Result of EGM

RNS Number : 5004A

Greencore Group PLC

01 February 2011

 



GREENCORE GROUP PLC

CONTACT:     MR. C. O'LEARY                                          TELEPHONE: [phone]

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Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

Greencore Group plc ('the Company') announces that the Resolutions 6 - 10, proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 31^st January, 2011 were passed. Resolutions 1 - 5 were adjourned with the consent of the meeting.

Resolutions 6 - 10 were to authorise the directors to allot shares and to allot equity securities otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights; to authorise market purchases of the company's own shares; to determine the price range for the re-issue of treasury shares off-market and to amend the Articles of Association by deletion of all references to Article 11.  The full texts of the resolutions were included in the notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company circulated to Shareholders on 22^nd December, 2010.   The resolutions were passed on a show of hands. 

Proxies received were as follows:

Resolution	Valid  Proxies	For	Against	Vote Withheld *
To Authorise the Directors to allot shares	104,896,892	97,050,409	3,931,219	3,9152,64
To authorise the allotment of equity securities otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights.	104,896,892	100,954,833	33,445	3,908,614
To authorise market purchases of the Company's own shares.	104,896,892	100,993,816	25,022	3,878,054
To determine the price range for the re-issue of treasury shares off-market.	104896892	100,964,274	31,644	3,900,974
To amend the articles of association by the deletion of all references to Article 11.	104,896,892	100,981,163	25,627	3,890,102

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Regulation 6.6.2 two copies of the Resolution have been forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and will be shortly available for inspection at the following locations:

Company Announcements Office, Irish Stock Exchange, 28 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Document Viewing Facility, Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom.

C. O'LEARY

GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

NO. 2 NORTHWOOD AVENUE

NORTHWOOD BUSINESS PARK

SANTRY

DUBLIN 9

1^st February, 2011

 

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