AGM Information • Jul 12, 2018
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at Conrad London St. James, 22-28 Broadway, London SW1H 0BH on Thursday, 12 July 2018, the following special business resolutions were passed:
That in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') the Company is, and all companies that are, at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect, subsidiaries of the Company as defined in the Act are, authorised in aggregate to:
(as such terms are defined in sections 363 to 365 of the Act) in each case during the period beginning with the date of passing this resolution until the conclusion of the Company's AGM to be held in 2019 (or, if earlier, 12 October 2019). In any event, the aggregate amount of political donations and political expenditure made or incurred under this authority shall not exceed £25,000.
That the Directors be hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £69,017 provided that this authority shall apply until the conclusion of the Company's AGM to be held in 2019 (or, if earlier, 12 October 2019), but in each case, so that the Company may make offers or enter into any agreements during the relevant period which would, or might, require relevant securities to be allotted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
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Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
That subject to the passing of resolution 18, the Directors be hereby empowered to allot equity securities (within the meaning of the Act) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares of 0.05p each in the capital of the Company ('ordinary shares') held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that the power shall be limited to:
Such power shall apply until the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2019 (or, if earlier, 12 October 2019) but during this period the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would or might require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the power ends and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
That the Company be hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act), of ordinary shares provided that:
That the Directors be hereby authorised to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
For and on behalf of Burberry Group plc
Paul Tunnacliffe Company Secretary
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