Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6767L

Premier Foods plc

20 July 2017

 

20 July 2017

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

Annual General Meeting 2017

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: http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre.

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld*
1. To receive the 2016/17 annual report.	550,515,215	99.97	179,939	0.03	550,695,154	66.14%	182,852
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	544,613,759	98.87	6,198,168	1.13	550,811,927	66.15%	66,079
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	540,647,973	98.82	6,432,867	1.18	547,080,840	65.70%	3,797,166
4. To elect Daniel Wosner as a director.	547,973,076	99.53	2,607,617	0.47	550,580,693	66.12%	297,313
5. To re-elect David Beever as a director.	547,847,491	99.48	2,846,055	0.52	550,693,546	66.14%	184,460
6. To re-elect Gavin Darby as a director.	547,928,947	99.49	2,801,754	0.51	550,730,701	66.14%	147,305
7. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	548,456,715	99.60	2,189,505	0.40	550,646,220	66.13%	231,786
8. To re-elect Tsunao Kijima as a director.	530,496,019	96.33	20,203,162	3.67	550,699,181	66.14%	178,825
9. To re-elect Ian Krieger as a director.	549,351,520	99.77	1,279,771	0.23	550,631,291	66.13%	246,715
10. To re-elect Jennifer Laing as a director.	549,366,961	99.77	1,272,402	0.23	550,639,363	66.13%	238,643
11. To re-elect Alastair Murray as a director.	547,939,328	99.51	2,672,981	0.49	550,612,309	66.13%	265,697
12. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director.	549,408,794	99.78	1,228,556	0.22	550,637,350	66.13%	246,262
13. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.	547,342,229	99.97	174,956	0.03	547,517,185	65.76%	3,360,821
14. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	549,647,652	99.79	1,147,770	0.21	550,795,422	66.15%	82,584
15. To approve the Premier Foods Deferred Bonus Plan 2017.	548,478,287	99.61	2,170,500	0.39	550,648,787	66.13%	229,219
16. To approve the authority to make political donations.	548,962,702	99.66	1,868,600	0.34	550,831,302	66.15%	46,704
17. To approve the authority to allot shares.	546,497,623	99.21	4,327,844	0.79	550,825,467	66.15%	52,539
18. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	548,964,178	99.67	1,799,767	0.33	550,763,945	66.15%	114,061
19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	489,834,793	88.94	60,915,406	11.06	550,750,199	66.14%	127,807
20. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	483,854,133	87.85	66,900,368	12.15	550,754,501	66.15%	123,505

*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 18 July 2017 was 832,660,179 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 shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information contact:

Andrew McDonald

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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