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21 July 2016
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Premier Foods plc ('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')
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Annual General Meeting 2016
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Result of AGM
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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.
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A copy of the resolutions in respect of the special business approved at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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The items of special business approved at the AGM were:
Resolution 14 - Renewal of power to disapply pre-emption rights.
Resolution 15 - Renewal of power to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.
Resolution 16 - Approval of notice period for general meetings.
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The poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website later today: http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre.
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Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Total cast | Votes withheld* |
1 | 536,452,147 | 99.99 | 31,095 | 0.01 | 536,483,242 | 18,611 |
2 | 436,369,922 | 85.41 | 74,559,365 | 14.59 | 510,929,287 | 25,572,566 |
3 | 534,153,513 | 99.58 | 2,279,467 | 0.42 | 536,432,980 | 68,373 |
4 | 471,146,560 | 87.85 | 65,152,686 | 12.15 | 536,299,246 | 202,607 |
5 | 534,193,865 | 99.58 | 2,265,479 | 0.42 | 536,459,344 | 42,509 |
6 | 532,701,076 | 99.32 | 3,670,344 | 0.68 | 536,371,420 | 130,433 |
7 | 533,978,725 | 99.57 | 2,282,838 | 0.43 | 536,261,563 | 240,290 |
8 | 533,993,645 | 99.57 | 2,280,497 | 0.43 | 536,274,142 | 227,711 |
9 | 533,493,078 | 99.47 | 2,818,564 | 0.53 | 536,311,642 | 190,211 |
10 | 535,219,949 | 99.80 | 1,048,334 | 0.20 | 536,268,283 | 233,570 |
11 | 536,208,411 | 99.95 | 245,751 | 0.05 | 536,454,162 | 47,691 |
12 | 534,688,076 | 99.67 | 1,778,807 | 0.33 | 536,466,883 | 34,970 |
13 | 532,500,530 | 99.27 | 3,904,368 | 0.73 | 536,404,898 | 96,955 |
14 | 534,651,515 | 99.68 | 1,711,058 | 0.32 | 536,362,573 | 139,280 |
15 | 518,151,179 | 96.60 | 18,210,186 | 3.40 | 536,361,365 | 140,488 |
16 | 456,739,112 | 85.14 | 79,714,992 | 14.86 | 536,454,104 | 47,749 |
17 | 532,285,645 | 99.23 | 4,106,616 | 0.77 | 536,392,261 | 110,592 |
* A vote withheld is not counted as a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the % of votes "for" or "against" the resolution.
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For further information contact:
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Andrew McDonald
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: 01727 815850
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