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31/05/2024 14:00

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RNS Number : 6990Q  Barr(A.G.) PLC  31 May 2024

 

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")

31 May 2024

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held
earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed.
The results of the poll are as follows:

 

 RESOLUTIONS                                                                     VOTES FOR   %       VOTES AGAINST  %      VOTES TOTAL  VOTES WITHHELD
 1.   To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the           79,691,548  100.00  3,163          0.00   79,694,711   101,589
 Company for the year ended 28 January 2024 together with the directors' and
 auditor's reports thereon.
 2.   To receive and approve the annual statement by the chair of the            62,673,433  81.92   13,834,023     18.08  76,507,456   3,288,844
 remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report for the year
 ended 28 January 2024.
 3.   To declare a final dividend of 12.40 pence per ordinary share of 4 1/6     79,792,194  100.00  3,163          0.00   79,795,357   943
 pence for the year ended 28 January 2024.
 4.   To re-elect Mr Mark Allen OBE as a director of the Company.                67,915,113  86.36   10,728,356     13.64  78,643,469   1,152,831
 5.   To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.                79,547,708  99.70   240,267        0.30   79,787,975   8,325
 6.   To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.          75,286,125  94.36   4,502,750      5.64   79,788,875   7,425
 7.   To re-elect Ms Zoe Louise Howorth as a director of the Company.            75,334,730  94.42   4,454,145      5.58   79,788,875   7,425
 8.   To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the          75,393,613  94.49   4,394,362      5.51   79,787,975   8,325
 Company.
 9.   To re-elect Ms Julie Anne Barr as a director of the Company.               79,509,766  99.65   281,303        0.35   79,791,069   5,231
 10.  To elect Ms Louise Helen Smalley as a director of the Company.             76,040,886  95.30   3,747,989      4.70   79,788,875   7,425
 11.  To elect Mr Euan Angus Sutherland as a director of the Company.            79,581,418  99.74   206,557        0.26   79,787,975   8,325
 12.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company and to authorise      79,755,051  99.98   16,079         0.02   79,771,130   25,170
 the audit and risk committee to fix their remuneration.
 13.  To  adopt the Company's new Share Savings Scheme subject to the            79,778,752  99.99   5,935          0.01   79,784,687   11,613
 conditions set out in the resolution.
 14.  To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company subject to the   75,584,017  94.75   4,186,023      5.25   79,770,040   26,260
 restrictions set out in the resolution.
 15.  *To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights subject to the      76,032,503  95.32   3,737,144      4.68   79,769,647   26,653
 limits set out in the resolution.
 16.  *To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to the specified   79,749,382  99.95   37,015         0.05   79,786,397   9,903
 amount.

 

Notes:

(1)          * denotes a special resolution.

(2)          Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair of
the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the
appropriate resolution. In respect of resolution 4 only, proxy appointments
amounting to 3.01% of the Company's issued share capital gave discretion to
the Chair of the Annual General Meeting and these votes have also been
included in the "For" total of the relevant resolutions.

(3)          A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not
counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any
resolution.

(4)          The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any
resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that
resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on Thursday 30
May 2024 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.

(5)          In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of
resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general
meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the FCA's National Storage
Mechanism and available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

(6)          The results will also be made available on the Company's
website at www.agbarr.co.uk (http://www.agbarr.co.uk)

(7)          A copy of all the resolutions passed at the meeting are
set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained within the Company's
Annual Report and Accounts 2024, which is available on the Company's website
www.agbarr.co.uk (http://www.agbarr.co.uk)

 

 

Neil C. MacLennan

COMPANY SECRETARY

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