REG - Hilton Food Grp Plc - Result of AGM

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24/05/2021 14:20

RNS Number : 6211Z
  
Hilton Food Group PLC
  
24 May 2021
  
 

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


66,376,877


100.00%


44


0.00%


66,376,921


476,006




2.   Approve the Directors' remuneration report


64,582,070


97.79%


1,456,835


2.21%


66,038,905


814,022




3.   Re-elect Robert Watson as a director


54,261,372


87.83%


7,521,629


12.17%


61,783,001


5,069,926




4.   Re-elect Philip Heffer as a director


66,848,111


100.00%


44


0.00%


66,848,155


4,772




5.   Re-elect Nigel Majewski as a director


66,848,111


100.00%


44


0.00%


66,848,155


4,772




6.   Re-elect Christine Cross as a director


63,647,634


95.21%


3,200,792


4.79%


66,848,426


4,501




7.   Re-elect John Worby as a director


62,016,891


95.10%


3,192,410


4.90%


65,209,301


1,643,626




8.   Re-elect Angus Porter as a director


64,713,311


96.81%


2,134,844


3.19%


66,848,155


4,772




9.   Re-elect Rebecca Shelley as a director


64,713,301


96.81%


2,134,854


3.19%


66,848,155


4,772




10.  Re-appoint the auditors


64,628,129


96.68%


2,220,403


3.32%


66,848,532


4,395




11.  Authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration


66,832,242


99.98%


16,419


0.02%


66,848,661


4,266




12.  Declare a final dividend


66,848,932


100.00%


0


0.00%


66,848,932


3,995




13.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares


62,277,478


93.16%


4,571,183


6.84%


66,848,661


4,266




14.  Disapplication of pre-emption rights*


66,753,880


99.86%


94,696


0.14%


66,848,576


4,351




15.  Further disapplication of pre-emption rights*


66,068,777


98.83%


779,799


1.17%


66,848,576


4,351




16.  Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*


66,176,827


98.99%


672,505


1.01%


66,849,332


3,595




17.  General meetings: length of notice*


66,693,963


99.77%


154,969


0.23%


66,848,932


3,995




18.   Authorise the Directors to appropriate distributable profits of the Company to the payment of certain dividends*


60,545,032


100.00%


44


0.00%


60,545,076


6,307,851



 
* 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 20 May 2021 were 81,952,415 shares. 81.58% 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.hiltonfoodgroupplc.com/en/investors/shareholder-meeting-documents/.
 
 
For further information, please contact:
 
Neil George
Company Secretary
Tel.: +44 (0) 1480 387207, email: cosec@hiltonfoodgroup.com

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