Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8165F

Premier Foods plc

29 April 2014

 



29 April 2014

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

Annual General Meeting 2014

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 table below shows the votes received for and against the resolutions, representing a total of 72 per cent of the 823,607,761 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting. 

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	Votes withheld*
1	600,274,893	100.00	17,597	0.00	600,292,490	2,297,567
2	592,432,265	99.93	410,277	0.07	592,842,542	9,747,515
3	593,707,405	99.05	5,714,208	0.95	599,421,613	3,168,444
4	599,491,227	99.77	1,367,367	0.23	600,858,594	1,731,463
5	598,310,146	99.58	2,545,217	0.42	600,855,363	1,734,694
6	597,934,811	99.53	2,851,054	0.47	600,785,865	1,804,192
7	598,884,771	99.67	1,972,061	0.33	600,856,832	1,733,225
8	597,632,358	99.48	3,154,101	0.52	600,786,459	1,803,598
9	597,705,290	99.48	3,143,002	0.52	600,848,292	1,741,765
10	451,647,824	98.61	6,379,455	1.39	458,027,279	144,562,778**
11	597,621,919	99.47	3,166,749	0.53	600,788,668	1,801,389
12	592,417,950	98.59	8,499,384	1.41	600,917,334	1,672,723
13	597,156,828	99.38	3,742,274	0.62	600,899,102	1,690,955
14	595,098,991	99.05	5,733,634	0.95	600,832,625	1,757,407
15	600,334,353	99.92	497,116	0.08	600,831,469	1,758,588
16	599,666,791	99.80	1,222,552	0.20	600,889,343	1,700,714
17	567,785,203	94.49	33,139,376	5.51	600,924,579	1,665,477
18	599,076,955	99.72	1,712,051	0.28	600,789,006	1,801,049

* A vote withheld is not counted as a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the % of votes "for" or "against" the resolution.

** Includes 142,760,090 shares withheld by Warburg Pincus.

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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

The above poll results will also shortly be available on the Company's website: http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/investor-relations/shareholder-information/agm-and-general-meetings.cfm

The items of special business approved at the AGM were:

Resolution 15    Renewal of power to disapply pre-emption rights.

Resolution 17    Approval of notice period for general meetings.

For further information contact:

Andrew McDonald

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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