	102,413	0.03	489,462
16	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	304,942,938	96.59	10,764,071	3.41	512,192
17	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights	315,209,035	99.85	489,191	0.15	520,975
18	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	286,241,288	90.66	29,496,618	9.34	481,295

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 12 July 2012, the share capital of the Company consisted of 439,697,032 Ordinary shares with voting rights.  The Company holds 30,027 Ordinary shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc is 439,667,005.

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: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

12 July 2012

 

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