Dairy Crest Group PLC Result of AGM (0211V)

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RNS Number : 0211V

Dairy Crest Group PLC

18 July 2018

Dairy Crest Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 17 July 2018

Dairy Crest Group plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 17 July 2018 at One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
                Resolution                     VOTES        %       VOTES      % 
                                                 FOR               AGAINST 
       Receive & adopt Report & 
        Accounts for the year ended 
 1      31 March 2018                        85,263,448   99.99      11,732   0.01 
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       Approval of Directors' Remuneration 
 2      Policy                               86,559,318   99.70     258,753   0.30 
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       Declare final dividend of 
        16.3 pence per ordinary 
 3      share                                87,424,106   99.99       1,289   0.01 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Mark Allen as a 
 4      Director                             87,192,621   99.75     220,663   0.25 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Tom Atherton as 
 5      a Director                           87,165,395   99.72     248,839   0.28 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Adam Braithwaite 
 6      as a Director                        87,197,836   99.76     207,908   0.24 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Elect Moni Mannings as a 
 7      Director                             87,367,920   99.95      45,396   0.05 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
 8     Elect John Gibney as a Director       87,395,111   99.98      20,380   0.02 
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       Re-elect Stephen Alexander 
 9      as a Director                        86,801,803   99.38     538,188   0.62 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
 10    Re-elect Sue Farr as a Director       87,037,375   99.58     367,649   0.42 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Re-elect Richard Macdonald 
 11     as a Director                        87,078,794   99.63     326,425   0.37 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Appoint Deloitte LLP as 
 12     Auditor of the Company               87,387,995   99.97      29,377   0.03 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise the Directors 
        to determine Deloitte LLP's 
 13     remuneration                         87,390,778   99.96      30,801   0.04 
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       Allow general meetings to 
        be called on at least 14 
 14*    clear days' notice                   85,714,827   98.06   1,698,944   1.94 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise incurring political 
 15     expenditure                          78,719,902   90.07   8,680,496   9.93 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise the renewal of 
        the Directors' authority 
 16     to allot shares                      84,863,344   97.09   2,546,795   2.91 
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       Authorise allotment of equity 
        securities and disapply 
        pre-emption rights (1(st) 
 17*    5%)                                  87,328,430   99.90      83,772   0.10 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise allotment of equity 
        securities and disapply 
        pre-emption rights (2(nd) 
 18*    5%)                                  85,703,365   98.05   1,708,341   1.95 
      ------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----- 
       Authorise the Company to 
 19*    purchase its own shares              86,444,815   98.90     957,375   1.10 
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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 a 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

For further enquiries please contact:

Robin Miller, Company Secretary [phone]

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