Associated British Foods PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Dec 4, 2020

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Associated British Foods PLC

04 December 2020

Associated British Foods plc

4 December 2020

Result of AGM

Associated British Foods plc ("the Company") announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Friday 4 December 2020.  All resolutions were passed.

Resolution		Votes For	% For	Votes Against	% Against	Votes Total	% of Issued Share Capital voted	Votes Withheld
1	Annual report and accounts	645,801,805	99.55	2,928,362	0.45	648,730,167	81.94%	170,301
2	Directors' Remuneration report	642,349,113	99.00	6,462,003	1.00	648,811,116	81.95%	89,350
3	Re-election of Emma Adamo as a director	646,094,920	99.58	2,735,218	0.42	648,830,138	81.96%	70,330
4	Re-election of Graham Allan as a director	646,525,832	99.64	2,308,125	0.36	648,833,957	81.96%	66,511
5	Re-election of John Bason as a director	644,574,862	99.36	4,169,160	0.64	648,744,022	81.95%	156,446
6	Re-election of Ruth Cairnie as a director	646,882,490	99.70	1,950,861	0.30	648,833,351	81.96%	67,117
7	Re-election of Wolfhart Hauser as a director	646,522,758	99.64	2,309,828	0.36	648,832,586	81.96%	67,882
8	Re-election of Michael McLintock as a director	639,767,781	98.60	9,052,751	1.40	648,820,532	81.96%	79,935
9	Re-election of Richard Reid as a director	646,522,376	99.64	2,309,450	0.36	648,831,826	81.96%	68,642
10	Re-election of George Weston as a director	645,939,254	99.55	2,892,525	0.45	648,831,779	81.96%	68,689
11	Reappointment of auditor	642,071,234	99.21	5,120,519	0.79	647,191,753	81.75%	1,708,715
12	Auditor's remuneration	643,846,682	99.23	4,984,501	0.77	648,831,183	81.96%	69,285
13	Political donations or expenditure	638,052,322	98.34	10,766,683	1.66	648,819,005	81.96%	81,463
14	Directors' authority to allot shares	624,541,445	96.26	24,287,637	3.74	648,829,082	81.96%	71,384
15	Disapplication of pre-emption rights *	648,132,822	99.89	687,369	0.11	648,820,191	81.96%	80,277
16	Notice of  general meetings *	632,130,669	97.43	16,701,385	2.57	648,832,054	81.96%	68,413
17	Amendments to articles of association *	648,800,482	100.00	16,628	0.00	648,817,110	81.96%	83,358
* Special resolution
Votes excluding controlling shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent non-executive directors
Resolution		Votes For	% For	Votes Against	% Against	Votes Total	% of Issued Share Capital voted (excluding controlling share-holders)		Votes Withheld
4	Re-election of Graham Allan as a director	212,152,362	98.92	2,308,125	1.08	214,460,487	65.26%		66,511
6	Re-election of Ruth Cairnie as a director	212,509,020	99.09	1,950,861	0.91	214,459,881	65.26%		67,117
7	Re-election of Wolfhart Hauser as a director	212,149,288	98.92	2,309,828	1.08	214,459,116	65.26%		67,882
9	Re-election of Richard Reid as a director	212,148,906	98.92	2,309,450	1.08	214,458,356	65.26%		68,642

Notes:

1.	Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'For' total.
2.	Total number of ordinary shares in issue at 2 December 2020 was 791,674,183.
3.	Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholders at 2 December 2020 was 328,603,376.
4.	A 'Vote Withheld' is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . In addition, and in accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.6E, a copy of the Articles of Association of Associated British Foods plc has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.

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