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RNS Number : 3482R  Burberry Group PLC  16 July 2025

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

 

Result of Annual General Meeting 2025

 

16 July 2025

 

The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting
("AGM") held earlier today at Horseferry House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P
2AW. All resolutions were passed by shareholders, as set out below. A poll was
held on each of the resolutions proposed.

 

Resolutions 1 to 15 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16
to 19 as Special Resolutions. The full text of each resolution is set out in
the Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting (the "Notice"), which is available
on the Burberry Group plc website at https://www.burberryplc.com/AGM2025
(https://www.burberryplc.com/AGM2025) .

 

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                    296,740,978  99.43  1,715,186      0.57  298,456,164               83.09%                                           502,272

             for the year ended 29 March 2025.
 2.          To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                          278,795,241  95.18  14,128,305     4.82  292,923,546               81.55%                                           6,034,720

             for the year ended 29 March 2025.
 3.          To re-elect Dr Gerry Murphy as a Director of the Company.              291,717,285  98.17  5,428,958      1.83  297,146,243               82.73%                                           1,812,193
 4.          To re-elect Kate Ferry as a Director of the Company.                   296,336,462  99.17  2,494,776      0.83  298,831,238               83.20%                                           127,198
 5.          To re-elect Orna NíChionna as a Director of the Company.               292,329,941  97.83  6,491,004      2.17  298,820,945               83.20%                                           137,491
 6.          To re-elect Alessandra Cozzani as a Director of the Company.           295,819,916  98.99  3,006,345      1.01  298,826,261               83.20%                                           132,175
 7.          To re-elect Ron Frasch as a Director of the Company.                   295,740,118  98.97  3,084,120      1.03  298,824,238               83.20%                                           134,198
 8.          To re-elect Danuta Gray as a Director of the Company.                  293,683,959  98.25  5,228,599      1.75  298,912,558               83.22%                                           45,878
 9.          To re-elect Alan Stewart as a Director of the Company.                 295,773,506  98.98  3,045,071      1.02  298,818,577               83.20%                                           139,859
 10.         To elect Joshua Schulman as a Director of the Company.                 297,394,172  99.52  1,436,142      0.48  298,830,314               83.20%                                           128,122
 11.         To elect Stella King as a Director of the Company.                     298,791,579  99.99  29,277         0.01  298,820,856               83.20%                                           137,580
 12.         To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.             298,764,040  99.97  75,231         0.03  298,839,271               83.20%                                           119,165
 13.         To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company                        298,812,880  99.99  27,812         0.01  298,840,692               83.20%                                           117,744

             to determine the auditor's remuneration.
 14.         To authorise political donations by the Company                        287,921,232  96.41  10,715,011     3.59  298,636,243               83.14%                                           322,193

             and its subsidiaries.
 15.         To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                            291,155,601  97.43  7,678,045      2.57  298,833,646               83.20%                                           124,790
 16.         To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption                     290,626,550  97.26  8,187,543      2.74  298,814,093               83.19%                                           144,343

             rights (Special Resolution).
 17.         To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions                        292,499,375  97.89  6,318,115      2.11  298,817,490               83.19%                                           140,946

             or other capital investments (Special Resolution).
 18.         To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares (Special  295,053,222  98.82  3,513,064      1.18  298,566,286               83.12%                                           392,150
             Resolution).
 19.         To authorise the Directors to call general meetings                    282,711,400  94.60  16,129,451     5.40  298,840,851               83.20%                                           117,585

             (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special
             Resolution).

 

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
14 July 2025, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 363,816,454
Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 4,639,220 shares in Treasury. Therefore,
the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 14 July 2025 was
359,177,234.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of all the resolutions
passed, other than those concerning 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

Board Changes

 

As previously communicated, Fabiola Arrendondo, Sam Fischer and Antoine de
Saint-Affrique each did not stand for re-election as a Director at the
Company's AGM held earlier today and stepped down from the Board following the
conclusion of the AGM.

 

 

 Enquiries
 Gemma Parsons  Company Secretary  +44 (0)20 3367 4539

                                   Gemma.Parsons@burberry.com

 

This announcement does not constitute an invitation to underwrite, subscribe
for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any Burberry Group plc shares, in the
UK, or in the US, or under the US Securities Act 1933 or in any other
jurisdiction.

Burberry is listed on the London Stock Exchange (BRBY.L) and is a constituent
of the FTSE 250 index. ADR symbol OTC:BURBY.

BURBERRY, the Equestrian Knight Device, the Burberry Check and the Thomas
Burberry Monogram and Print are trademarks belonging to Burberry.

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