17th Jul 2025 16:29
17 July 2025
Premier Foods plc
('Premier Foods' or the 'Company')
Annual General Meeting 2025
Results 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: www.premierfoods.co.uk
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Total votes cast | % of ISC voted | Votes withheld* |
1. To receive the 2024/25 annual report. | 720,104,104 | 100.00 | 11,319 | 0.00 | 720,115,423 | 82.89% | 339,981 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 710,678,465 | 98.65 | 9,691,504 | 1.35 | 720,369,969 | 82.92% | 85,435 |
3. To approve a final dividend. | 720,443,376 | 100.00 | 6,161 | 0.00 | 720,449,537 | 82.93% | 5,867 |
4. To re-elect Colin Day as a director. | 711,590,735 | 98.78 | 8,793,522 | 1.22 | 720,384,257 | 82.92% | 71,147 |
5. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director. | 720,273,422 | 99.98 | 134,883 | 0.02 | 720,408,305 | 82.92% | 47,099 |
6. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director. | 718,337,805 | 99.71 | 2,070,500 | 0.29 | 720,408,305 | 82.92% | 47,099 |
7. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director. | 713,924,844 | 99.10 | 6,464,831 | 0.90 | 720,389,675 | 82.92% | 65,729 |
8. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director. | 713,928,418 | 99.10 | 6,453,837 | 0.90 | 720,382,255 | 82.92% | 73,149 |
9. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director. | 720,318,767 | 99.99 | 73,573 | 0.01 | 720,392,340 | 82.92% | 63,064 |
10. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director. | 717,688,667 | 99.62 | 2,705,012 | 0.38 | 720,393,679 | 82.92% | 61,725 |
11. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director. | 720,204,573 | 99.98 | 150,284 | 0.02 | 720,354,857 | 82.91% | 100,547 |
12. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director. | 709,627,373 | 98.50 | 10,787,567 | 1.50 | 720,414,940 | 82.92% | 40,464 |
13. To re-elect Malcolm Waugh as a director | 720,352,301 | 99.99 | 54,002 | 0.01 | 720,406,303 | 82.92% | 49,101 |
14. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor. | 720,174,590 | 99.97 | 238,564 | 0.03 | 720,413,154 | 82.92% | 42,250 |
15. To approve the remuneration of the auditor. | 720,222,820 | 99.97 | 207,869 | 0.03 | 720,430,689 | 82.92% | 24,715 |
16. To approve the authority to make political donations. | 702,892,500 | 97.57 | 17,477,805 | 2.43 | 720,370,305 | 82.92% | 85,099 |
17. To approve the authority to allot shares. | 652,090,623 | 90.52 | 68,293,838 | 9.48 | 720,384,461 | 82.92% | 70,943 |
18. To approve the authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | 701,610,750 | 97.57 | 17,454,584 | 2.43 | 719,065,334 | 82.77% | 1,390,070 |
19. To approve the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment. | 697,379,966 | 96.81 | 23,015,168 | 3.19 | 720,395,134 | 82.92% | 60,270 |
20. To approve the notice period for general meetings. | 711,783,896 | 98.80 | 8,651,807 | 1.20 | 720,435,703 | 82.92% | 19,701 |
*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 2025 (Issued Share Capital ('ISC')) was 868,795,815 ordinary shares of 10p each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions in respect of the special business approved at the AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism (NSM), and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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For further information contact:
Simon Rose
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: 01727 815850
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