AGM Voting Results - 27 Janua

RNS Number : 2325A

Britvic plc

27 January 2011

 



Britvic plc ("the Company") - AGM Voting Results - 27 January 2011

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at the Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BO at 11.00am., all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the Registrars, appointing the Chairman of the Meeting:

No.	Resolution	For *	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld **
Ordinary Business
1.	Receive and adopt the Annual Report for the 53 weeks ended 3 October 2011	165,664,913	100.00	5,513	0.00.		676,598
2.	Declaration of final dividend	165,668,661	100.00	36	0.00		673,327
3.	Re-election of Joanne Averiss as a Director	159,576,620	96.33	6,077,151	3.67		688,253
4.	Re-election of Gerald Corbett as a Director	159,277,270	96.15	6,378,501	3.85		686,253
5.	Re-election of John Gibney as a Director	159,576,627	96.33	6,080,279	3.67		685,118
6.	Re-election of Ben Gordon as a Director	162,580,383	98.14	3,078,805	1.86		682,836
7.	Re-election of Bob Ivell as a Director	162,564,609	98.13	3,091,162	1.87		686,253
8.	Re-election of Paul Moody as a Director	159,587,067	96.33	6,075,949	3.67		679,008
9.	Re-election of Michael Shallow as a Director	162,576,602	98.14	3,077,169	1.86		688,253
10.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors	165,648,880	99.99	15,285	0.01		677,859
11.	Authority to Directors to determine the auditors’ remuneration	165,589,049	99.98	38,349	0.02		714,626
12.	Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Report	164,606,804	99.68	527,943	0.32		1,207,276
Special Business
13.	Ordinary Resolution: Britvic plc political donations	164,062,025	99.78	367,826	0.22	1,912,172
14.	Ordinary Resolution: Authority to Directors to allot shares	159,981,073	97.22	24,569,910	2.78	1,791,040
15.	Special Resolution: Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash	165,590,312	99.96	58,030	0.04	693,682
16.	Special Resolution: Authority to Company to purchase own shares	164,490,778	99.89	182,307	0.11	1,668,938
17.	Special Resolution: Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days’ notice	153,765,984	92.82	11,894,032	7.18	682,008

The Company's issued share capital at 25 January 2011 was 240,062,845. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 165,668,661 shares representing 69.01% of the issued share capital.

*	Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion
**	A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also via the Company's website (www.britvic.com).

Emma Thomas

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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