Coca-Cola EP PLC - Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of
All 28 resolutions put to the members were passed on a poll. Accordingly, resolutions 1 to 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 24 to 28 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the polls are set out below:
|
Resolution |
For (see note 1) |
Against (see note 1) |
Issued share capital represented by votes (see note 2) % |
Votes withheld (see note 3) |
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|
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
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|
1 |
Receipt of the Report and Accounts |
417,915,503 |
99.98% |
84,142 |
0.02% |
90.80% |
165,250 |
|
2 |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report |
408,427,256 |
97.69% |
9,671,156 |
2.31% |
90.82% |
66,483 |
|
3 |
Election of Guillaume Bacuvier as a director of the Company |
417,344,334 |
99.82% |
753,320 |
0.18% |
90.82% |
67,241 |
|
4 |
Re-election of |
352,724,956 |
84.40% |
65,209,737 |
15.60% |
90.79% |
230,202 |
|
5 |
Re-election of |
408,678,515 |
97.75% |
9,419,404 |
2.25% |
90.82% |
66,976 |
|
6 |
Re-election of |
352,652,123 |
84.38% |
65,282,168 |
15.62% |
90.79% |
230,604 |
|
7 |
Re-election of |
416,806,975 |
99.69% |
1,292,257 |
0.31% |
90.82% |
65,663 |
|
8 |
Re-election of |
417,146,635 |
99.77% |
956,155 |
0.23% |
90.82% |
62,105 |
|
9 |
Re-election of Álvaro Gómez-Trénor Aguilar as a director of the Company |
413,747,999 |
98.97% |
4,298,816 |
1.03% |
90.81% |
118,080 |
|
10 |
Re-election of |
415,184,936 |
99.30% |
2,917,792 |
0.70% |
90.82% |
62,167 |
|
11 |
Re-election of Thomas H Johnson as a director of the Company |
412,097,539 |
98.71% |
5,389,827 |
1.29% |
90.69% |
677,529 |
|
12 |
Re-election of |
413,468,454 |
98.89% |
4,633,001 |
1.11% |
90.82% |
63,440 |
|
13 |
Re-election of |
413,712,935 |
98.96% |
4,332,282 |
1.04% |
90.81% |
119,678 |
|
14 |
Re-election of |
417,234,944 |
99.79% |
863,710 |
0.21% |
90.82% |
66,241 |
|
15 |
Re-election of |
415,125,553 |
99.29% |
2,973,834 |
0.71% |
90.82% |
65,508 |
|
16 |
Re-election of |
414,285,512 |
99.10% |
3,763,369 |
0.90% |
90.81% |
116,014 |
|
17 |
Re-election of Mario Rotllant Solá as a director of the Company |
413,720,470 |
98.97% |
4,325,159 |
1.03% |
90.81% |
119,266 |
|
18 |
Re-election of |
413,478,571 |
98.89% |
4,620,609 |
1.11% |
90.82% |
65,715 |
|
19 |
Reappointment of the Auditor |
416,614,352 |
98.44% |
6,612,884 |
1.56% |
91.94% |
66,091 |
|
20 |
Remuneration of the Auditor |
421,133,129 |
99.51% |
2,057,505 |
0.49% |
91.93% |
102,693 |
|
21 |
Political Donations |
417,056,454 |
99.78% |
918,561 |
0.22% |
90.79% |
189,880 |
|
22 |
Authority to allot new shares |
408,033,822 |
97.60% |
10,037,443 |
2.40% |
90.82% |
93,630 |
|
23 |
Waiver of mandatory offer provisions set out in Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (see note 4) |
194,046,934 |
77.06% |
57,772,359 |
22.94% |
54.70% |
166,345,602 |
|
24 |
General authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
415,239,434 |
99.54% |
1,899,379 |
0.46% |
90.61% |
1,026,082 |
|
25 |
General authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment |
414,883,787 |
99.44% |
2,322,775 |
0.56% |
90.63% |
958,333 |
|
26 |
Authority to purchase own shares on market |
417,292,312 |
99.85% |
626,560 |
0.15% |
90.78% |
246,023 |
|
27 |
Authority to purchase own shares off market |
415,861,913 |
99.51% |
2,060,176 |
0.49% |
90.78% |
242,806 |
|
28 |
Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings |
410,065,918 |
98.08% |
8,021,153 |
1.92% |
90.82% |
77,824 |
Notes:
|
1 |
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
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|
2 |
As at
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|
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" a resolution.
|
|
4 |
Resolution 23 was put to the AGM as a resolution of the shareholders of the Company other than |
Resolution 23, being the ordinary resolution to approve the waiver by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Rule 9 waiver") in connection with the Company's buyback programme was duly passed by 77.06% of the votes cast by the independent shareholders of the Company (being shareholders other than Olive and its presumed concert parties) with 22.94% of votes cast against. Resolution 23 is a standing agenda item at each Annual General Meeting to enable CCEP to exercise the authorities under Resolution 26 to purchase its own shares on market and Resolution 27 to purchase its own shares off market, which were passed with majorities of 99.85% and 99.51% respectively. This will enable CCEP to make use of the option to return value to shareholders through a possible future buyback programme. Had Resolution 23 not been passed, the Company would not have been able to effect such buyback programmes, as explained in the Notice of AGM and also in the Letter to Shareholders issued via RNS on
Olive is currently interested in 166,128,987 shares in the Company and the Waiver does not entitle Olive to be interested in a greater number of shares. The Waiver would allow Olive's interest in shares as a percentage of the Company's total shares to increase as a result of the exercise of the Company's authorities to purchase its own shares, but only to the extent that the resulting interest of Olive, together with any concert parties, in the shares of the Company did not then exceed 40.1034%.
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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