RNS Number : 3852A
Hilton Food Group PLC
23 May 2023
 

Hilton Food Group plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Hilton Food Group plc (the Company) is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed on a poll as set out below:

 

RESOLUTION

VOTES

FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

TOTAL VOTES CAST

VOTES WITHHELD

1.   Receive the Annual report and financial statements

59,384,312

100.00%

1

0.00%

59,384,313

709,953

2.   Approve the Directors' Remuneration report

52,502,977

90.78%

5,333,206

9.22%

57,836,183

2,258,083

3.   Re-elect Robert Watson as a director

57,288,052

96.48%

2,088,387

3.52%

59,376,439

717,827

4.   Re-elect Philip Heffer as a director

60,083,634

99.99%

7,108

0.01%

60,090,742

3,524

5.   Re-elect Matt Osborne as a director

60,083,709

99.99%

6,996

0.01%

60,090,705

3,524

6.   Re-elect Christine Cross as a director

59,674,563

99.33%

402,413

0.67%

60,076,976

17,253

7.   Re-elect Angus Porter as a director

59,623,982

99.25%

452,722

0.75%

60,076,704

17,525

8.   Re-elect Rebecca Shelley as a director

59,055,837

99.32%

402,142

0.68%

59,457,979

636,250

9.   Re-elect Patricia Dimond as a director

59,184,844

98.52%

891,861

1.48%

60,076,705

17,524

10.  Re-appoint the auditors

59,447,637

98.95%

630,192

1.05%

60,077,829

16,400

11.  Authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

60,091,939

100.00%

19

0.00%

60,091,958

2,271

12.  Declare a final dividend

60,092,143

100.00%

86

0.00%

60,092,229

2,000

13.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares

60,082,506

99.99%

7,439

0.01%

60,089,945

4,284

14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

57,195,316

95.20%

2,884,629

4.80%

60,079,945

14,284

15.  Further disapplication of pre-emption rights*

56,553,129

94.13%

3,526,816

5.87%

60,079,945

14,284

16.  Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*

59,469,690

98.96%

622,539

1.04%

60,092,229

2,000

17.  General meetings: length of notice*

59,948,001

99.78%

134,186

0.22%

60,082,187

12,042

 

* Special Resolution

 

Notes:

1.    All resolutions were passed

2.    Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included as votes 'for' the resolution

3.    A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted as votes 'for' or 'against' the resolution

4.    The total number of shares in issue on 19 May 2023 were 89,502,244 shares. 67.14% of voting capital were instructed

 

 

A copy setting out all resolutions passed as special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

The proxy voting results will be placed onto the Company's website at https://www.hiltonfoods.com/investors/shareholder-information

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Neil George

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 1480 387207, email: cosec@hiltonfoodgroup.com

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