Premier Foods plc
("Premier Foods" or the "Company")
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING
At the General Meeting of Premier Foods held at 9.00 a.m. today at the London Hilton on Park Lane, 22 Park Lane, London W1K 1BE, the ordinary resolution regarding the proposed disposal of the Company's Meat-free Business was duly passed.
The table below shows the number of proxy votes received for and against the resolution, representing a total of 70.3 per cent. of the 2,398,021,581 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting.
Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Total Cast |
Votes Withheld |
To approve the disposal of the Meat-free Business |
1,686,585,608 |
99.99 |
144,674 |
0.01 |
1,686,730,282 |
212,603 |
A copy of the resolution approved at the General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Enquiries
For further information, please contact:
Premier Foods plc
01727 815 850
Jim Smart (Chief Financial Officer)
Gwyn Tyley (Director of Investor Relations and M&A)
Maitland
020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
Brian Hudspith
Rothschild
020 7280 5000
Akeel Sachak
Robert Plowman