Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8744F

Premier Foods plc

17 July 2019

 

17 July 2019

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

Annual General Meeting 2019

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 2018/19 annual report.	556,716,079	99.65	1,964,211	0.35	558,680,290	66.05%	373,485
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	492,116,412	88.04	66,861,208	11.96	558,977,620	66.09%	76,155
3. To elect Simon Bentley as a director.	558,284,217	99.89	622,660	0.11	558,906,877	66.08%	146,899
4. To elect Orkun Kilic as a director.	548,759,555	98.19	10,122,184	1.81	558,881,739	66.08%	172,036
5. To elect Daniel Wosner as a director.	548,777,278	98.19	10,106,144	1.81	558,883,422	66.08%	170,353
6. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	542,961,884	97.15	15,926,539	2.85	558,888,423	66.08%	165,352
7. To re-elect Shinji Honda as a director.	552,852,471	98.92	6,055,723	1.08	558,908,194	66.08%	145,581
8. To re-elect Alastair Murray as a director.	552,773,432	98.90	6,138,762	1.10	558,912,194	66.08%	141,582
9. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director.	544,136,219	97.37	14,708,263	2.63	558,844,482	66.07%	209,293
10. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.	554,037,406	99.11	4,964,770	0.89	559,002,176	66.09%	51,599
11. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	552,326,156	98.81	6,677,915	1.19	559,004,071	66.09%	49,704
12. To approve the authority to make political donations.	556,626,820	99.57	2,393,319	0.43	559,020,139	66.09%	33,637
13. To approve the authority to allot shares.	553,845,517	99.08	5,129,641	0.92	558,975,158	66.09%	78,618
14. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	556,709,062	99.61	2,194,508	0.39	558,903,570	66.08%	149,627
15. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	556,460,971	99.56	2,468,172	0.44	558,929,143	66.08%	124,053
16. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	510,951,410	91.41	48,012,100	8.59	558,963,510	66.09%	89,687

*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 15 July 2019 was 845,809,503 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.

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For further information contact:

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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