Last checked at 23 Jul 2021 14:36
23 July 2021
Premier Foods plc ('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')
Annual General Meeting 2021
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 2020/21 annual report. | 684,240,178 | 100.00% | 20,379 | 0.00% | 684,260,557 | 79.95% | 3,888,696 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 670,891,177 | 97.53% | 17,003,876 | 2.47% | 687,895,053 | 80.38% | 254,200 |
3. To approve a final dividend. | 688,136,839 | 100.00% | 7,920 | 0.00% | 688,144,759 | 80.41% | 4,494 |
4. To elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director. | 683,415,749 | 99.32% | 4,702,982 | 0.68% | 688,118,731 | 80.40% | 30,522 |
5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director. | 644,075,171 | 94.03% | 40,922,816 | 5.97% | 684,997,987 | 80.04% | 3,151,266 |
6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director. | 684,534,211 | 99.50% | 3,440,814 | 0.50% | 687,975,025 | 80.39% | 174,228 |
7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director. | 682,798,892 | 99.23% | 5,327,240 | 0.77% | 688,126,132 | 80.40% | 23,121 |
8. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director. | 682,781,954 | 99.22% | 5,343,742 | 0.78% | 688,125,696 | 80.40% | 23,557 |
9. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director. | 681,446,475 | 99.03% | 6,679,657 | 0.97% | 688,126,132 | 80.40% | 23,121 |
10. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director. | 681,132,321 | 98.99% | 6,979,233 | 1.01% | 688,111,554 | 80.40% | 37,699 |
11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director. | 677,475,316 | 98.45% | 10,653,767 | 1.55% | 688,129,083 | 80.40% | 20,170 |
12. To re-elect Pam Powell as a director. | 682,057,501 | 99.12% | 6,056,484 | 0.88% | 688,113,985 | 80.40% | 35,268 |
13. To re-elect Daniel Wosner as a director. | 682,594,576 | 99.20% | 5,510,273 | 0.80% | 688,104,849 | 80.40% | 44,374 |
14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor. | 687,836,959 | 99.96% | 275,254 | 0.04% | 688,112,213 | 80.40% | 37,040 |
15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor. | 688,081,465 | 99.99% | 46,365 | 0.01% | 688,127,830 | 80.40% | 21,423 |
16. To approve the authority to make political donations. | 685,741,129 | 99.65% | 2,384,108 | 0.35% | 688,125,237 | 80.40% | 24,016 |
17. To approve the authority to allot shares. | 636,624,650 | 92.52% | 51,502,324 | 7.48% | 688,126,974 | 80.40% | 22,279 |
18. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | 686,237,080 | 99.77% | 1,554,556 | 0.23% | 687,791,636 | 80.36% | 357,617 |
19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment. | 639,259,031 | 92.91% | 48,776,550 | 7.09% | 688,035,581 | 80.39% | 113,672 |
20. To approve the notice period for general meetings. | 667,382,469 | 96.99% | 20,694,454 | 3.01% | 688,076,923 | 80.40% | 72,330 |
21. To approve the alteration of the Articles of Association | 687,931,607 | 99.99% | 85,870 | 0.01% | 688,017,477 | 80.39% | 131,776 |
*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 21 July 2021 was 855,843,021 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