AGM Statement

­Britvic plc

LEI: 635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53

26 January 2023

 

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 11:00am on Thursday, 26 January 2023 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 Company’s Accounts and Annual Report for year ended 30 September 2022

210,389,934

100.00

2,206

0.00

301,768

                 

Declare a final dividend of 21.2p per share

210,687,709

100.00

3,901

0.00

2,298

                 

Approve the Directors’ remuneration report for year ended 30 September 2022

190,413,985

90.39

20,244,024

9.61

35,899

                 

Approve the new Share Incentive Plan rules

210,618,316

99.98

43,511

0.02

32,081

                 

Re-election of John Daly as a Director

201,470,266

95.64

9,186,996

4.36

38,205

                 

Re-election of Sue Clark as a Director

208,280,980

98.86

2,395,435

1.14

19,052

                 

Re-election of William Eccleshare as a Director

199,855,218

94.86

10,823,673

5.14

16,576

                 

Re-election of Emer Finnan as a Director

201,428,010

95.61

9,247,902

4.39

19,555

                 

Re-election of Simon Litherland as a Director

210,143,647

99.93

147,465

0.07

404,355

              

Re-election of Euan Sutherland as a Director

201,424,354

95.61

9,252,061

4.39

19,052

              

Re-election of Joanne Wilson as a Director

209,675,450

99.54

965,666

0.46

53,116

              

Election of Hounaïda Lasry as a Director

210,513,345

99.93

156,765

0.07

22,706

              

Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditor

210,440,400

99.89

235,929

0.11

16,487

              

Authority to Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditor

210,446,356

99.89

226,957

0.11

19,503

              

Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure

208,861,465

99.15

1,797,843

0.85

31,403

              

Authority to Directors to allot shares 

194,544,223

92.60

15,546,291

7.40

602,302

Special Resolutions

              

Authority to Directors to issue shares for cash

201,992,016

96.95

6,353,482

3.05

2,347,763

              

Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an acquisition or other capital investment

195,652,941

93.90

12,699,962

6.10

2,341,005

              

Authority to company to purchase own shares

209,997,663

99.70

623,841

0.30

71,312

              

Authority to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days’ notice

195,502,335

93.05

14,607,369

6.95

583,112

 

The Company’s issued share capital as at 26 January 2023 was 259,340,399 shares of 20 pence each. 81.24% 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

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

 

 

Clare Thomas

Company Secretary