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AGM Statement

Britvic plc (BVIC )
AGM Statement

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­Britvic plc

LEI: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53

26 January 2023

 

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, 26 January 2023 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 Accounts and Annual Report for year ended 30 September 2022

210,389,934

100.00

2,206

0.00

301,768

  1.                  

Declare a final dividend of 21.2p per share

210,687,709

100.00

3,901

0.00

2,298

  1.                  

Approve the Directors’ remuneration report for year ended 30 September 2022

190,413,985

90.39

20,244,024

9.61

35,899

  1.                  

Approve the new Share Incentive Plan rules

210,618,316

99.98

43,511

0.02

32,081

  1.                  

Re-election of John Daly as a Director

201,470,266

95.64

9,186,996

4.36

38,205

  1.                  

Re-election of Sue Clark as a Director

208,280,980

98.86

2,395,435

1.14

19,052

  1.                  

Re-election of William Eccleshare as a Director

199,855,218

94.86

10,823,673

5.14

16,576

  1.                  

Re-election of Emer Finnan as a Director

201,428,010

95.61

9,247,902

4.39

19,555

  1.                  

Re-election of Simon Litherland as a Director

210,143,647

99.93

147,465

0.07

404,355

  1.               

Re-election of Euan Sutherland as a Director

201,424,354

95.61

9,252,061

4.39

19,052

  1.               

Re-election of Joanne Wilson as a Director

209,675,450

99.54

965,666

0.46

53,116

  1.               

Election of Hounaïda Lasry as a Director

210,513,345

99.93

156,765

0.07

22,706

  1.               

Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditor

210,440,400

99.89

235,929

0.11

16,487

  1.               

Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditor

210,446,356

99.89

226,957

0.11

19,503

  1.               

Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure

208,861,465

99.15

1,797,843

0.85

31,403

  1.               

Authority to Directors to allot shares 

194,544,223

92.60

15,546,291

7.40

602,302

Special Resolutions

  1.               

Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash

201,992,016

96.95

6,353,482

3.05

2,347,763

  1.               

Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment

195,652,941

93.90

12,699,962

6.10

2,341,005

  1.               

Authority to company to purchase own shares

209,997,663

99.70

623,841

0.30

71,312

  1.               

Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days’ notice

195,502,335

93.05

14,607,369

6.95

583,112

 

The Company’s issued share capital as at 26 January 2023 was 259,340,399 shares of 20 pence each. 81.24% 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.

 

The results will also be made available on the Company’s website at www.britvic.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm.

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