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RNS Number : 8645F
Burberry Group PLC
17 July 2019
BURBERRY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting 2019
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 16 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and
resolutions 17 to 19 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 financial
year ended 30
1. March 2019. 320,726,040 100.00 874 0.00 320,726,914 77.95% 167,796
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Report for the
year ended 30
2. March 2019. 312,865,923 97.51 7,995,075 2.49 320,860,998 77.98% 33,711
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To declare a
final dividend
of 31.5p per
ordinary share
for the year
ended 30 March
3. 2019. 320,878,993 100.00 0 0.00 320,878,993 77.99% 15,717
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To re-elect
Dr Gerry Murphy
as a Director
4. of the Company. 312,262,712 97.71 7,332,617 2.29 319,595,329 77.67% 1,299,380
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To re-elect
Fabiola Arredondo
as a Director
5. of the Company. 319,976,495 99.72 891,156 0.28 320,867,651 77.98% 27,059
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To re-elect
Jeremy Darroch
as a Director
6. of the Company. 318,083,033 99.13 2,784,492 0.87 320,867,525 77.98% 27,184
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To re-elect
Ron Frasch as
a Director of
7. the Company. 319,967,338 99.72 898,203 0.28 320,865,541 77.98% 29,169
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To re-elect
Matthew Key
as a Director
8. of the Company. 318,509,480 99.72 889,292 0.28 319,398,772 77.63% 1,495,938
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To re-elect
Dame Carolyn
McCall as a
Director of
9. the Company. 319,384,911 99.54 1,478,791 0.46 320,863,702 77.98% 31,008
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To re-elect
Orna NiChionna
as a Director
10. of the Company. 317,896,768 99.08 2,966,112 0.92 320,862,880 77.98% 31,829
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To re-elect
Marco Gobbetti
as a Director
11. of the Company. 320,420,101 99.90 317,440 0.10 320,737,541 77.95% 157,169
To re-elect
Julie Brown
as a Director
12. of the Company. 319,124,553 99.46 1,742,144 0.54 320,866,697 77.98% 28,013
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To reappoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor
13. of the Company. 313,530,797 97.71 7,340,439 2.29 320,871,236 77.98% 23,473
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To authorise
the Audit Committee
of the Company
to determine
the auditor's
14. remuneration. 318,496,510 99.26 2,373,070 0.74 320,869,580 77.98% 25,130
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To authorise
political donations
by the Company
15. and its subsidiaries. 316,885,992 99.16 2,671,449 0.84 319,557,441 77.66% 1,337,269
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To authorise
the Directors
16. to allot shares. 319,906,220 99.70 961,895 0.30 320,868,115 77.98% 26,595
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To renew the
Directors' authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights.
17. [Special Resolution] 320,740,578 99.96 126,198 0.04 320,866,776 77.98% 27,934
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own ordinary
shares.
18. [Special Resolution] 318,225,110 99.20 2,558,294 0.80 320,783,404 77.96% 111,305
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To authorise
the Directors
to call general
meetings (other
than an AGM)
on not less
than 14 clear
days' notice.
19. [Special Resolution] 301,247,259 94.26 18,336,564 5.74 319,583,823 77.67% 1,310,887
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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 15 July 2019, the issued share capital of the Company
consisted of 411,461,405 ordinary shares. The Company held no
shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in
Burberry Group plc as at 15 July 2019 was also 411,461,405. 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: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Retirement
The Company confirms that, as previously notified, Ian Carter
and Stephanie George have today retired as Directors following the
Annual General Meeting.
17 July 2019
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