REG - Burberry Group PLC - Result of AGM

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17/07/2019 12:50

RNS Number : 8645F
Burberry Group PLC
17 July 2019
 


BURBERRY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
 
Result of Annual General Meeting 2019
 
 
The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today and confirms that all resolutions were passed with majorities as set out below. All resolutions were taken on a poll. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 16 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 as Special Resolutions. The results were 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 30 March 2019.


320,726,040


100.00


874


0.00


320,726,914


77.95%


167,796




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 March 2019.


312,865,923


97.51


7,995,075


2.49


320,860,998


77.98%


33,711




3.


To declare a final dividend of 31.5p per ordinary share for the year ended 30 March 2019.


320,878,993


100.00


0


0.00


320,878,993


77.99%


15,717




4.


To re-elect Dr Gerry Murphy as a Director of the Company.


312,262,712


97.71


7,332,617


2.29


319,595,329


77.67%


1,299,380




5.


To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a Director of the Company.


319,976,495


99.72


891,156


0.28


320,867,651


77.98%


27,059




6.


To re-elect Jeremy Darroch as a Director of the Company.


318,083,033


99.13


2,784,492


0.87


320,867,525


77.98%


27,184




7.


To re-elect Ron Frasch as a Director of the Company.


319,967,338


99.72


898,203


0.28


320,865,541


77.98%


29,169




8.


To re-elect Matthew Key as a Director of the Company.


318,509,480


99.72


889,292


0.28


319,398,772


77.63%


1,495,938




9.


To re-elect Dame Carolyn McCall as a Director of the Company.


319,384,911


99.54


1,478,791


0.46


320,863,702


77.98%


31,008




10.


To re-elect Orna NiChionna as a Director of the Company.


317,896,768


99.08


2,966,112


0.92


320,862,880


77.98%


31,829







 



11.


To re-elect Marco Gobbetti as a Director of the Company.


320,420,101


99.90


317,440


0.10


320,737,541


77.95%


157,169




12.


To re-elect Julie Brown as a Director of the Company.


319,124,553


99.46


1,742,144


0.54


320,866,697


77.98%


28,013




13.


To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company.


313,530,797


97.71


7,340,439


2.29


320,871,236


77.98%


23,473




14.


To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the auditor's remuneration.


318,496,510


99.26


2,373,070


0.74


320,869,580


77.98%


25,130




15.


To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.


316,885,992


99.16


2,671,449


0.84


319,557,441


77.66%


1,337,269




16.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares.    


319,906,220


99.70


961,895


0.30


320,868,115


77.98%


26,595




17.


To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.
[Special Resolution]


320,740,578


99.96


126,198


0.04


320,866,776


77.98%


27,934




18.


To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.
[Special Resolution]


318,225,110


99.20


2,558,294


0.80


320,783,404


77.96%


111,305




19.


To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
[Special Resolution]


301,247,259


94.26


18,336,564


5.74


319,583,823


77.67%


1,310,887



 
Notes:
* 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 6.30pm on 15 July 2019, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 411,461,405 ordinary shares.  The Company held no shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 15 July 2019 was also 411,461,405. 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 
Retirement
The Company confirms that, as previously notified, Ian Carter and Stephanie George have today retired as Directors following the Annual General Meeting.
17 July 2019
 




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