TIDMBRBY
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 Total Votes
validly votes Withheld**
cast cast
as %
of issued
share
capital**
To receive the
Company's Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year
ended 28 March
1. 2020. 328,783,085 99.95 158,737 0.05 328,941,822 81.28% 293,372
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
2. Policy. 305,504,279 94.91 16,370,393 5.09 321,874,672 79.53% 7,360,521
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Report for the
year ended 28
3. March 2020. 324,755,420 99.26 2,429,784 0.74 327,185,204 80.84% 2,049,990
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To re-elect
Dr Gerry Murphy
as a Director
4. of the Company. 327,997,792 99.68 1,060,035 0.32 329,057,827 81.31% 177,368
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To re-elect
Marco Gobbetti
as a Director
5. of the Company. 329,024,673 99.99 33,887 0.01 329,058,560 81.31% 176,635
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To re-elect
Julie Brown
as a Director
6. of the Company. 328,579,971 99.85 479,154 0.15 329,059,125 81.31% 176,070
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To re-elect
Fabiola Arredondo
as a Director
7. of the Company. 329,020,181 99.99 35,476 0.01 329,055,657 81.31% 179,538
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To elect Sam
Fischer as a
Director of
8. the Company. 329,020,436 99.99 35,179 0.01 329,055,615 81.31% 179,580
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To re-elect
Ron Frasch as
a Director of
9. the Company. 329,016,632 99.99 40,629 0.01 329,057,261 81.31% 177,934
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To re-elect
Matthew Key
as a Director
10. of the Company. 329,021,406 99.99 34,547 0.01 329,055,953 81.31% 179,242
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To elect Debra
Lee as a Director
11. of the Company. 329,019,378 99.99 38,393 0.01 329,057,771 81.31% 177,424
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To re-elect
Dame Carolyn
McCall as a
Director of
12. the Company. 328,945,807 99.97 112,223 0.03 329,058,030 81.31% 177,165
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To re-elect
Orna NíChionna
as a Director
13. of the Company. 323,042,280 99.86 459,408 0.14 323,501,688 79.93% 5,733,507
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To appoint Ernst
& Young LLP
as auditor of
14. the Company. 327,905,558 99.65 1,159,102 0.35 329,064,660 81.31% 170,535
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To authorise
the Audit Committee
of the Company
to determine
the auditor's
remuneration
for the year
ended 27 March
15. 2021. 329,051,638 100.00 14,867 0.00 329,066,505 81.31% 168,690
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To approve,
adopt and establish
a new discretionary
employee share
plan, the Burberry
Share Plan 2020
16. (the BSP). 314,211,094 95.49 14,838,619 4.51 329,049,713 81.31% 185,480
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To authorise
political donations
by the Company
17. and its subsidiaries. 324,509,734 98.62 4,544,231 1.38 329,053,965 81.31% 181,230
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To authorise
the Directors
18. to allot shares. 326,550,318 99.24 2,502,536 0.76 329,052,854 81.31% 182,341
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To renew the
Directors' authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights. (Special
19. Resolution) 328,574,673 99.85 479,909 0.15 329,054,582 81.31% 180,613
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own ordinary
shares.
20. (Special Resolution) 324,703,867 98.74 4,158,212 1.26 328,862,079 81.26% 373,114
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To authorise
the Directors
to call general
meetings (other
than an AGM)
on not less
than 14 clear
days' notice.
21. (Special Resolution) 315,230,272 95.80 13,833,253 4.20 329,063,525 81.31% 171,669
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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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