Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4188K

Burberry Group PLC

14 July 2011

 



BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today and confirms that all resolutions were passed with the required majority.

Resolutions 1 to 15 and 17 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16, 18 and 19 as special resolutions and were passed as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011 together with the Directors' and Auditors' reports thereon.	324,727,714	99.74	834,538	0.26	990,768
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2011.	284,703,230	90.43	30,123,535	9.57	11,712,566
3	To declare a final dividend of 15.0p per share.	326,428,200	100.00	426	0.00	124,394
4	To re-elect John Peace as a director of the Company.	308,208,355	95.75	13,689,470	4.25	4,655,195
5	To re-elect Angela Ahrendts as a director of the Company.	309,933,391	94.91	16,607,648	5.09	11,980
6	To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.	320,622,045	98.25	5,716,207	1.75	214,766
7	To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.	322,506,815	99.41	1,920,910	0.59	2,125,295
8	To re-elect Stacey Cartwright as a director of the Company.	325,112,755	99.56	1,426,442	0.44	13,823
9	To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.	324,885,491	99.49	1,653,274	0.51	14,255
10	To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.	316,302,308	98.38	5,211,906	1.62	5,038,804
11	To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.	324,793,428	99.47	1,741,722	0.53	17,870
12	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	320,535,087	99.19	2,607,772	0.81	3,410,161
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	320,430,894	98.16	5,993,080	1.84	129,046
14	To adopt the Burberry Group plc Sharesave Plan 2011	319,816,300	97.95	6,704,745	2.05	31,975
15	To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries.	316,804,915	97.07	9,557,635	2.93	190,470
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares	326,492,029	99.99	36,986	0.01	24,005
17	To authorise the directors to allot shares.	320,250,152	98.08	6,274,385	1.92	28,483
18	To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights	323,330,147	99.02	3,192,950	0.98	29,923
19	To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	304,109,957	93.13	22,428,908	6.87	14,155

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.

As at 14 July 2011, the share capital of the Company consisted of 436,219,786 Ordinary shares with voting rights.  The Company holds 77,215 Ordinary shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc is 436,142,571.

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: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

14 July 2011

 

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