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23/05/2025 17:45

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RNS Number : 0630K  Barr(A.G.) PLC  23 May 2025

 

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

23 May 2025

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held
earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed
in the form proposed. The results of the poll are as follows:

 

 RESOLUTIONS                                                                     VOTES FOR   %       VOTES AGAINST  %      VOTES TOTAL  VOTES WITHHELD
 1.  To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company    88,298,316  100.00  3,537          0.00   88,301,853   70,218
 for the year ended 25 January 2025 together with the directors' and auditor's
 reports thereon.
 2.  To receive and approve the annual statement by the chair of the             84,371,625  95.75   3,749,439      4.25   88,121,064   249,070
 remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report for the year
 ended 25 January 2025.
 3.  To declare a final dividend of 13.76 pence per ordinary share of 4 1/6      88,363,355  100.00  2,537          0.00   88,365,892   6,179
 pence for the year ended 25 January 2025.
 4.  To re-elect Mr Mark Allen OBE as a director of the Company.                 70,265,144  79.54   18,071,594     20.46  88,336,738   35,333
 5.  To re-elect Mr Euan Angus Sutherland as a director of the Company.          87,776,218  99.34   585,023        0.66   88,361,241   10,830
 6.  To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.                 88,211,097  99.83   146,535        0.17   88,357,632   14,439
 7.  To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.           83,261,367  94.23   5,096,087      5.77   88,357,454   14,617
 8.  To re-elect Ms Louise Helen Smalley as a director of the Company.           85,055,829  96.26   3,302,625      3.74   88,358,454   13,617
 9.  To re-elect Ms Zoe Louise Howorth as a director of the Company.             82,677,291  93.57   5,681,163      6.43   88,358,454   13,617
 10. To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.  83,698,645  94.73   4,658,809      5.27   88,357,454   14,617
 11. To re-elect Ms Julie Anne Barr as a director of the Company.                86,569,066  97.97   1,792,602      2.03   88,361,668   10,403
 12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company and to authorise the   88,339,569  99.98   18,556         0.02   88,358,125   13,946
 audit and risk committee to fix their remuneration.
 13. To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company subject to the    83,914,686  94.97   4,445,951      5.03   88,360,637   11,434
 restrictions set out in the resolution.
 14. *To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights subject to the       84,411,234  95.55   3,935,256      4.45   88,346,490   25,581
 limits set out in the resolution.
 15. *To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to the specified    88,251,591  99.97   26,500         0.03   88,278,091   93,980
 amount.

 

Notes:

(1)          * denotes a special resolution.

(2)          Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair of
the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the
appropriate resolution. The Chair's discretionary proxy appointments
represented (a) 8.75% of the Company's issued share capital for resolutions 1,
3, 11, 12, 13, and 14; (b) 11.46% for resolutions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10;
(c) 8.76% for resolution 15; and (d) 8.77% for resolution 2.

(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 22
May 2025 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.

(5)          In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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
(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 (http://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 2025, which is available on the Company's website
www.agbarr.co.uk (http://www.agbarr.co.uk)

 

AG Barr is pleased that all resolutions were supported at today's Annual
General Meeting.

 

AG Barr will publish an update on the engagement with shareholders on
resolution 4 and on any action taken as a result within six months of today's
AGM, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.

 

 

Christopher K. O'Donnell

COMPANY SECRETARY

 

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