RNS Number : 7074G
Premier Foods plc
20 July 2023
 

 

                                                                                   

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Resolution withdrawn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

 

 

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