Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2784T

Burberry Group PLC

16 July 2015

 



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 19 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 23 as special resolutions as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as % of issued share capital	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2015.	330,174,782	99.54	1,524,478	0.46	331,699,260	74.57%	4,646,501
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2015.	293,615,258	92.27	24,597,147	7.73	318,212,405	71.54%	18,133,355
3	To declare a final dividend of 25.5p per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 March 2015.	334,386,916	100.00	450	0.00	334,387,366	75.17%	1,958,395
4	To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.	312,377,940	96.15	12,514,269	3.85	324,892,209	73.04%	11,453,552
5	To elect Fabiola Arredondo as a director of the Company.	332,517,784	99.47	1,770,399	0.53	334,288,183	75.15%	2,057,578
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	310,628,315	96.05	12,779,989	3.95	323,408,304	72.70%	12,937,456
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	326,425,978	99.37	2,058,098	0.63	328,484,076	73.84%	7,861,684
8	To re-elect Jeremy Darroch as a director of the Company.	329,812,165	99.79	698,139	0.21	330,510,304	74.30%	5,835,456
9	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	332,568,484	99.58	1,411,841	0.42	333,980,325	75.08%	2,365,435
10	To re-elect Matthew Key as a director of the Company.	334,036,150	99.94	191,152	0.06	334,227,302	75.14%	2,118,458
11	To elect Carolyn McCall as a director of the Company.	329,813,614	99.79	698,218	0.21	330,511,832	74.30%	5,833,928
12	To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.	321,240,570	97.61	7,871,665	2.39	329,112,235	73.99%	7,233,525
13	To re-elect Christopher Bailey as a director of the Company.	330,336,612	98.82	3,956,043	1.18	334,292,655	75.15%	2,053,105
14	To re-elect Carol Fairweather as a director of the Company.	332,680,016	99.52	1,617,570	0.48	334,297,586	75.15%	2,048,175
15	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	332,776,648	99.55	1,515,814	0.45	334,292,462	75.15%	2,053,299
16	To reappoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.	326,609,744	97.68	7,773,576	2.32	334,383,320	75.17%	1,962,440
17	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	334,192,201	99.94	189,107	0.06	334,381,308	75.17%	1,964,453
18	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.	328,286,277	98.18	6,084,872	1.82	334,371,149	75.17%	1,974,612
19	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	324,672,482	97.10	9,702,832	2.90	334,375,314	75.17%	1,970,447
20	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	332,295,506	99.36	2,153,253	0.64	334,448,759	75.19%	1,897,002
21	To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary shares.	333,858,584	99.84	523,006	0.16	334,381,590	75.17%	1,964,171
22	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	301,606,441	90.20	32,782,595	9.80	334,389,036	75.17%	1,956,725
23	To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company.	334,337,274	99.99	23,457	0.01	334,360,731	75.17%	1,985,030

* 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 16 July 2015, the share capital of the Company consisted of 444,833,213 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.  The Company did not hold any shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 16 July 2015 are 444,833,213.

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: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 

16 July 2015

 

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