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RNS Number : 9840W  Premier Foods plc  18 July 2024

 

 

18 July 2024

 

Premier Foods plc

('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')

 

Annual General Meeting 2024

 

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 2023/24 annual report.                                      722,839,057  100.00  2,607       0.00   722,841,664  83.20%          824,825
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                             703,651,207  98.05   14,006,208  1.95   717,657,415  82.60%          6,009,074
 3. To approve a final dividend.                                               723,648,589  100.00  784         0.00   723,649,373  83.29%          17,116
 4. To elect Malcolm Waugh as a director.                                      723,471,556  99.99   106,649     0.01   723,578,205  83.29%          88,284
 5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director.                                       712,820,579  98.51   10,787,211  1.49   723,607,790  83.29%          58,699
 6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director.                                 723,485,745  99.98   122,091     0.02   723,607,836  83.29%          58,653
 7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director.                                  722,544,409  99.85   1,063,771   0.15   723,608,180  83.29%          58,309
 8. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director.                                 722,683,796  99.88   899,187     0.12   723,582,983  83.29%          83,506
 9. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director.                                     722,713,409  99.88   871,453     0.12   723,584,862  83.29%          81,627
 10. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director.                                  717,076,426  99.10   6,529,277   0.90   723,605,703  83.29%          60,786
 11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director.                                    720,653,650  99.60   2,924,210   0.40   723,577,860  83.29%          88,629
 12. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director.                                  723,429,884  99.98   155,470     0.02   723,585,354  83.29%          81,135
 13. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director.                                  715,530,558  98.88   8,074,808   1.12   723,605,366  83.29%          61,123
 14. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.                      723,464,555  99.99   68,349      0.01   723,532,904  83.28%          133,585
 15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor.                               723,510,663  100.00  32,290      0.00   723,542,953  83.28%          123,536
 16. To approve the authority to make political donations.                     704,273,562  97.33   19,339,468  2.67   723,613,030  83.29%          53,459
 17. To approve the 2024 Sharesave Plan.                                       722,331,027  99.83   1,264,866   0.17   723,595,893  83.29%          70,596
 18. To approve the authority to allot shares.                                 647,472,885  89.48   76,141,477  10.52  723,614,362  83.29%          52,127
 19. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights.                    711,529,763  98.51   10,751,756  1.49   722,281,519  83.14%          1,384,970
 20. To renew the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition  711,767,130  98.37   11,808,449  1.63   723,575,579  83.28%          90,910
 or a specified capital investment.
 21. To approve the notice period for general meetings.                        715,362,720  98.86   8,262,868   1.14   723,625,588  83.29%          40,901

 

*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 16 July 2024 was 868,795,815 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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