Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 2728L

Premier Foods plc

11 January 2021

 

11 January 2021

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

General Meeting 

Result of General Meeting to approve the Proposed Capital Reduction

Premier Foods announces that at the Company's General Meeting held today, the resolution to approve the Proposed Capital Reduction was passed with the required majority by way of a poll.

Shareholders should note that the Proposed Capital Reduction is conditional upon the confirmation of the Court.

Expected timetable

Event	Expected time/date
Expected date for final hearing and confirmation of the Proposed Capital Reduction by the Court	9 February 2021
Expected date that the Proposed Capital Reduction becomes effective	on or shortly after 10 February 2021

Poll Results

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*
THAT the share premium account of the Company be cancelled.	645,267,932	99.99%	49,402	0.01%	645,317,334	75.71	105,810

*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 9 January 2021 was 852,385,190 ordinary shares of 10p each.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies  of the special resolution approved at the General Meeting w ill 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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