Premier Foods plc Result of AGM (9085E)

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RNS Number : 9085E

Premier Foods plc

21 July 2016

21 July 2016

Premier Foods plc ('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')

Annual General Meeting 2016

Result 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.

A copy of the resolutions in respect of the special business approved at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The items of special business approved at the AGM were:

Resolution 14 - Renewal of power to disapply pre-emption rights.

Resolution 15 - Renewal of power to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment.

Resolution 16 - Approval of notice period for general meetings.

The poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website later today: http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre.

 
 Resolution       For         %      Against       %     Total cast      Votes 
                                                                        withheld* 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     1        536,452,147   99.99       31,095    0.01   536,483,242       18,611 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     2        436,369,922   85.41   74,559,365   14.59   510,929,287   25,572,566 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     3        534,153,513   99.58    2,279,467    0.42   536,432,980       68,373 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     4        471,146,560   87.85   65,152,686   12.15   536,299,246      202,607 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     5        534,193,865   99.58    2,265,479    0.42   536,459,344       42,509 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     6        532,701,076   99.32    3,670,344    0.68   536,371,420      130,433 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     7        533,978,725   99.57    2,282,838    0.43   536,261,563      240,290 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     8        533,993,645   99.57    2,280,497    0.43   536,274,142      227,711 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     9        533,493,078   99.47    2,818,564    0.53   536,311,642      190,211 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     10       535,219,949   99.80    1,048,334    0.20   536,268,283      233,570 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     11       536,208,411   99.95      245,751    0.05   536,454,162       47,691 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     12       534,688,076   99.67    1,778,807    0.33   536,466,883       34,970 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     13       532,500,530   99.27    3,904,368    0.73   536,404,898       96,955 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     14       534,651,515   99.68    1,711,058    0.32   536,362,573      139,280 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     15       518,151,179   96.60   18,210,186    3.40   536,361,365      140,488 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     16       456,739,112   85.14   79,714,992   14.86   536,454,104       47,749 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
     17       532,285,645   99.23    4,106,616    0.77   536,392,261      110,592 
-----------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
 

* A vote withheld is not counted as a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the % of votes "for" or "against" the resolution.

For further information contact:

Andrew McDonald

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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