Britvic plc Result of AGM (7118O)

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RNS Number : 7118O

Britvic plc

31 January 2019

31 January 2019

Britvic plc ("the Company")

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 11.00 a.m. on 31 January 2019 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 
       Receive the Annual Report 
        for 52 weeks ended 30 
 1.     September 2018                    201,518,808   99.98          38,594    0.02        340,079 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Declare a final dividend 
        of 20.3p 
 2.     per share                         201,777,760   99.94         118,097    0.06          1,426 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Consider and approve the 
        directors' remuneration 
        report for 52 weeks ended 
 3.     30 September 2018                 174,473,526   86.88      26,341,914   13.12      1,081,841 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Adopt the revised Articles 
 4.     of Association                    200,468,401   99.30       1,414,792    0.70         14,091 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of John Daly 
 5.     as a director                     187,765,724   93.04      14,046,798    6.96         84,761 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Suniti 
 6.     Chauhan as a director             201,141,716   99.67         670,068    0.33         85,500 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Sue Clark 
 7.     as a director                     199,343,326   98.78       2,469,697    1.22         84,261 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Mathew 
 8.     Dunn as a director                200,902,573   99.55         908,758    0.45         85,952 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of William 
 9.     Eccleshare as a director          197,626,991   97.95       4,128,184    2.05        142,108 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Simon Litherland 
 10.    as a director                     200,949,001   99.57         874,081    0.43         76,747 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Ian McHoul 
 11.    as a director                     193,678,368   95.97       8,133,540    4.03         85,375 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-election of Euan Sutherland 
 12.    as a director                     200,579,704   99.39       1,230,343    0.61         87,236 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Re-appointment of Ernst 
 13.    & Young LLP as auditors           201,526,632   99.82         361,577    0.18          9,073 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to Audit Committee 
        to fix the remuneration 
 14.    of the auditors                   201,869,420   99.99          21,297    0.01          6,566 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to make political 
        donations and incur political 
 15.    expenditure                       199,463,671   98.80       2,417,923    1.20         15,689 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to directors 
 16.    to allot shares                   171,273,823   84.84      30,611,417   15.16         12,043 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to directors 
 17.    to issue shares for cash          192,484,481   99.44       1,084,739    0.56      8,328,063 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to issue shares 
        for cash in relation to 
        an acquisition or other 
 18.    capital investment                175,755,693   90.80      17,817,626    9.20      8,326,509 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to company to 
 19.    purchase own shares               201,503,342   99.90         203,547    0.10        190,393 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
       Authority to hold general 
        meetings (other than AGMs) 
 20.    on 14 clear days' notice          177,270,030   87.81      24,619,850   12.19          7,403 
      --------------------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  ------------- 
 

The Company's issued share capital as at 29 January 2019 was 265,227,493 shares of 20 pence each. 76.12% 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

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

Jonathan Adelman

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

Britvic plc Legal Entity Identifier: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53

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