Result of AGM

Premier Foods plc

18 July 2024

 

18 July 2024

Premier Foods plc

('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')

Annual General Meeting 2024

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 2023/24 annual report.	722,839,057	100.00	2,607	0.00	722,841,664	83.20%	824,825
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	703,651,207	98.05	14,006,208	1.95	717,657,415	82.60%	6,009,074
3. To approve a final dividend.	723,648,589	100.00	784	0.00	723,649,373	83.29%	17,116
4. To elect Malcolm Waugh as a director.	723,471,556	99.99	106,649	0.01	723,578,205	83.29%	88,284
5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.	712,820,579	98.51	10,787,211	1.49	723,607,790	83.29%	58,699
6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.	723,485,745	99.98	122,091	0.02	723,607,836	83.29%	58,653
7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.	722,544,409	99.85	1,063,771	0.15	723,608,180	83.29%	58,309
8. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director.	722,683,796	99.88	899,187	0.12	723,582,983	83.29%	83,506
9. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.	722,713,409	99.88	871,453	0.12	723,584,862	83.29%	81,627
10. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director.	717,076,426	99.10	6,529,277	0.90	723,605,703	83.29%	60,786
11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.	720,653,650	99.60	2,924,210	0.40	723,577,860	83.29%	88,629
12. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.	723,429,884	99.98	155,470	0.02	723,585,354	83.29%	81,135
13. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director.	715,530,558	98.88	8,074,808	1.12	723,605,366	83.29%	61,123
14. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.	723,464,555	99.99	68,349	0.01	723,532,904	83.28%	133,585
15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.	723,510,663	100.00	32,290	0.00	723,542,953	83.28%	123,536
16. To approve the authority to make political donations.	704,273,562	97.33	19,339,468	2.67	723,613,030	83.29%	53,459
17. To approve the 2024 Sharesave Plan.	722,331,027	99.83	1,264,866	0.17	723,595,893	83.29%	70,596
18. To approve the authority to allot shares.	647,472,885	89.48	76,141,477	10.52	723,614,362	83.29%	52,127
19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.	711,529,763	98.51	10,751,756	1.49	722,281,519	83.14%	1,384,970
20. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.	711,767,130	98.37	11,808,449	1.63	723,575,579	83.28%	90,910
21. To approve the notice period for general meetings.	715,362,720	98.86	8,262,868	1.14	723,625,588	83.29%	40,901

*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 16 July 2024 was 868,795,815 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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