23 Dec 2014 11:40
Dairy Crest Group plc
Results of General Meeting held on 23 December 2014
Dairy Crest Group plc announces that at its General Meeting held today at Claygate House, Littleworth Road, Esher, Surrey KT10 9PN, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.
The votes cast were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Votes Withheld | |||
No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % | |||
1 | Approval of the disposal of the Dairies business of Dairy Crest Group plc to Muller UK & Ireland Group LLP. | 73,532,660 | 99.90 | 72,363 | 0.10 | 443,241 |
2 | (1) Approval of the changes to the rules of the Dairy Crest Long Term Incentive Share Plan ("LTISP") and authorisation of their adoption. (2) Approval of the grant of a nil cost option to acquire ordinary shares of Dairy Crest Group plc under the LTISP (as amended pursuant to paragraph (1) of resolution 2) to Mark Allen. | 47,599,995 | 64.32 | 26,403,040 | 35.68 | 45,229 |
Notes:
1 The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.
2 A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution.
3 Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.
4 Voting was conducted by poll.
5 The total number of proxy votes cast was 73,952,142 representing 54% of voting capital as at 22 December 2014. At the close of business on 22 December 2014, the issued share capital of the Company was 136,918,613 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of General Meeting at pages 46 - 48 of the shareholder circular dated 3 December 2014 which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/investors
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.3(1) and 9.6.18 a copy of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary business) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Robin Miller, Company Secretary & General Counsel
01372 472252