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6 November 2017
Hilton Food Group plc
Result of General Meeting
Hilton Food Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its General Meeting held today were duly passed on a show of hands.
The proxy voting results will be placed onto the Company's website at www.hiltonfoodgroupplc.com/investors-agm.
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the notice of general meeting set out in the circular sent to shareholders on 18 October 2017 (the "Circular").
The first resolution (passed as an ordinary resolution) approves the acquisition by the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Hilton Foods Limited, of the entire issued share capital of Icelandic Group UK Limited, further details of which are set out in the Circular.
The second resolution (passed as an ordinary resolution) authorises the directors of the Company to allot new ordinary shares in connection with the Placing (as such term is defined in the Circular) pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").
The third resolution (passed as a special resolution) disapplies the pre-emption rights conferred by section 561 of the Act in respect of the new ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the Placing.
A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information, please contact:
Neil George
Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0) 1480 387207