Result of AGM

Premier Foods plc

20 July 2023

 

20 July 2023

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

Annual General Meeting 2023

Results 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 2022/23 annual report.	729,180,197	100.00	13,489	0.00	729,193,686	83.95%	1,224,546
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	717,755,279	98.28	12,587,600	1.72	730,342,879	84.08%	75,353
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	702,864,358	96.24	27,460,333	3.76	730,324,691	84.08%	93,541
4. To approve a final dividend.	730,399,460	100.00	5,392	0.00	730,404,852	84.09%	13,380
5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.	711,050,169	97.37	19,215,630	2.63	730,265,799	84.07%	152,433
6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.	730,215,942	99.98	177,678	0.02	730,393,620	84.09%	24,612
7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.	729,081,961	99.82	1,311,223	0.18	730,393,184	84.09%	25,048
8. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.	723,505,745	99.06	6,885,409	0.94	730,391,154	84.09%	27,078
9. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director	Resolution withdrawn
10. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director.	729,960,687	99.95	398,780	0.05	730,359,467	84.08%	58,765
11. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.	730,003,324	99.95	366,236	0.05	730,369,560	84.08%	48,672
12. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director.	723,761,379	99.09	6,611,004	0.91	730,372,383	84.08%	45,849
13. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.	726,394,268	99.46	3,966,988	0.54	730,361,256	84.08%	56,976
14. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.	730,198,612	99.97	191,478	0.03	730,390,090	84.09%	28,142
15. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director.	720,179,461	98.60	10,202,036	1.40	730,381,497	84.08%	36,735
16. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.	730,275,320	99.99	91,106	0.01	730,366,426	84.08%	51,806
17. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	730,261,399	99.98	118,906	0.02	730,380,305	84.08%	37,927
18. To approve the authority to make political donations.	718,015,888	98.31	12,325,072	1.69	730,340,960	84.08%	77,272
19. To approve the authority to allot shares.	657,591,013	90.03	72,784,580	9.97	730,375,593	84.08%	42,639
20. To approve the amendments to the Premier Foods plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2020.	724,199,692	99.16	6,100,961	0.84	730,300,653	84.08%	117,579
21. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	729,067,616	99.86	987,186	0.14	730,054,802	84.05%	363,430
22. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	729,051,406	99.82	1,335,379	0.18	730,386,785	84.09%	31,447
23. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	722,347,021	98.90	8,003,247	1.10	730,350,268	84.08%	67,964

*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 2023 was 868,628,060 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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