17th Jul 2008 15:21
Burberry Group plc (the "Company") announces the following results of the poll taken at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today:
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For |
Against |
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Resolution (see Notes below) |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) |
Total Number of Votes |
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1 |
285,328,895 |
99.94 |
183,779 |
0.06 |
285,512,674 |
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2 |
280,840,910 |
98.37 |
4,661,327 |
1.63 |
285,502,237 |
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3 |
285,542,488 |
100.00 |
542 |
0.00 |
285,543,030 |
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4 |
284,976,144 |
99.80 |
572,237 |
0.20 |
285,548,381 |
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5 |
285,003,607 |
99.81 |
530,396 |
0.19 |
285,534,003 |
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6 |
282,504,069 |
98.93 |
3,050,270 |
1.07 |
285,554,339 |
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7 |
284,438,654 |
99.61 |
1,100,857 |
0.39 |
285,539,511 |
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8 |
270,678,869 |
97.22 |
7,743,363 |
2.78 |
278,422,232 |
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9 |
285,473,065 |
99.98 |
49,834 |
0.02 |
285,522,899 |
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10 |
275,691,020 |
99.20 |
2,209,802 |
0.80 |
277,900,822 |
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11 |
278,348,669 |
97.48 |
7,185,471 |
2.52 |
285,534,140 |
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12 |
285,501,937 |
100.00 |
6,815 |
0.00 |
285,508,752 |
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13 |
284,865,083 |
99.77 |
642,415 |
0.23 |
285,507,498 |
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Notes
The following are the resolutions voted on at the Company's AGM.
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Resolution 1 |
To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2008 and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon. |
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Resolution 2 |
To approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2008. |
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Resolution 3 |
To declare a final dividend. |
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Resolution 4 |
To re-elect Stacey Cartwright as a Director of the Company. |
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Resolution 5 |
To re-elect Philip Bowman as a Director of the Company. |
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Resolution 6 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company. |
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Resolution 7 |
To authorise the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration. |
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Resolution 8 |
To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company, and all companies that are its subsidiaries. |
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Resolution 9 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares (Special Resolution). |
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Resolution 10 |
To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares. |
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Resolution 11 |
To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution). |
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Resolution 12 |
To cancel the unissued 1,600,000,000 preference shares of 0.05p each in the authorised share capital of the Company (Special Resolution). |
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Resolution 13 |
To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company (Special Resolution). |
The full text of resolutions 8 through 13 constituting Special Business will shortly be submitted to the FSA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility located at:
Financial Services Authority 25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HS
Tel. 020 7066 1000
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