Premier Foods plc Result of AGM (8744F)

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RNS Number : 8744F

Premier Foods plc

17 July 2019

17 July 2019

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

Annual General Meeting 2019

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.

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     % of    Votes withheld* 
                                                                                    ISC 
                                                                                   voted 
 1. To receive 
  the 2018/19 
  annual report.         556,716,079   99.65   1,964,211    0.35    558,680,290   66.05%       373,485 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 2. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report.                492,116,412   88.04   66,861,208   11.96   558,977,620   66.09%       76,155 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 3. To elect 
  Simon Bentley 
  as a director.         558,284,217   99.89    622,660     0.11    558,906,877   66.08%       146,899 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 4. To elect 
  Orkun Kilic 
  as a director.         548,759,555   98.19   10,122,184   1.81    558,881,739   66.08%       172,036 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 5. To elect 
  Daniel Wosner 
  as a director.         548,777,278   98.19   10,106,144   1.81    558,883,422   66.08%       170,353 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  Richard Hodgson 
  as a director.         542,961,884   97.15   15,926,539   2.85    558,888,423   66.08%       165,352 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Shinji Honda 
  as a director.         552,852,471   98.92   6,055,723    1.08    558,908,194   66.08%       145,581 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Alastair Murray 
  as a director.         552,773,432   98.90   6,138,762    1.10    558,912,194   66.08%       141,582 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  Pam Powell 
  as a director.         544,136,219   97.37   14,708,263   2.63    558,844,482   66.07%       209,293 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 10. To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  auditor.               554,037,406   99.11   4,964,770    0.89    559,002,176   66.09%       51,599 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 11. To approve 
  the remuneration 
  of the auditor.        552,326,156   98.81   6,677,915    1.19    559,004,071   66.09%       49,704 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 12. To approve 
  the authority 
  to make political 
  donations.             556,626,820   99.57   2,393,319    0.43    559,020,139   66.09%       33,637 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 13. To approve 
  the authority 
  to allot shares.       553,845,517   99.08   5,129,641    0.92    558,975,158   66.09%       78,618 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 14. To renew 
  the authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights.                556,709,062   99.61   2,194,508    0.39    558,903,570   66.08%       149,627 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 15. To renew 
  the authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights for 
  an acquisition 
  or a specified 
  capital investment.    556,460,971   99.56   2,468,172    0.44    558,929,143   66.08%       124,053 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 16. To approve 
  the notice 
  period for 
  general meetings.      510,951,410   91.41   48,012,100   8.59    558,963,510   66.09%       89,687 
                        ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------------- 
 

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

The total number of shares in issue as at 15 July 2019 was 845,809,503 ordinary shares of 10p each.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies 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.

Ends

For further information contact:

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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