Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9545V

Premier Foods plc

12 August 2020

 

12 August 2020

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

Annual General Meeting 2020

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. At the Meeting the Chairman gave the following update on trading:

" Regarding current trading, July was a particularly strong month exhibiting a similar sales pattern to that of Q1. We continue to expect this to be a transitionary quarter, with trading normalising as consumers gradually return to eating out of the home. Our recently upgraded expectations for FY20/21 remain unchanged."

The poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website later today: www.premierfoods.co.uk

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld*
1. To receive the 2019/20 annual report.	588,910,599	99.98%	100,834	0.02%	589,011,433	69.31	638,793
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	587,453,313	99.64%	2,137,099	0.36%	589,590,412	69.38	59,815
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	569,672,002	96.65%	19,748,413	3.35%	589,420,415	69.36	229,811
4. To elect Colin Day as a director.	580,271,053	98.46%	9,058,658	1.54%	589,329,711	69.35	320,515
5. To elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.	587,261,640	99.61%	2,274,560	0.39%	589,536,200	69.37	114,027
6. To elect Duncan Leggett as a director.	586,395,604	99.47%	3,140,095	0.53%	589,535,699	69.37	114,528
7. To elect Helen Jones as a director.	589,405,041	99.98%	134,100	0.02%	589,539,141	69.37	111,086
8. To elect Tim Elliott as a director.	589,346,579	99.97%	165,144	0.03%	589,511,723	69.37	138,504
9. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	588,010,517	99.74%	1,509,021	0.26%	589,519,538	69.37	130,689
10. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director.	581,924,536	98.71%	7,593,304	1.29%	589,517,840	69.37	132,387
11. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director.	588,062,574	99.75%	1,470,272	0.25%	589,532,846	69.37	117,381
12. To re-elect Shinji Honda as a director.	587,040,359	99.57%	2,509,207	0.43%	589,549,566	69.37	100,661
13. To re-elect Daniel Wosner as a director.	580,891,199	98.53%	8,653,615	1.47%	589,544,814	69.37	105,413
14. To re-elect Orkun Kilic as a director.	580,875,048	98.53%	8,655,766	1.47%	589,530,814	69.37	119,413
15. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.	589,352,443	99.98%	98,556	0.02%	589,450,999	69.36	199,228
16. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	589,508,753	99.98%	91,869	0.02%	589,600,622	69.38	49,605
17. To approve the Premier Foods plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2020.	587,819,102	99.70%	1,766,830	0.30%	589,585,932	69.38	64,294
18. To approve the authority to make political donations.	588,855,878	99.87%	762,640	0.13%	589,618,518	69.38	31,709
19. To approve the authority to allot shares.	570,054,092	96.68%	19,559,425	3.32%	589,613,517	69.38	36,710
20. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	589,239,854	99.95%	322,521	0.05%	589,562,375	69.37	87,852
21. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	574,071,187	97.37%	15,478,783	2.63%	589,549,970	69.37	100,256
22. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	570,929,946	96.84%	18,651,152	3.16%	589,581,098	69.38	69,129

*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 10 August 2020 was 849,835,739 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 be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism (NSM), and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

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For further information contact:

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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