Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1911T

Premier Foods plc

20 July 2022

 

20 July 2022

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

Annual General Meeting 2022

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 2021/22 annual report.	700,414,721	100.00	20,844	0.00	700,435,565	81.15%	1,797,547
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	697,295,750	99.31	4,844,276	0.69	702,140,026	81.34%	93,086
3. To approve a final dividend.	702,221,142	100.00	8,325	0.00	702,229,467	81.35%	3,645
4. To elect Tania Howarth as a director.	701,963,704	99.96	248,323	0.04	702,212,027	81.35%	21,085
5. To elect Lorna Tilbian as a director.	698,303,554	99.44	3,911,286	0.56	702,214,840	81.35%	18,272
6. To elect Roisin Donnelly as a director.	701,983,005	99.97	230,926	0.03	702,213,931	81.35%	19,181
7. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.	692,182,517	98.57	10,022,771	1.43	702,205,288	81.35%	27,826
8. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.	701,950,970	99.96	271,519	0.04	702,222,489	81.35%	10,623
9. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.	699,775,575	99.65	2,448,590	0.35	702,224,165	81.35%	8,947
10. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	693,914,193	98.82	8,307,015	1.18	702,221,208	81.35%	11,904
11. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director.	700,273,157	99.72	1,946,621	0.28	702,219,778	81.35%	13,334
12. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.	700,645,637	99.78	1,575,641	0.22	702,221,278	81.35%	11,834
13. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.	697,870,008	99.38	4,342,449	0.62	702,212,457	81.35%	20,655
14. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.	695,969,798	99.11	6,219,777	0.89	702,189,575	81.35%	43,537
15. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.	701,940,711	99.96	257,407	0.04	702,198,118	81.35%	34,994
16. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	702,164,482	99.99	57,911	0.01	702,222,393	81.35%	10,719
17. To approve the authority to make political donations.	693,165,986	98.72	8,953,593	1.28	702,119,579	81.34%	113,533
18. To approve the authority to allot shares.	637,523,301	90.79	64,667,764	9.21	702,191,065	81.35%	42,047
19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	699,002,836	99.59	2,873,717	0.41	701,876,553	81.31%	356,559
20. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	666,551,097	94.94	35,541,917	5.06	702,093,014	81.34%	140,098
21. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	693,139,889	98.71	9,037,952	1.29	702,177,841	81.35%	55,271

*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 2022 was 863,182,301 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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