Barr(A.G.) PLC Result of AGM (2295A)

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RNS Number : 2295A

Barr(A.G.) PLC

28 May 2021

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")

28 May 2021

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM put to the AGM were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out below:

 
 RESOLUTIONS                                   VOTES FOR       %        VOTES       %     VOTES TOTAL   VOTES WITHHELD 
                                                                       AGAINST 
 1. To receive and approve the audited 
  accounts of the 
  group and the Company for the year ended 
  24 January 2021 
  together with the directors' and auditor's 
  reports thereon.                             75,512,630   100.00%         724   0.00%    75,513,354          209,553 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 2. To receive and approve the annual 
  statement by the 
  chairman of the remuneration committee and 
  the directors' 
  remuneration report for the year ended 24 
  January 2021.                                69,548,252    95.98%   2,912,930   4.02%    72,461,182        3,261,725 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 3. To re-elect Mr John Ross Nicolson as a 
  director of 
  the Company.                                 75,248,650    99.57%     327,230   0.43%    75,575,880          147,027 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 4. To re-elect Mr Roger Alexander White as 
  a director 
  of the Company.                              75,492,795    99.89%      83,099   0.11%    75,575,894          147,013 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 5. To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a 
  director of the 
  Company.                                     75,481,461    99.87%      94,939   0.13%    75,576,400          146,507 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 6. To re-elect Mr Jonathan David Kemp as a 
  director of 
  the Company.                                 75,454,879    99.85%     112,918   0.15%    75,567,797          155,110 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 7. To re-elect Mr William Robin Graham Barr 
  as a director 
  of the Company.                              74,197,168    98.17%   1,379,453   1.83%    75,576,621          146,286 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 8. To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a 
  director of 
  the Company.                                 75,459,616    99.85%     116,265   0.15%    75,575,881          147,026 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 9. To re-elect Ms Pamela Powell as a 
  director of the Company.                     75,461,312    99.85%     114,569   0.15%    75,575,881          147,026 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 10. To re-elect Mr David James Ritchie as a 
  director of 
  the Company.                                 73,507,024    97.26%   2,067,677   2.74%    75,574,701          147,026 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 11. To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward 
  Wharton as a 
  director of the Company.                     75,436,636    99.81%     140,745   0.19%    75,577,381          145,526 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the 
  Company's auditor 
  and to authorise the audit and risk 
  committee of the board 
  of directors of the Company to fix their 
  remuneration.                                75,546,373    99.98%      12,830   0.02%    75,559,203          163,704 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 13. To authorise the directors to allot 
  shares in the 
  Company subject to the restrictions set 
  out in the resolution.                       75,170,114    99.47%     402,129   0.53%    75,572,243          147,664 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 14. *To authorise the disapplication of 
  pre-emption rights 
  subject to the limits set out in the 
  resolution.                                  75,505,822    99.95%      38,932   0.05%    75,544,754          178,153 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 15. *To authorise the Company to purchase 
  its own shares 
  up to the specified amount.                  75,313,096    99.76%     181,123   0.24%    75,494,219          228,688 
                                              -----------  --------              ------                --------------- 
 

Notes:

   (1)          * denotes a special resolution. 

(2) Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.

(3) A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any resolution.

(4) The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on Thursday 27 May 2021 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.

(5) In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

   (6)          The results will also be made available on the Company's website at www.agbarr.co.uk 

(7) A copy of all the resolutions passed at the meeting are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained within the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2021, which is available on the Company's website www.agbarr.co.uk

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