AGM Information • Jul 20, 2022
AGM Information
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The following business was duly passed by the requisite majority at the Annual General Meeting of Premier Foods plc (the "Company") held on Wednesday 20 July 2022.
Resolution 1. That the directors' and auditor's reports, and the audited accounts of the Company for the 52 week period ended 2 April 2022 ("2021/22 annual report") be received.
Resolution 2. That the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the 52 week period ended 2 April 2022, as set out on pages 79 to 95 of the 2021/22 annual report, be approved.
Resolution 3. That a final dividend of 1.2 pence per ordinary share of the Company in respect of the 52 week period ended 2 April 2022, payable on 29 July 2022 to all shareholders on the register of members at close of business on 1 July 2022, be approved.
That the following individual be elected:
Resolution 4: Tania Howarth as a director
Resolution 5: Lorna Tilbian as a director
Resolution 6: Roisin Donnelly as a director
That the following directors who are seeking re-election on an annual basis in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code be re-elected:
Resolution 7. Colin Day as a director.
Resolution 8. Alex Whitehouse as a director.
Resolution 9. Duncan Leggett as a director.
Resolution 10. Richard Hodgson as a director.
Resolution 11. Simon Bentley as a director.
Resolution 12. Tim Elliott as a director.
Resolution 13. Helen Jones as a director.
Resolution 14. Yuichiro Kogo as a director.
Resolution 15. That KPMG LLP be reappointed as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid.
Resolution 16. That the Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board.
Resolution 17. That, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and all companies which, at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect, are subsidiaries of the Company, be and are hereby authorised, in aggregate, to:
Resolution 18. That the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company (in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006):
or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or by virtue of shares being represented by depository receipts or any other matter, such authorities to apply until the conclusion of the 2023 AGM or close of business on 20 October 2022, whichever is sooner, but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers or enter into agreements that would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the directors may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not ended.
Resolution 19. That, if resolution 18 is passed, the directors be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such powers to be limited:
Resolution 20. That, if resolution 18 is passed, the directors be given power, in addition to the authority granted under resolution 19, to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such powers to be limited:
a) to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,315,584; and
b) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the directors of the Company determine to be an acquisition or specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice, such power to apply until the conclusion of the 2023 AGM or close of business on 20 October 2023, whichever is sooner, but in each case, during this period, the Company may make offers or enter into agreements that would or might require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the power ends and the directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not ended.
Resolution 21. That a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Simon Rose General Counsel & Company Secretary
20 July 2022
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