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Result of AGM

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Hilton Food Group PLC
20 May 2024
 

Hilton Food Group plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Hilton Food Group plc (the Company) is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed on a poll as set out below:

 

RESOLUTION

VOTES

FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

TOTAL VOTES CAST

VOTES WITHHELD

1.   Receive the Annual report and financial statements

59,590,877

100.00

1,263

0.00

59,592,140

146,661

2.   Approve the Directors' Remuneration report

53,368,817

96.45

1,966,853

3.55

55,335,670

4,403,131

3.   Re-elect Robert Watson OBE as a director

55,025,295

95.04

2,870,451

4.96

57,895,746

1,843,055

4.   Elect Steve Murrells CBE as a director

59,651,784

99.86

85,815

0.14

59,737,599

1,202

5.   Re-elect Matt Osborne as a director

59,639,547

99.84

98,052

0.16

59,737,599

1,202

6.   Re-elect Dr Angus Porter as a director

59,052,985

98.85

684,662

1.15

59,737,647

1,154

7.   Re-elect Rebecca Shelley as a director

55,962,847

93.68

3,775,071

6.32

59,737,918

883

8.   Re-elect Patricia Dimond as a director

58,630,532

98.15

1,106,911

1.85

59,737,443

1,358

9.   Elect Sarah Perry as a director

59,631,516

99.82

106,132

0.18

59,737,648

1,153

10.  Appoint the auditors

58,936,362

98.66

802,014

1.34

59,738,376

425

11.  Authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

58,936,583

98.66

801,369

1.34

59,737,952

849

12.  Declare a final dividend

59,737,162

100.00

1,263

0.00

59,738,425

376

13.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares

58,714,678

98.29

1,023,424

1.71

59,738,102

699

14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

57,165,677

95.69

2,572,427

4.31

59,738,104

697

15.  Further disapplication of pre-emption rights*

56,627,026

94.79

3,111,075

5.21

59,738,101

700

16.  Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*

59,124,990

98.99

602,080

1.01

59,727,070

11,731

17.  General meetings: length of notice*

58,361,566

97.70

1,376,856

2.30

59,738,422

379

 

* Special Resolution

 

Notes:

1.    All resolutions were passed

2.    Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included as votes 'for' the resolution

3.    A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted as votes 'for' or 'against' the resolution

4.    The total number of shares in issue on 16 May 2024 were 89,702,244 shares. 66.60% of voting capital were instructed

 

 

A copy setting out all resolutions passed as special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

The proxy voting results will be placed onto the Company's website at https://www.hiltonfoods.com/investors/shareholder-information

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Neil George

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 1480 387214, email: cosec@hiltonfoodgroup.com

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