Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1911T
Premier Foods plc
20 July 2022
 

 

 

20 July 2022

 

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

 

Annual General Meeting 2022

 

Result 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 2021/22 annual report.

700,414,721

100.00

20,844

0.00

700,435,565

81.15%

1,797,547

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

697,295,750

99.31

4,844,276

0.69

702,140,026

81.34%

93,086

3. To approve a final dividend.

702,221,142

100.00

8,325

0.00

702,229,467

81.35%

3,645

4. To elect Tania Howarth as a director.

701,963,704

99.96

248,323

0.04

702,212,027

81.35%

21,085

5. To elect Lorna Tilbian as a director.

698,303,554

99.44

3,911,286

0.56

702,214,840

81.35%

18,272

6. To elect Roisin Donnelly as a director.

701,983,005

99.97

230,926

0.03

702,213,931

81.35%

19,181

7. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.

692,182,517

98.57

10,022,771

1.43

702,205,288

81.35%

27,826

8. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.

701,950,970

99.96

271,519

0.04

702,222,489

81.35%

10,623

9. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.

699,775,575

99.65

2,448,590

0.35

702,224,165

81.35%

8,947

10. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director.

693,914,193

98.82

8,307,015

1.18

702,221,208

81.35%

11,904

11. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director.

700,273,157

99.72

1,946,621

0.28

702,219,778

81.35%

13,334

12. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.

700,645,637

99.78

1,575,641

0.22

702,221,278

81.35%

11,834

13. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.

697,870,008

99.38

4,342,449

0.62

702,212,457

81.35%

20,655

14. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.

695,969,798

99.11

6,219,777

0.89

702,189,575

81.35%

43,537

15. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor.

701,940,711

99.96

257,407

0.04

702,198,118

81.35%

34,994

16. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.

702,164,482

99.99

57,911

0.01

702,222,393

81.35%

10,719

17. To approve the authority to make political donations.

693,165,986

98.72

8,953,593

1.28

702,119,579

81.34%

113,533

18. To approve the authority to allot shares.

637,523,301

90.79

64,667,764

9.21

702,191,065

81.35%

42,047

19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.

699,002,836

99.59

2,873,717

0.41

701,876,553

81.31%

356,559

20. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.

666,551,097

94.94

35,541,917

5.06

702,093,014

81.34%

140,098

21. To approve the notice period for general meetings.

693,139,889

98.71

9,037,952

1.29

702,177,841

81.35%

55,271

 

*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 18 July 2022 was 863,182,301 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: 01727 815850

 

 

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