RNS Number : 7208P
Bakkavor Group PLC
23 May 2024
 

23 May 2024

Bakkavor Group plc

(the 'Company')

 

2024 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results

The Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") was held today at 10.00 am at Fitzroy Place, 5th Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ.  All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 4 March 2024 and put to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were passed.

 

Resolutions 1 to 18 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 19 to 22 were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be passed).  The results for each resolution are set out below.

 

Res No.

Resolution

Votes For and Discretionary Votes

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)

% of ISC Voted *

Votes Withheld

1.

To receive the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts

557,183,171

100.00%

10,638

0.00%

557,193,809

96.16

7,689

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

556,747,334

99.92%

440,095

0.08%

557,187,429

96.16

14,069

3.

To approve the 2024 Directors' Remuneration Policy

557,116,484

99.99%

70,788

0.01%

557,187,272

96.16

14,226

4.

To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 December 2023 of 4.37 pence per ordinary share

557,184,529

100.00%

8,998

0.00%

557,193,527

96.16

7,971

5.

To elect Robert Berlin as a Director of the Company

557,154,228

99.99%

37,581

0.01%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

6.

To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company

549,389,394

98.60%

7,802,415

1.40%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

7.

To re-elect Mike Edwards as a Director of the Company

557,153,965

99.99%

37,021

0.01%

557,190,986

96.16

10,512

8.

To re-elect Ben Waldron as a Director of the Company

557,154,170

99.99%

37,639

0.01%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

9.

To re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company

557,158,913

99.99%

32,896

0.01%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

10.

To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company

554,788,767

99.57%

2,403,042

0.43%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

11.

To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company

554,806,624

99.57%

2,381,580

0.43%

557,188,204

96.16

13,294

12.

To re-elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company

557,156,484

99.99%

34,502

0.01%

557,190,986

96.16

10,512

13.

To re-elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company

554,765,171

99.56%

2,426,638

0.44%

557,191,809

96.16

9,689

14.

To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company

554,783,527

99.57%

2,404,677

0.43%

557,188,204

96.16

13,294

15.

To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company

557,154,458

99.99%

33,746

0.01%

557,188,204

96.16

13,294

16.

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company

557,186,465

100.00%

10,667

0.00%

557,197,132

96.16

4,366

17.

To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditors

557,183,456

100.00%

13,676

0.00%

557,197,132

96.16

4,366

18.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

557,139,470

99.99%

54,873

0.01%

557,194,343

96.16

7,155

19.

To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights

556,988,011

99.96%

206,332

0.04%

557,194,343

96.16

7,155

20.

To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for financing/refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital investments

556,968,453

99.96%

225,890

0.04%

557,194,343

96.16

7,155

21.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

555,029,024

99.61%

2,168,108

0.39%

557,197,132

96.16

4,366

22.

 

To allow a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice

 

 

556,964,866

99.96%

226,411

0.04%

557,191,277

96.16

10,221

 

          * Based on total issued share capital as at 21 May 2024 of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares.

 

Votes of Independent Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the re-election of the Independent Non-executive Directors

Res No.

Resolution

Votes For and Discretionary Votes

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

% of ISC Voted **

Votes Withheld

6.

To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company

258,724,634

97.07%

7,802,415

2.93%

266,527,049

92.36

9,689

9.

To re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company

266,494,153

99.99%

32,896

0.01%

266,527,049

92.36

9,689

10.

To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company

264,124,007

99.10%

2,403,042

0.90%

266,527,049

92.36

9,689

11.

To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company

264,141,864

99.11%

2,381,580

0.89%

266,523,444

92.36

13,294

 14.

To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company

264,118,767

99.10%

2,404,677

0.90%

266,523,444

92.36

13,294

15.

To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company

266,489,698

99.99%

33,746

0.01%

266,523,444

92.36

13,294

 

   ** Based on independent voting capital of 288,560,825, being total issued share capital of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares as at 21 May 2024, but 

         excluding shares held by the controlling shareholders.

 

 

 

Notes:

a)   The votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.

b)   The Company's issued share capital as at 21 May 2024 is 579,425,585 ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

c)   The Company's issued share capital as at 23 May 2024 is 579,425,585 ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

d)   Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of all of the resolutions.

e)   A "Vote Withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

f)    In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 6, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 (re-election of independent directors) inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

g)   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

-Ends-

 

ENQUIRIES

 

 



Company Secretarial:



Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

+44 (0) 20 7908 6130





Institutional investors and analysts:




Ben Waldron, Chief Financial Officer




Emily Daw, Head of Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7908 6114


 

About Bakkavor

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 43 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China. Find out more at www.bakkavor.com. 

LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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