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Result of AGM

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Premier Foods plc
23 July 2021
 

 

                                                                                   

23 July 2021

 

Premier Foods plc ('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')

 

Annual General Meeting 2021

 

Result of AGM

 

Premier Foods announces that at the Company's AGM held today, all of the resolutions proposed were passed with the required majorities by way of a poll.

 

The poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website later today: www.premierfoods.co.uk

 

 

Resolution

For

%

Against

%

Total cast

% of ISC voted

Votes withheld*

1. To receive the 2020/21 annual report.

684,240,178

100.00%

20,379

0.00%

684,260,557

79.95%

3,888,696

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

670,891,177

97.53%

17,003,876

2.47%

687,895,053

80.38%

254,200

3. To approve a final dividend.

688,136,839

100.00%

7,920

0.00%

688,144,759

80.41%

4,494

4. To elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.

683,415,749

99.32%

4,702,982

0.68%

688,118,731

80.40%

30,522

5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.

644,075,171

94.03%

40,922,816

5.97%

684,997,987

80.04%

3,151,266

6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.

684,534,211

99.50%

3,440,814

0.50%

687,975,025

80.39%

174,228

7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.

682,798,892

99.23%

5,327,240

0.77%

688,126,132

80.40%

23,121

8. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.

682,781,954

99.22%

5,343,742

0.78%

688,125,696

80.40%

23,557

9. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director.

681,446,475

99.03%

6,679,657

0.97%

688,126,132

80.40%

23,121

10. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.

681,132,321

98.99%

6,979,233

1.01%

688,111,554

80.40%

37,699

11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.

677,475,316

98.45%

10,653,767

1.55%

688,129,083

80.40%

20,170

12. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director.

682,057,501

99.12%

6,056,484

0.88%

688,113,985

80.40%

35,268

13. To re-elect Daniel Wosner as a director.

682,594,576

99.20%

5,510,273

0.80%

688,104,849

80.40%

44,374

14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.

687,836,959

99.96%

275,254

0.04%

688,112,213

80.40%

37,040

15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.

688,081,465

99.99%

46,365

0.01%

688,127,830

80.40%

21,423

16. To approve the authority to make political donations.

685,741,129

99.65%

2,384,108

0.35%

688,125,237

80.40%

24,016

17. To approve the authority to allot shares.

636,624,650

92.52%

51,502,324

7.48%

688,126,974

80.40%

22,279

18. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.

686,237,080

99.77%

1,554,556

0.23%

687,791,636

80.36%

357,617

19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.

639,259,031

92.91%

48,776,550

7.09%

688,035,581

80.39%

113,672

20. To approve the notice period for general meetings.

667,382,469

96.99%

20,694,454

3.01%

688,076,923

80.40%

72,330

21. To approve the alteration of the Articles of Association

687,931,607

99.99%

85,870

0.01%

688,017,477

80.39%

131,776

 

*A vote withheld is not counted as a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the % of votes "for" or "against" a resolution. The total number of shares in issue as at 21 July 2021 was 855,843,021 ordinary shares of 10p each.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions in respect of the special business approved at the AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism (NSM), and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 

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For further information contact:

 

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: 01727 815850

 

 

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