REG - Barr(A.G.) PLC - Result of AGM

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25/06/2020 09:55

RNS Number : 0736R
  
Barr(A.G.) PLC
  
25 June 2020
  
 

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")
25 June 2020
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM put to the AGM were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out below.



RESOLUTIONS


VOTES FOR


%


VOTES AGAINST


%


VOTES TOTAL


% OF ISC


VOTES WITHHELD




1.    To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company for the year ended 25 January 2020.


71,555,775


98.65%


979,235


1.35%


72,535,010


64.75


168,078




2.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.


64,446,704


91.20%


6,216,945


8.80%


70,663,649


63.08


2,039,440




3.    To receive and approve the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report.


69,796,581


98.36%


1,161,738


1.64%


70,958,319


63.34


1,744,770




4.    To re-elect Mr John Ross Nicolson as a director of the Company.


68,311,330


94.19%


4,217,012


5.81%


72,528,342


64.74


174,747




5.    To re-elect Mr Roger Alexander White as a director of the Company.


72,514,912


99.86%


98,101


0.14%


72,613,013


64.82


90,076




6.    To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.


72,517,815


99.85%


105,359


0.15%


72,623,174


64.83


79,915




7.    To re-elect Mr Jonathan David Kemp as a director of the Company.


72,508,993


99.86%


103,799


0.14%


72,612,792


64.82


90,297




8.    To re-elect Mr William Robin Graham Barr as a director of the Company.


71,585,139


98.58%


1,027,874


1.42%


72,613,013


64.82


90,076




9.    To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.


72,478,032


99.81%


137,420


0.19%


72,615,452


64.82


87,637




10.   To re-elect Ms Pamela Powell as a director of the Company.


72,479,727


99.81%


135,504


0.19%


72,615,231


64.82


87,858




11.   To re-elect Mr David James Ritchie as a director of the Company.


70,812,540


97.53%


1,791,486


2.47%


72,604,026


64.81


99,062




12.   To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.


72,449,661


99.78%


158,530


0.22%


72,608,191


64.81


94,897




13.   To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor and to authorise the audit and risk committee of the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.


72,592,014


99.96%


27,660


0.04%


72,619,674


64.82


83,415




14.   To renew the directors' authority to allot shares. 


72,368,720


99.66%


245,233


0.34%


72,613,953


64.82


89,136




15.   *To approve the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights.


72,561,315


99.93%


52,917


0.07%


72,614,232


64.82


88,857




16.   *To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.


72,398,055


99.69%


224,356


0.31%


72,622,411


64.82


80,677



 
Notes:
(1)          * denotes a special resolution.
(2)          Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.
(3)          A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any resolution, nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Percentage of Issued Share Capital" for any resolution.
(4)          The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 24 June 2020 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.
(5)          In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .


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