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RNS Number : 8127M  Bakkavor Group PLC  25 May 2022

25 May 2022

Bakkavor Group plc

(the 'Company')

 

2022 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results

The Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") was held today at 10.00 am
at Fitzroy Place, 5(th) Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ.  All
resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 17 March 2022 and put to the
meeting were decided on by a poll and were passed.

 

Resolutions 1 to 17 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a
simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 18 to 21 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.

 

      Resolution                                                                      Votes For and Discretionary Votes  %        Votes Against  %      Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)  % of ISC Voted *  Votes Withheld
 1.   To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                       564,873,053                        100.00%  0              0.00%  564,873,053                            97.49%            489,803
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   564,080,140                        99.79%   1,194,447      0.21%  565,274,587                            97.56%            88,269
 3.   To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company for the year  565,278,596                        100.00%  0              0.00%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
      ended 25 December 2021 of 3.96 pence per ordinary share
 4.   To elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company                            565,196,731                        99.99%   81,865         0.01%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 5.   To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company                            563,063,174                        99.61%   2,215,422      0.39%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 6.   To re-elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company                      565,153,986                        99.98%   124,610        0.02%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 7.   To re-elect Ben Waldron as a Director of the Company                            565,151,751                        99.98%   126,845        0.02%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 8.   To re-elect Mike Edwards as a Director of the Company                           565,151,751                        99.98%   126,845        0.02%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 9.   To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company                        564,650,498                        99.89%   628,098        0.11%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 10.  To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company                             564,650,298                        99.89%   628,298        0.11%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 11.  To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company                         564,558,708                        99.87%   709,888        0.13%  565,268,596                            97.56%            94,260
 12.  To re-elect Patrick Cook as a Director of the Company                           565,151,751                        99.98%   126,845        0.02%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 13.  To re-elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company                      564,511,926                        99.86%   766,670        0.14%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 14.  To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company                             565,002,178                        99.95%   266,418        0.05%  565,268,596                            97.56%            94,260
 15.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company             564,450,587                        99.85%   828,009        0.15%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
 16.  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  565,273,587                        100.00%  5,009          0.00%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
      Auditors
 17.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      561,822,299                        99.39%   3,453,514      0.61%  565,275,813                            97.56%            87,043
 18.  To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                         565,255,768                        100.00%  20,045         0.00%  565,275,813                            97.56%            87,043
 19.  To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for                     561,231,381                        99.28%   4,047,215      0.72%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260
      financing/refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital investments
 20.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                             564,417,197                        99.85%   838,156        0.15%  565,255,353                            97.55%            107,503
 21.  To allow a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice                564,561,665                        99.87%   716,931        0.13%  565,278,596                            97.56%            84,260

 

          * Based on total issued share capital as at 23 May 2022 of
579,425,585 Ordinary shares.

 

 

 Votes of Independent Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election
 and re-election of the Independent Non-executive Directors
     Resolution                                                Votes For and Discretionary Votes  %       Votes Against  %      Total Votes Cast  % of ISC Voted **  Votes Withheld
 1.  To elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company      130,699,043                        99.94%  81,865         0.06%                    90.24%             84,260

                                                                                                                                130,780,908
 2.  To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company      128,565,486                        98.31%  2,215,422      1.69%  130,780,908       90.24%             84,260
 3.  To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company  130,152,810                        99.52%  628,098        0.48%  130,780,908       90.24%             84,260
 4.  To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company       130,152,610                        99.52%  628,298        0.48%  130,780,908       90.24%             84,260
 5.  To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company   130,061,020                        99.46%  709,888        0.54%  130,770,908       90.23%             94,260
 6.  To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company       130,504,490                        99.80%  266,418        0.20%  130,770,908       90.23%             94,260

 

          ** Based on independent voting capital of 144,927,897,
being total issued share capital of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares as at 23 May
2022, 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 23 May 2022 is 579,425,585
ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

c)   The Company's issued share capital as at 25 May 2022 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 4,5,9 -11 and 14,
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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

ENQUIRIES

Institutional investors and analysts:

Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
              +44 (0) 20 7908 6130

Emily Daw, Head of Investor Relations & Strategic Projects
                                  +44 (0) 20 7908 6114

ABOUT BAKKAVOR

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food ("FPF") in the UK,
with a growing international presence in the US and China. The Group is the
number one by market share in the UK in the four FPF product categories of
meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh,
healthy and convenient food. Its customers include every major UK grocery
retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and
some of the world's best-known food brands. Bakkavor was founded in 1986 and
has its headquarters in London. The Group has c.19,000 employees and operates
23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.

 

LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949

 

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