Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3385G

Premier Foods plc

23 July 2021

 

23 July 2021

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

Annual General Meeting 2021

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: www.premierfoods.co.uk

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld*
1. To receive the 2020/21 annual report.	684,240,178	100.00%	20,379	0.00%	684,260,557	79.95%	3,888,696
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	670,891,177	97.53%	17,003,876	2.47%	687,895,053	80.38%	254,200
3. To approve a final dividend.	688,136,839	100.00%	7,920	0.00%	688,144,759	80.41%	4,494
4. To elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.	683,415,749	99.32%	4,702,982	0.68%	688,118,731	80.40%	30,522
5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.	644,075,171	94.03%	40,922,816	5.97%	684,997,987	80.04%	3,151,266
6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.	684,534,211	99.50%	3,440,814	0.50%	687,975,025	80.39%	174,228
7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.	682,798,892	99.23%	5,327,240	0.77%	688,126,132	80.40%	23,121
8. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	682,781,954	99.22%	5,343,742	0.78%	688,125,696	80.40%	23,557
9. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director.	681,446,475	99.03%	6,679,657	0.97%	688,126,132	80.40%	23,121
10. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.	681,132,321	98.99%	6,979,233	1.01%	688,111,554	80.40%	37,699
11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.	677,475,316	98.45%	10,653,767	1.55%	688,129,083	80.40%	20,170
12. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director.	682,057,501	99.12%	6,056,484	0.88%	688,113,985	80.40%	35,268
13. To re-elect Daniel Wosner as a director.	682,594,576	99.20%	5,510,273	0.80%	688,104,849	80.40%	44,374
14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.	687,836,959	99.96%	275,254	0.04%	688,112,213	80.40%	37,040
15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	688,081,465	99.99%	46,365	0.01%	688,127,830	80.40%	21,423
16. To approve the authority to make political donations.	685,741,129	99.65%	2,384,108	0.35%	688,125,237	80.40%	24,016
17. To approve the authority to allot shares.	636,624,650	92.52%	51,502,324	7.48%	688,126,974	80.40%	22,279
18. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	686,237,080	99.77%	1,554,556	0.23%	687,791,636	80.36%	357,617
19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	639,259,031	92.91%	48,776,550	7.09%	688,035,581	80.39%	113,672
20. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	667,382,469	96.99%	20,694,454	3.01%	688,076,923	80.40%	72,330
21. To approve the alteration of the Articles of Association	687,931,607	99.99%	85,870	0.01%	688,017,477	80.39%	131,776

*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 21 July 2021 was 855,843,021 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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