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RNS Number : 9449A  Britvic plc  25 January 2024

Britvic plc

LEI: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53

25 January 2024

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

Britvic plc (the "Company") announces that the following resolutions were duly
passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting which was held at 11:00am on
Thursday 25 January 2024 at Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ.
The results of the poll are as follows:

 

 No.                          Resolution                                                                     Total For ((1))  %       Total Against  %      Votes

                                                                                                                                                            Withheld ((2))
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1.                           Receive the Company's Annual Report for year ended 30 September 2023           208,416,633      100.00  4,028          0.00   731,488
 2.                           Declare a final dividend of 22.6p per share                                    209,134,706      100.00  7,420          0.00   10,023
 3.                           Approve the Directors' remuneration report for year ended 30 September 2023    187,105,431      89.55   21,838,111     10.45  208,607
 4.                           Election of Ian Durant as a Director                                           207,473,641      99.21   1,642,107      0.79   36,401
 5.                           Election of Rebecca Napier as a Director                                       207,849,363      99.39   1,266,847      0.61   35,939
 6.                           Election of Sue Clark as a Director                                            200,401,026      95.83   8,715,490      4.17   35,443
 7.                           Re-election of William Eccleshare as a Director                                197,916,944      94.65   11,195,873     5.35   39,142
 8.                           Re-election of Emer Finnan as a Director                                       200,723,236      95.99   8,392,774      4.01   34,169
 9.                           Re-election of Hounaïda Lasry as a Director                                    197,916,421      94.65   11,195,885     5.35   39,653
 10.                          Re-election of Simon Litherland as a Director                                  208,682,436      99.97   64,001         0.03   405,712
 11.                          Withdrawn                                                                      -                -       -              -      -
 12.                          Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors                                        209,103,162      99.99   27,782         0.01   21,205
 13.                          Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors           209,109,485      99.99   14,392         0.01   28,082
 14.                          Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure          207,572,077      99.26   1,541,670      0.74   38,402
 15.                          Authority to Directors to allot shares                                         193,686,341      92.62   15,442,819     7.38   22,799
 Special Resolutions
 16.                          Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash                                199,392,024      95.35   9,734,054      4.65   25,881
 17.                          Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other      192,286,146      92.09   16,505,878     7.91   359,935
                              capital investment
 18.                          Authority to company to purchase own shares                                    208,550,827      99.73   571,306        0.27   29,826
 19.                          Adopt revised articles of association                                          192,392,796      92.01   16,714,154     7.99   45,009
 20.                          Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice  192,034,029      91.83   17,094,630     8.17   23,490

 

The Company's issued share capital as at 25 January 2024 was 249,478,964
shares of 20 pence each. 83.83% of the issued share capital was instructed.

 

(1)     Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

(2)     A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed that
do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

The results will also be made available on the Company's website at
www.britvic.com/agm (http://www.britvic.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm)
.

 

Mollie Stoker

Company Secretary

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