Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6848C

Premier Foods plc

03 May 2012

 



3 May 2012

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

Annual Financial Report, AGM and Share Consolidation

Result of AGM

Premier Foods announces that at the AGM of the Company held today all of the resolutions proposed were passed with the required majorities.

The table below shows the votes received for and against the resolution, representing a total of 61 per cent of the 2,398,058,230 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting. 

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	Votes withheld
1	1,503,284,185	99.66	5,076,795	0.34	1,508,360,980	47,454,297
2	1,080,762,095	73.63	386,983,785	26.37	1,467,745,880	88,069,397
3	1,503,549,841	99.69	4,648,463	0.31	1,508,198,304	47,616,973
4	1,503,159,067	99.69	4,737,439	0.31	1,507,896,506	47,918,771
5	1,498,428,669	99.62	5,702,891	0.38	1,504,131,560	51,683,717
6	1,499,665,305	99.46	8,176,503	0.54	1,507,841,808	47,973,469
7	1,459,230,991	96.91	46,599,926	3.09	1,505,830,837	49,984,440
8	1,459,164,468	96.77	48,715,982	3.23	1,507,880,450	47,934,827
9	1,499,103,362	99.67	5,020,266	0.33	1,504,123,628	51,691,649
10	1,461,517,417	96.92	46,380,018	3.08	1,507,897,435	47,917,842
11	1,432,812,044	95.04	74,783,794	4.96	1,507,595,838	48,219,439
12	1,435,442,328	95.23	71,966,076	4.77	1,507,408,404	48,406,873
13	1,501,686,526	99.61	5,879,562	0.39	1,507,566,088	48,249,189
14	1,506,352,625	99.89	1,682,431	0.11	1,508,035,056	47,780,221
15	1,403,664,674	93.06	104,643,082	6.94	1,508,307,756	47,507,521
16	1,503,063,337	99.66	5,097,403	0.34	1,508,160,740	47,654,537
17	1,503,863,937	99.72	4,291,101	0.28	1,508,155,038	47,665,342

A copy of the resolutions in respect of the special business approved at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The above poll results will also shortly be available on the Company's website: www.premierfoods.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information 

The items of special business approved at the AGM were:

Resolution 14.    Authority to allot shares.

Resolution 15.    Approval of notice period for general meetings.                                              

The resolution to consolidate the Company's share capital, on the basis of one New Ordinary Share for 10 Existing Ordinary shares, was duly approved and as a result the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each will be cancelled from trading on London Stock Exchange with effect from 4.30pm today and the newly consolidated ordinary shares of 10 pence each will be admitted to trading on London Stock Exchange with effect from 8.00am tomorrow ('Admission').  Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 239,805,823 ordinary shares of 10p each with the new ISIN GB00B7N0K053. 

Share certificates in respect of the consolidated shares will be posted to shareholders no later than 11 May 2012.

For further information contact:

Andrew McDonald

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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