Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 5414P

Premier Foods plc

25 October 2012

 



Premier Foods plc

25 October 2012

PREMIER FOODS PLC

Result of General Meeting

Premier Foods plc announces that at the General Meeting held today at London Hilton on Park Lane, 22 Park Lane, London W1K 1BE, the ordinary resolution regarding the proposed disposal of the sweet spreads and jellies business, as set out in the circular sent to shareholders on 28 September 2012 (the "Resolution"), was duly passed on a poll vote.

The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolution, representing a total of 63.25 per cent. of the 239,805,823 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting.

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total cast	Votes withheld
To approve the disposal of the sweet spreads and jellies business	151,582,057	99.94	84,327	0.06	151,666,384	566,506

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the Resolution will shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

The disposal is currently expected to complete on 27 October 2012.

Enquiries

For further information contact:

Andrew McDonald

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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