Dairy Crest Group PLC Results of Annual General Meeting (4258L)

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RNS Number : 4258L

Dairy Crest Group PLC

18 July 2017

Dairy Crest Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2017

Dairy Crest Group plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
          Resolution                     For               Against 
------------------------------  --------------------  ----------------- 
                                     No. of        %      No. of      % 
                                     shares               shares 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Receive & adopt 
        Report & Accounts 
        for the year ended 
 1      31 March 2017            80,506,284    98.87     919,250   1.13 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Approval of Directors' 
 2      Remuneration Policy      80,597,288    99.79     171,924   0.21 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Approval of Directors' 
 3      Remuneration Report      79,123,681    97.23   2,254,131   2.77 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Declare final 
        dividend of 16.3 
        pence per ordinary 
 4      share                    81,433,399   100.00       1,000   0.00 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Elect Adam Braithwaite 
 5      as a Director            81,310,698    99.85     119,101   0.15 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Mark 
 6      Allen as a Director      81,304,758    99.85     124,791   0.15 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Tom Atherton 
 7      as a Director            81,311,569    99.86     110,069   0.14 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Stephen 
        Alexander as a 
 8      Director                 81,216,873    99.74     207,884   0.26 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Andrew 
        Carr-Locke as 
 9      a Director               81,339,892    99.89      88,941   0.11 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Sue Farr 
 10     as a Director            75,902,562    93.21   5,529,823   6.79 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Richard 
        Macdonald as a 
 11     Director                 81,349,749    99.91      70,094   0.09 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Appoint Deloitte 
 12     LLP as auditors          81,331,482    99.90      77,550   0.10 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise Directors 
        to determine Auditor's 
 13     remuneration             80,469,923    98.84     947,855   1.16 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Allow general 
        meetings to be 
        called on at least 
 14*    14 days' notice          78,304,209    96.16   3,128,260   3.84 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Approval of Save 
 15     as You Earn Scheme       81,353,115    99.97      24,948   0.03 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Approval of Long 
        Term Incentive 
 16     Plan                     81,184,171    99.76     197,749   0.24 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise incurring 
 17     political expenditure    81,259,784    99.83     139,137   0.17 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise allotment 
 18     of equity securities     79,069,315    97.10   2,361,150   2.90 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
        rights (1(st) 
 19*    5%)                      81,317,922    99.88      98,565   0.12 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
        rights (2(nd) 
 20*    5%)                      79,473,514    97.62   1,941,339   2.38 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise the 
        Company to Purchase 
 21*    Its Own Shares           80,929,805    99.42     474,983   0.58 
----  ------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----- 
 

Notes:

   1          The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman discretion. 
   2          Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received. 
   3          Voting was conducted by poll. 

* Denotes a Special Resolution.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/investors

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.3(1) and 9.6.18 a copy of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary business) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

For further enquiries please contact:

Robin Miller, Company Secretary [phone]

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