Barr(A.G.) PLC Result of AGM
31 May 2024 - 10:54PM
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Barr(A.G.) PLC
31 May 2024
A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")
31 May 2024
The Company announces that at its
Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today, all
resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed. The results of the
poll are as follows:
|
RESOLUTIONS
|
VOTES FOR
|
%
|
VOTES AGAINST
|
%
|
VOTES TOTAL
|
VOTES WITHHELD
|
|
1. To receive and approve the
audited accounts of the group and the Company for the year ended 28
January 2024 together with the directors' and auditor's reports
thereon.
|
79,691,548
|
100.00
|
3,163
|
0.00
|
79,694,711
|
101,589
|
|
2. To receive and approve the
annual statement by the chair of the remuneration committee and the
directors' remuneration report for the year ended 28 January
2024.
|
62,673,433
|
81.92
|
13,834,023
|
18.08
|
76,507,456
|
3,288,844
|
|
3. To declare a final dividend of
12.40 pence per ordinary share of 4 1/6 pence for the year ended 28
January 2024.
|
79,792,194
|
100.00
|
3,163
|
0.00
|
79,795,357
|
943
|
|
4. To re-elect Mr Mark Allen OBE as
a director of the Company.
|
67,915,113
|
86.36
|
10,728,356
|
13.64
|
78,643,469
|
1,152,831
|
|
5. To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as
a director of the Company.
|
79,547,708
|
99.70
|
240,267
|
0.30
|
79,787,975
|
8,325
|
|
6. To re-elect Ms Susan Verity
Barratt as a director of the Company.
|
75,286,125
|
94.36
|
4,502,750
|
5.64
|
79,788,875
|
7,425
|
|
7. To re-elect Ms Zoe Louise
Howorth as a director of the Company.
|
75,334,730
|
94.42
|
4,454,145
|
5.58
|
79,788,875
|
7,425
|
|
8. To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry
Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.
|
75,393,613
|
94.49
|
4,394,362
|
5.51
|
79,787,975
|
8,325
|
|
9. To re-elect Ms Julie Anne Barr
as a director of the Company.
|
79,509,766
|
99.65
|
281,303
|
0.35
|
79,791,069
|
5,231
|
|
10. To elect Ms Louise Helen Smalley as a
director of the Company.
|
76,040,886
|
95.30
|
3,747,989
|
4.70
|
79,788,875
|
7,425
|
|
11. To elect Mr Euan Angus Sutherland as
a director of the Company.
|
79,581,418
|
99.74
|
206,557
|
0.26
|
79,787,975
|
8,325
|
|
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor
of the Company and to authorise the audit and risk committee to fix
their remuneration.
|
79,755,051
|
99.98
|
16,079
|
0.02
|
79,771,130
|
25,170
|
|
13. To adopt the Company's new
Share Savings Scheme subject to the conditions set out in the
resolution.
|
79,778,752
|
99.99
|
5,935
|
0.01
|
79,784,687
|
11,613
|
|
14. To authorise the directors to allot
shares in the Company subject to the restrictions set out in the
resolution.
|
75,584,017
|
94.75
|
4,186,023
|
5.25
|
79,770,040
|
26,260
|
|
15. *To authorise the disapplication of
pre-emption rights subject to the limits set out in the
resolution.
|
76,032,503
|
95.32
|
3,737,144
|
4.68
|
79,769,647
|
26,653
|
|
16. *To authorise the Company to purchase
its own shares up to the specified amount.
|
79,749,382
|
99.95
|
37,015
|
0.05
|
79,786,397
|
9,903
|
Notes:
(1)
* denotes a special resolution.
(2)
Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the
Chair of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For"
total of the appropriate resolution. In respect of
resolution 4 only, proxy appointments amounting to 3.01% of the
Company's issued share capital gave discretion to the Chair of the
Annual General Meeting and these votes have also been included in
the "For" total of the relevant resolutions.
(3)
A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not
counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or
"Against" any resolution.
(4)
The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any
resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for
that resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m.
on Thursday 30 May 2024 was 112,028,871
ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence
each.
(5)
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of
resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual
general meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the
FCA's National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(6) The
results will also be made available on the Company's website at
www.agbarr.co.uk
(7) A
copy of all the resolutions passed at the meeting are set out in
the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained within the Company's
Annual Report and Accounts 2024, which is available on the
Company's website www.agbarr.co.uk
Neil C. MacLennan
COMPANY SECRETARY
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