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

A G BarrAnnouncement

28/05/2021 12:25

RNS Number : 2295A
  
Barr(A.G.) PLC
  
28 May 2021
  
 

 
A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")
28 May 2021
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


VOTES WITHHELD




1.           To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company for the year ended 24 January 2021 together with the directors' and auditor's reports thereon.


75,512,630


100.00%


724


0.00%


75,513,354


209,553




2.           To receive and approve the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 24 January 2021.


69,548,252


95.98%


2,912,930


4.02%


72,461,182


3,261,725




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


75,248,650


99.57%


327,230


0.43%


75,575,880


147,027




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


75,492,795


99.89%


83,099


0.11%


75,575,894


147,013




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


75,481,461


99.87%


94,939


0.13%


75,576,400


146,507




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


75,454,879


99.85%


112,918


0.15%


75,567,797


155,110




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


74,197,168


98.17%


1,379,453


1.83%


75,576,621


146,286




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


75,459,616


99.85%


116,265


0.15%


75,575,881


147,026




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


75,461,312


99.85%


114,569


0.15%


75,575,881


147,026




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


73,507,024


97.26%


2,067,677


2.74%


75,574,701


147,026




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


75,436,636


99.81%


140,745


0.19%


75,577,381


145,526




12.         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.


75,546,373


99.98%


12,830


0.02%


75,559,203


163,704




13.         To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company subject to the restrictions set out in the resolution.


75,170,114


99.47%


402,129


0.53%


75,572,243


147,664




14.         *To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights subject to the limits set out in the resolution.


75,505,822


99.95%


38,932


0.05%


75,544,754


178,153




15.         *To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to the specified amount.


75,313,096


99.76%


181,123


0.24%


75,494,219


228,688



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.
(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 Thursday 27 May 2021 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 
(6)          The results will also be made available on the Company's website at www.agbarr.co.uk
(7)          A copy of all the resolutions passed at the meeting are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained within the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2021, which is available on the Company's website www.agbarr.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 

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