REG - Burberry Group PLC - Result of AGM

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15/07/2020 12:50

RNS Number : 1086T
  
Burberry Group PLC
  
15 July 2020
  
 

BURBERRY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
 
Result of Annual General Meeting 2020
 
 
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 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 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 year ended 28 March 2020.


328,783,085


99.95


158,737


0.05


328,941,822


81.28%


293,372




2.     


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. 


305,504,279


94.91


16,370,393


5.09


321,874,672


79.53%


7,360,521




3.     


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 28 March 2020. 


324,755,420


99.26


2,429,784


0.74


327,185,204


80.84%


2,049,990




4.     


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


327,997,792


99.68


1,060,035


0.32


329,057,827


81.31%


177,368




5.     


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


329,024,673


99.99


33,887


0.01


329,058,560


81.31%


176,635




6.     


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


328,579,971


99.85


479,154


0.15


329,059,125


81.31%


176,070




7.     


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


329,020,181


99.99


35,476


0.01


329,055,657


81.31%


179,538




8.     


To elect Sam Fischer as a Director of the Company.


329,020,436


99.99


35,179


0.01


329,055,615


81.31%


179,580




9.     


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


329,016,632


99.99


40,629


0.01


329,057,261


81.31%


177,934




10.  


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


329,021,406


99.99


34,547


0.01


329,055,953


81.31%


179,242




11.  


To elect Debra Lee  as a Director of the Company.


329,019,378


99.99


38,393


0.01


329,057,771


81.31%


177,424




12.  


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


328,945,807


99.97


112,223


0.03


329,058,030


81.31%


177,165




13.  


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


323,042,280


99.86


459,408


0.14


323,501,688


79.93%


5,733,507




14.  


To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.


327,905,558


99.65


1,159,102


0.35


329,064,660


81.31%


170,535




15.  


To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the auditor's remuneration for the year ended 27 March 2021.


329,051,638


100.00


14,867


0.00


329,066,505


81.31%


168,690




16.  


To approve, adopt and establish a new discretionary employee share plan, the Burberry Share Plan 2020 (the BSP).


314,211,094


95.49


14,838,619


4.51


329,049,713


81.31%


185,480




17.  


To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.


324,509,734


98.62


4,544,231


1.38


329,053,965


81.31%


181,230




18.  


To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


326,550,318


99.24


2,502,536


0.76


329,052,854


81.31%


182,341




19.  


To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights. (Special Resolution)


328,574,673


99.85


479,909


0.15


329,054,582


81.31%


180,613




20.  


To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.
(Special Resolution)


324,703,867


98.74


4,158,212


1.26


328,862,079


81.26%


373,114




21.  


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


315,230,272


95.80


13,833,253


4.20


329,063,525


81.31%


171,669







 
 
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 13 July 2020, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 404,708,566 ordinary shares.  The Company held no shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 13 July 2020 was also 404,708,566. 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Retirement 
As previously notified, the Company confirms that, Jeremy Darroch did not stand for re-election and retired as a Director following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. 
15 July 2020
 


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