Last checked at 20 Jul 2023 16:27
20 July 2023
Premier Foods plc ('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')
Annual General Meeting 2023
Results 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 2022/23 annual report. | 729,180,197 | 100.00 | 13,489 | 0.00 | 729,193,686 | 83.95% | 1,224,546 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 717,755,279 | 98.28 | 12,587,600 | 1.72 | 730,342,879 | 84.08% | 75,353 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 702,864,358 | 96.24 | 27,460,333 | 3.76 | 730,324,691 | 84.08% | 93,541 |
4. To approve a final dividend. | 730,399,460 | 100.00 | 5,392 | 0.00 | 730,404,852 | 84.09% | 13,380 |
5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director. | 711,050,169 | 97.37 | 19,215,630 | 2.63 | 730,265,799 | 84.07% | 152,433 |
6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director. | 730,215,942 | 99.98 | 177,678 | 0.02 | 730,393,620 | 84.09% | 24,612 |
7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director. | 729,081,961 | 99.82 | 1,311,223 | 0.18 | 730,393,184 | 84.09% | 25,048 |
8. To re-elect Richard Hodgson as a director. | 723,505,745 | 99.06 | 6,885,409 | 0.94 | 730,391,154 | 84.09% | 27,078 |
9. To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director | Resolution withdrawn | ||||||
10. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director. | 729,960,687 | 99.95 | 398,780 | 0.05 | 730,359,467 | 84.08% | 58,765 |
11. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director. | 730,003,324 | 99.95 | 366,236 | 0.05 | 730,369,560 | 84.08% | 48,672 |
12. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director. | 723,761,379 | 99.09 | 6,611,004 | 0.91 | 730,372,383 | 84.08% | 45,849 |
13. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director. | 726,394,268 | 99.46 | 3,966,988 | 0.54 | 730,361,256 | 84.08% | 56,976 |
14. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director. | 730,198,612 | 99.97 | 191,478 | 0.03 | 730,390,090 | 84.09% | 28,142 |
15. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director. | 720,179,461 | 98.60 | 10,202,036 | 1.40 | 730,381,497 | 84.08% | 36,735 |
16. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor. | 730,275,320 | 99.99 | 91,106 | 0.01 | 730,366,426 | 84.08% | 51,806 |
17. To approve the remuneration of the auditor. | 730,261,399 | 99.98 | 118,906 | 0.02 | 730,380,305 | 84.08% | 37,927 |
18. To approve the authority to make political donations. | 718,015,888 | 98.31 | 12,325,072 | 1.69 | 730,340,960 | 84.08% | 77,272 |
19. To approve the authority to allot shares. | 657,591,013 | 90.03 | 72,784,580 | 9.97 | 730,375,593 | 84.08% | 42,639 |
20. To approve the amendments to the Premier Foods plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2020. | 724,199,692 | 99.16 | 6,100,961 | 0.84 | 730,300,653 | 84.08% | 117,579 |
21. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | 729,067,616 | 99.86 | 987,186 | 0.14 | 730,054,802 | 84.05% | 363,430 |
22. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment. | 729,051,406 | 99.82 | 1,335,379 | 0.18 | 730,386,785 | 84.09% | 31,447 |
23. To approve the notice period for general meetings. | 722,347,021 | 98.90 | 8,003,247 | 1.10 | 730,350,268 | 84.08% | 67,964 |
*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 2023 was 868,628,060 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