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RNS Number : 8469J  Bakkavor Group PLC  22 May 2025

22 May 2025

Bakkavor Group plc

(the 'Company')

 

2025 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results

The Company's 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") was held virtually today at
10.00am via the Lumi platform. All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM
dated 3 March 2025 and put to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were
passed.

 

 

 Res No.  Resolution                                                                     Votes For and Discretionary Votes  %       Votes Against  %     Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)  % of ISC Voted *  Votes Withheld
 1.       To receive the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts                                 538,909,279                        100.00  8,078          0.00  538,917,357                            93.01             879
 2.       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  538,850,755                        99.99   59,546         0.01  538,910,301                            93.01             7,935
 3.       To declare a final dividend of 4.80 pence per ordinary share on the ordinary   538,907,658                        100.00  10,555         0.00  538,918,213                            93.01             23
          shares of the Company for the year ended 28 December 2024, for payment on 28
          May 2025
 4.       To elect Lee Miley as a Director of the Company                                538,746,082                        99.97   171,406        0.03  538,917,488                            93.01             748
 5.       To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company                           531,856,303                        98.69   7,060,926      1.31  538,917,229                            93.01             1,007
 6.       To re-elect Mike Edwards as a Director of the Company                          538,755,800                        99.97   161,434        0.03  538,917,234                            93.01             1,002
 7.       To re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company                        538,812,872                        99.98   103,539        0.02  538,916,411                            93.01             1,825
 8.       To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company                            537,774,066                        99.79   1,143,168      0.21  538,917,234                            93.01             1,002
 9.       To re-elect Robert Berlin as a Director of the Company                         538,754,172                        99.97   163,057        0.03  538,917,229                            93.01             1,007
 10.      To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company                        537,742,843                        99.78   1,174,391      0.22  538,917,234                            93.01             1,002
 11.      To re-elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company                     538,755,889                        99.97   160,986        0.03  538,916,875                            93.01             1,361
 12.      To re-elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company                     537,583,839                        99.75   1,333,395      0.25  538,917,234                            93.01             1,002
 13.      To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company                       537,771,163                        99.79   1,146,071      0.21  538,917,234                            93.01             1,002
 14.      To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company                            538,868,597                        99.99   47,814         0.01  538,916,411                            93.01             1,825
 15.      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as External Auditors of the Company   538,896,233                        100.00  21,516         0.00  538,917,749                            93.01             487
 16.      To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the External Auditors  538,907,362                        100.00  10,386         0.00  538,917,748                            93.01             488
 17.      To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                     538,732,915                        99.97   184,601        0.03  538,917,516                            93.01             720
 18.      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                      538,582,205                        99.94   334,981        0.06  538,917,186                            93.01             1,050
 19.      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for                  538,424,325                        99.91   492,507        0.09  538,916,832                            93.01             1,404
          financing/refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital investments
 20.      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                            536,542,881                        99.56   2,352,279      0.44  538,895,160                            93.01             23,076
 21.      To allow a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice               538,672,296                        99.95   245,448        0.05  538,917,744                            93.01             492

 

          * Based on total issued share capital as at 20 May 2025 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
 5.       To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company      241,191,543                        97.16  7,060,926      2.84                    86.03              1,007

                                                                                                                                   248,252,469

 7.       To re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company   248,148,112                        99.96  103,539        0.04  248,251,651       86.03              1,825
 8.       To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company       247,109,306                        99.54  1,143,168      0.46  248,252,474       86.03              1,002
 10.      To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company   247,078,083                        99.53  1,174,391      0.47  248,252,474       86.03              1,002
  13.     To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company  247,106,403                        99.54  1,146,071      0.46  248,252,474       86.03              1,002
 14.      To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company       248,203,837                        99.98  47,814         0.02  248,251,651       86.03              1,825

 

   ** Based on independent voting capital of 288,560,825 being total issued
share capital of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares as at 20 May 2025, 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 20 May 2025 was 579,425,585
ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

c)   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.

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

e)   In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.2.8R, Resolutions 5, 7, 8, 10, 13
and 14 (re-election of independent directors) inclusive were approved by: (a)
the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the
Company.

f)    In accordance with the UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, 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)

g)   A copy of the voting results shown above will be made available on the
Company's website at www.bakkavor.com/en/investors/shareholder-information
(http://www.bakkavor.com/en/investors/shareholder-information)

 

 

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 ENQUIRIES

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

 Institutional investors and analysts:
 Lee Miley, 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 17,200 colleagues operate
from 40 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of c.3,100
products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading
grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China. Of
this total, our China business comprises: 2,300 colleagues, 9 sites (7
manufacturing sites, 1 head office, 1 farm) and c.1,100 products. Find out
more at www.bakkavor.com
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LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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