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Shareholders from the British fashion house Burberry up in arms about a pay package for its CEO. They a resolution at the company's annual general meeting to newly-appointed CEO Christopher Bailey with a multi-million-dollar remuneration deal. The vote 52.7 per cent against the resolution. Executives to hand Mr Bailey a $12.3 million "golden hello", an annual salary of up to $17 million and shares worth up to $33 million by 2018. The share package has been a "golden handcuffs" arrangement to him from a rival company in the next few years. He will also add-ons for pensions and performance bonuses.

Burberry chairman Sir John Peace the package. He said he was "" and would talk to shareholders. He said: "I want to why they so strongly to vote against." He said the packages for Bailey and his predecessor Angela Ahrendts to keep "world-class executives" at the company. Under Ms Ahrendts' guidance between 2006 and 2014, the company's sales to over $3.4 billion, and shares more than threefold to $12 billion. Peace out that many companies around the world would be willing to Mr Bailey a lot more. He that Bailey was "worth every penny". Bailey joined Burberry in 2001 as Design Director and became Creative Director in 2004.

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