Hilton Food Group PLC Result of AGM (6211Z)

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RNS Number : 6211Z

Hilton Food Group PLC

24 May 2021

Hilton Food Group plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

Hilton Food Group plc (the Company) is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed on a poll as set out below:

 
  RESOLUTION                           VOTES         %      VOTES AGAINST     %      TOTAL VOTES CAST   VOTES WITHHELD 
                                         FOR 
----------------------------------  -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   1. Receive the Annual report 
    and financial statements         66,376,877   100.00%        44         0.00%       66,376,921         476,006 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   2. Approve the Directors' 
    remuneration report              64,582,070   97.79%      1,456,835     2.21%       66,038,905         814,022 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   3. Re-elect Robert Watson as a 
    director                         54,261,372   87.83%      7,521,629     12.17%      61,783,001        5,069,926 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   4. Re-elect Philip Heffer as a 
    director                         66,848,111   100.00%        44         0.00%       66,848,155          4,772 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   5. Re-elect Nigel Majewski as a 
    director                         66,848,111   100.00%        44         0.00%       66,848,155          4,772 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   6. Re-elect Christine Cross as 
    a director                       63,647,634   95.21%      3,200,792     4.79%       66,848,426          4,501 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   7. Re-elect John Worby as a 
    director                         62,016,891   95.10%      3,192,410     4.90%       65,209,301        1,643,626 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   8. Re-elect Angus Porter as a 
    director                         64,713,311   96.81%      2,134,844     3.19%       66,848,155          4,772 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   9. Re-elect Rebecca Shelley as 
    a director                       64,713,301   96.81%      2,134,854     3.19%       66,848,155          4,772 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   10. Re-appoint the auditors       64,628,129   96.68%      2,220,403     3.32%       66,848,532          4,395 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   11. Authorise the directors to 
    determine the auditors' 
    remuneration                     66,832,242   99.98%       16,419       0.02%       66,848,661          4,266 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   12. Declare a final dividend      66,848,932   100.00%         0         0.00%       66,848,932          3,995 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   13. Authorise the Directors to 
    allot shares                     62,277,478   93.16%      4,571,183     6.84%       66,848,661          4,266 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   14. Disapplication of 
    pre-emption rights*              66,753,880   99.86%       94,696       0.14%       66,848,576          4,351 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   15. Further disapplication of 
    pre-emption rights*              66,068,777   98.83%       779,799      1.17%       66,848,576          4,351 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   16. Authorise the Company to 
    purchase its own shares*         66,176,827   98.99%       672,505      1.01%       66,849,332          3,595 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
   17. General meetings: length of 
    notice*                          66,693,963   99.77%       154,969      0.23%       66,848,932          3,995 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
 18. Authorise the Directors to 
  appropriate distributable 
  profits of the Company to the 
  payment 
  of certain dividends*              60,545,032   100.00%        44         0.00%       60,545,076        6,307,851 
                                    -----------  --------  --------------  -------  -----------------  --------------- 
 

* Special Resolution

Notes:

   1.    All resolutions were passed 

2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included as votes 'for' the resolution

3. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted as votes 'for' or 'against' the resolution

4. The total number of shares in issue on 20 May 2021 were 81,952,415 shares. 81.58% of voting capital were instructed

A copy setting out all resolutions passed as special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The proxy voting results will be placed onto the Company's website at https://www.hiltonfoodgroupplc.com/en/investors/shareholder-meeting-documents/ .

For further information, please contact:

Neil George

Company Secretary

Tel.: [phone], email: [e-mail]

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