Skip to main content

AI assistant

Sign in to chat with this filing

The assistant answers questions, extracts KPIs, and summarises risk factors directly from the filing text.

Britvic PLC AGM Information 2021

Jan 28, 2021

4843_dva_2021-01-28_7226cdcd-4295-4e41-b93a-955c3bf4259c.pdf

AGM Information

Open in viewer

Opens in your device viewer

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 28 January 2021 at Breakspear Park, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4TZ. The results of the poll are as follows:

No. Resolution Total For (1) % Total % Votes
Against Withheld (2)
Ordinary Resolutions
1. Receive the Annual Report for year ended 30 218,566,042 100.00% 3,753 0.00% 296,366
September 2020
2. Declare a final dividend of 21.6p per share 218,857,201 100.00% 2,806 0.00% 6,154
3. Approve the directors' remuneration policy 210,107,534 96.28% 8,119,609 3.72% 639,017
4. Approve the directors' remuneration report for
year ended 30 September 2020
217,735,800 99.50% 1,089,556 0.50% 40,805
5. Approve the amendment to the rules of the 2015 216,937,168 99.15% 1,859,468 0.85% 69,524
Performance Share Plan
6. Approve the amendment to the rules of the 2015 216,818,747 99.10% 1,970,754 0.90% 76,659
Executive Share Option Plan
7. Re-election of John Daly as a director 216,014,728 98.71% 2,830,126 1.29% 21,265
8. Re-election of Simon Litherland as a director 218,796,735 99.99% 32,545 0.01% 36,839
9. Re-election of Joanne Wilson as a director 218,798,709 99.99% 23,041 0.01% 44,369
10. Re-election of Suniti Chauhan as a director 217,604,382 99.44% 1,228,731 0.56% 32,697
11. Re-election of Sue Clark as a director 218,799,986 99.99% 32,678 0.01% 33,146
12. Re-election of William Eccleshare as a director 160,119,783 73.17% 58,712,076 26.83% 34,260
13. Re-election of Ian McHoul as a director 174,373,732 79.68% 44,459,635 20.32% 32,751
14. Re-election of Euan Sutherland as a director 217,359,766 99.33% 1,472,435 0.67% 33,918
15. Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors 207,740,595 94.93% 11,102,033 5.07% 23,021
16. Authority
to
Audit
Committee
to
fix
the
215,835,869 98.63% 3,007,536 1.37% 22,244
remuneration of the auditors
17. Authority to make political donations and incur
political expenditure
209,069,647 95.99% 8,744,841 4.01% 1,051,631
18. Authority to directors to allot shares 179,202,067 81.89% 39,627,355 18.11% 36,697
Special Resolutions
19. Authority to directors to issue shares for cash 202,150,751 96.17% 7,491,680 3.56% 8,661,362
20. Authority to issue shares for cash in relation to an 218,163,217 99.73% 8,053,949 3.83% 8,660,256
acquisition or other capital investment
21. Authority to company to purchase own shares 192,555,684 87.98% 600,854 0.27% 102,047
22. Authority to hold general meetings (other than
AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice
217,913,045 99.98% 26,296,687 12.02% 13,748
23. Authorise the distributable reserves amendments 218,566,042 100.00% 39,480 0.02% 910,040

The Company's issued share capital as at 28 January 2021 was 266,990,910 shares of 20 pence each. 81.96% 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.

The Board notes the result of the votes against Resolutions 12 and 13 (the re-appointment of William Eccleshare and Ian McHoul). While we understand that the concerns relate to calls on their time, the Board is confident that both William and Ian discharge their roles as non-executive directors effectively, and, in the case of Ian, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee. Further, they are both highly active independent non-executive directors, and each has the capacity to meet their respective commitments to the Company not only in respect of their day-to-day obligations to the Company, but also at times of increased demand. Indeed, even amid the challenging conditions created by the global pandemic, both Directors attendance record was no less than 100%, notwithstanding their other commitments. Finally, and more generally, the time commitment of all Directors is a matter that the Nominations Committee takes highly seriously and keeps under regular review, this year and every year.

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