Burberry Group PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 15, 2020

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Burberry Group PLC

15 July 2020

BURBERRY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting 2020

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 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 as Special Resolutions. The results were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as % of issued share capital**	Votes Withheld**
1.	To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 28 March 2020.	328,783,085	99.95	158,737	0.05	328,941,822	81.28%	293,372
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	305,504,279	94.91	16,370,393	5.09	321,874,672	79.53%	7,360,521
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 28 March 2020.	324,755,420	99.26	2,429,784	0.74	327,185,204	80.84%	2,049,990
4.	To re-elect Dr Gerry Murphy as a Director of the Company.	327,997,792	99.68	1,060,035	0.32	329,057,827	81.31%	177,368
5.	To re-elect Marco Gobbetti as a Director of the Company.	329,024,673	99.99	33,887	0.01	329,058,560	81.31%	176,635
6.	To re-elect Julie Brown as a Director of the Company.	328,579,971	99.85	479,154	0.15	329,059,125	81.31%	176,070
7.	To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a Director of the Company.	329,020,181	99.99	35,476	0.01	329,055,657	81.31%	179,538
8.	To elect Sam Fischer as a Director of the Company.	329,020,436	99.99	35,179	0.01	329,055,615	81.31%	179,580
9.	To re-elect Ron Frasch as a Director of the Company.	329,016,632	99.99	40,629	0.01	329,057,261	81.31%	177,934
10.	To re-elect Matthew Key as a Director of the Company.	329,021,406	99.99	34,547	0.01	329,055,953	81.31%	179,242
11.	To elect Debra Lee  as a Director of the Company.	329,019,378	99.99	38,393	0.01	329,057,771	81.31%	177,424
12.	To re-elect Dame Carolyn McCall as a Director of the Company.	328,945,807	99.97	112,223	0.03	329,058,030	81.31%	177,165
13.	To re-elect Orna NíChionna as a Director of the Company.	323,042,280	99.86	459,408	0.14	323,501,688	79.93%	5,733,507
14.	To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.	327,905,558	99.65	1,159,102	0.35	329,064,660	81.31%	170,535
15.	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to determine the auditor's remuneration for the year ended 27 March 2021.	329,051,638	100.00	14,867	0.00	329,066,505	81.31%	168,690
16.	To approve, adopt and establish a new discretionary employee share plan, the Burberry Share Plan 2020 (the BSP).	314,211,094	95.49	14,838,619	4.51	329,049,713	81.31%	185,480
17.	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries.	324,509,734	98.62	4,544,231	1.38	329,053,965	81.31%	181,230
18.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	326,550,318	99.24	2,502,536	0.76	329,052,854	81.31%	182,341
19.	To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights. (Special Resolution)	328,574,673	99.85	479,909	0.15	329,054,582	81.31%	180,613
20.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares. (Special Resolution)	324,703,867	98.74	4,158,212	1.26	328,862,079	81.26%	373,114
21.	To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. (Special Resolution)	315,230,272	95.80	13,833,253	4.20	329,063,525	81.31%	171,669

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 13 July 2020, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 404,708,566 ordinary shares.  The Company held no shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 13 July 2020 was also 404,708,566. 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Retirement

As previously notified, the Company confirms that, Jeremy Darroch did not stand for re-election and retired as a Director following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.

15 July 2020

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