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Burberry Group PLC
14 July 2021
BURBERRY GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting 2021
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 21 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and
resolutions 22 to 25 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 year
ended 27 March
1. 2021. 324,986,434 99.99% 30,987 0.01% 325,017,421 80.28% 2,746,217
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Report for the
year ended 27
2. March 2021. 302,288,454 94.45% 17,750,177 5.55% 320,038,631 79.05% 7,725,006
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To declare a
final dividend
for the year
ended 27 March
3. 2021. 327,017,585 99.85% 499,339 0.15% 327,516,924 80.89% 246,714
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To re-elect
Dr Gerry Murphy
as a Director
4. of the Company. 326,788,333 99.78% 716,544 0.22% 327,504,877 80.89% 258,761
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To re-elect
Marco Gobbetti
as a Director
5. of the Company. 324,945,937 99.95% 159,774 0.05% 325,105,711 80.30% 2,657,927
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To re-elect
Julie Brown
as a Director
6. of the Company. 326,945,171 99.83% 556,433 0.17% 327,501,604 80.89% 262,034
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To re-elect
Fabiola Arredondo
as a Director
7. of the Company. 327,277,513 99.93% 223,768 0.07% 327,501,281 80.89% 262,357
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To re-elect
Sam Fischer
as a Director
8. of the Company. 327,379,459 99.96% 117,093 0.04% 327,496,552 80.89% 267,086
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To re-elect
Ron Frasch as
a Director of
9. the Company. 327,268,659 99.93% 228,051 0.07% 327,496,710 80.89% 266,928
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To re-elect
Matthew Key
as a Director
10. of the Company. 327,276,574 99.93% 220,136 0.07% 327,496,710 80.89% 266,928
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To re-elect
Debra Lee as
a Director of
11. the Company. 325,523,054 99.40% 1,978,773 0.60% 327,501,827 80.89% 261,811
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To re-elect
Dame Carolyn
McCall as a
Director of
12. the Company. 327,192,756 99.91% 305,973 0.09% 327,498,729 80.89% 264,909
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To re-elect
Orna NíChionna
as a Director
13. of the Company. 323,547,906 98.79% 3,952,857 1.21% 327,500,763 80.89% 262,875
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To elect Antoine
de Saint-Affrique
as a Director
14. of the Company. 327,430,615 99.98% 63,829 0.02% 327,494,444 80.89% 269,194
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To re-appoint
Ernst & Young
LLP as auditor
15. of the Company. 325,044,274 99.25% 2,459,874 0.75% 327,504,148 80.89% 259,490
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To authorise
the Audit Committee
of the Company
to determine
the auditor's
remuneration
for the year
ended 2 April
16. 2022. 327,484,038 99.99% 24,663 0.01% 327,508,701 80.89% 254,937
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To approve an
all-employee
share plan,
Burberry Group
plc International
17. Free Share Plan. 327,350,466 99.95% 176,786 0.05% 327,527,252 80.90% 236,386
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To approve an
all-employee
share plan,
Burberry Group
plc Share Incentive
18. Plan. 327,071,882 99.86% 454,154 0.14% 327,526,036 80.90% 237,602
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To approve the
renewal of an
all-employee
share plan,
Burberry Sharesave
19. Plan 2011. 326,175,578 99.59% 1,350,294 0.41% 327,525,872 80.90% 237,766
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To authorise
political donations
by the Company
20. and its subsidiaries. 325,468,145 99.38% 2,030,671 0.62% 327,498,816 80.89% 264,822
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To authorise
the Directors
21. to allot shares. 324,002,442 98.94% 3,486,297 1.06% 327,488,739 80.89% 274,899
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To renew the
Directors' authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights. (Special
22. Resolution) 326,528,712 99.71% 958,491 0.29% 327,487,203 80.89% 276,435
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own ordinary
shares.
23. (Special Resolution) 323,930,876 98.96% 3,418,906 1.04% 327,349,782 80.85% 413,856
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To authorise
the Directors
to call general
meetings (other
than an AGM)
on not less
than 14 clear
days' notice.
24. (Special Resolution) 314,764,491 96.11% 12,750,504 3.89% 327,514,995 80.89% 248,643
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To approve the
new Articles
of Association
25. (Special Resolution) 327,447,644 99.99% 19,014 0.01% 327,466,658 80.88% 296,980
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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.
As at 6.30pm on 12 July 2021, the issued share capital of the
Company consisted of 404,872,274 ordinary shares. The Company held
no shares in Treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for
every ordinary share held. Therefore, the total number of voting
rights in Burberry Group plc as at 12 July 2021 was also
404,872,274 .
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
The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting which is available at
www.burberryplc.com/AGM 2021
14 July 2021
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