Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2285J

Burberry Group PLC

12 July 2013

 



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 15 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16 to 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 2013 together with the Directors' and Auditors' reports.	320,606,790	99.91	290,311	0.09	1,800,837
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2013.	308,452,943	96.83	10,085,661	3.17	4,159,334
3	To declare a final dividend of 21.0p per Ordinary Share.	321,389,648	100.00	573	0.00	1,307,717
4	To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.	309,223,792	96.83	10,108,930	3.17	3,365,216
5	To re-elect Angela Ahrendts as a director of the Company.	299,437,329	93.20	21,836,928	6.80	1,423,681
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	309,388,262	96.56	11,022,311	3.44	2,287,365
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	318,140,965	98.99	3,242,282	1.01	1,314,691
8	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	318,169,159	99.00	3,216,737	1.00	1,312,042
9	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	318,586,987	99.13	2,795,644	0.87	1,315,307
10	To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.	307,641,427	96.04	12,689,306	3.96	2,367,205
11	To elect Carol Fairweather as a director of the Company.	318,068,511	98.97	3,314,022	1.03	1,315,405
12	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.	311,385,392	98.39	5,093,304	1.61	6,219,242
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	314,166,877	97.75	7,225,446	2.25	1,305,615
14	To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries.	308,699,041	96.06	12,666,605	3.94	1,332,292
15	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	312,855,092	97.37	8,446,267	2.63	1,396,579
16	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	320,270,505	99.68	1,024,391	0.32	1,403,042
17	To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares.	321,213,688	99.97	86,292	0.03	1,397,958
18	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	294,742,306	91.79	26,377,678	8.21	1,577,954

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 2013, the share capital of the Company consisted of 442,834,944 ordinary shares with voting rights.  The Company holds 7,815 ordinary shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc is 442,827,129.

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 2013

 

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