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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 (http://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 To re-elect Simon Bentley as a director                                    Resolution withdrawn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    724,199,692  99.16   6,100,961   0.84  730,300,653  84.08%          117,579
 Plan 2020.
 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  729,051,406  99.82   1,335,379   0.18  730,386,785  84.09%          31,447
 or a specified capital investment.
 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
(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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