Dairy Crest Group PLC Results of AGM held on 19 July 2016 (7226E)

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RNS Number : 7226E

Dairy Crest Group PLC

20 July 2016

Dairy Crest Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 19 July 2016

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(1)             Against               Votes 
                                                                          Withheld(2) 
------------------------------  -------------------  -----------------  ------------- 
                                     No. of       %      No. of      % 
                                     shares              shares 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Receive & adopt 
        Report & Accounts 
        for the year ended 
 1      31 March 2016            75,787,143   99.99       5,630   0.01        528,531 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Approval of Directors' 
 2      Remuneration Report      69,996,972   92.31   5,835,040   7.69        489,292 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Declare final 
        dividend of 16 
        pence per ordinary 
 3      share                    76,129,656   99.81     148,719   0.19         42,929 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Mark 
 4      Allen as a Director      76,205,122   99.93      51,316   0.07         64,866 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Tom Atherton 
 5      as a Director            75,906,697   99.54     350,634   0.46         63,973 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Stephen 
        Alexander as a 
 6      Director                 75,629,260   99.78     165,992   0.22        526,052 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Andrew 
        Carr-Locke as 
 7      a Director               76,098,056   99.79     159,389   0.21         63,859 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Sue Farr 
 8      as a Director            75,919,921   99.56     336,313   0.44         65,070 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-elect Richard 
        Macdonald as a 
 9      Director                 73,634,132   96.55   2,630,298   3.45         56,874 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Re-appoint Ernst 
        & Young LLP as 
 10     auditors                 76,012,750   99.66     256,400   0.34         52,154 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Authorise Directors 
        to determine Auditor's 
 11     remuneration             76,043,242    99.7     228,104    0.3         49,958 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Allow general 
        meetings to be 
        called on at least 
 12*    14 days' notice          71,721,157   94.03   4,555,396   5.97         44,751 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Authorise incurring 
 13     political expenditure    72,772,226   95.47   3,452,355   4.53         96,723 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Authorise allotment 
 14     of equity securities     76,010,652   99.67     248,004   0.33         62,648 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
        rights (1(st) 
 15*    5%)                      76,135,875   99.81     145,839   0.19         39,590 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
        rights (2(nd) 
 16*    5%)                      73,979,755   97.04   2,256,041   2.96         85,508 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
       Authorise the 
        Company to Purchase 
 17*    Its Own Shares           75,668,802   99.26     565,913   0.74         86,589 
----  ------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------- 
 

Notes:

   1          The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman discretion. 

2 A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution.

   3          Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received. 
   4          Voting was conducted by poll. 
   5          * Denotes a Special Resolution. 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of 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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