Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Mar 17, 2025
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Bakkavor Group plc (the 'Company') Annual General Meeting ('AGM' or 'Meeting') will be a virtual meeting, held on Thursday 22 May 2025 at 10.00am.
Join the AGM online: https://meetings.lumiconnect.com/100-417-650-730 You will then be prompted to enter your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN. Please note that your PIN is the first two and last two digits of your SRN (printed below).

You can appoint your proxy online via a Shareview portfolio. To register for a Shareview Portfolio, go to www.shareview.co.uk and enter the requested information.

If you wish to return a hard copy proxy form, please complete the form below and return in the prepaid envelope or to the freepost address: FREEPOST RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 8LU.
CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST manual. The CREST manual can be viewed at www.euroclear.com. A CREST message appointing a proxy (a 'CREST proxy instruction') regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or an amendment to the instruction previously given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent (ID RA19) by the latest time for receipt of proxy appointments.
To be valid, all proxy appointments must be received by our Registrar, Equiniti, no later than 10.00am on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
Shareholder views are important to us and all shareholders are encouraged to exercise their votes by submitting their proxy forms electronically via Shareview, by post, or by accessing the Lumi electronic meeting platform on the day of the AGM.
For full details on how to participate in our 2025 AGM, including how to submit questions in advance and on the day of the AGM, please refer to our Notice of AGM available on our website at www.bakkavor.com. The Board encourages shareholders to join via the Lumi electronic meeting platform to participate in the AGM.
Before completing the proxy form, please refer to the Notice of AGM to read the full text of the Resolutions, explanatory notes and relevant instructions which is available at www.bakkavor.com.
BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM') TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY 22 MAY 2025 AT 10.00AM
| Appointment of Proxy: I / We, the undersigned, being a member / members of Bakkavor Group plc (the 'Company') hereby appoint the Chairman of the AGM or: | |
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| Name of proxy: | Number of shares (if not full voting entitlement) (see Notice of AGM) |
as my/our proxy, to vote on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of Bakkavor on Thursday 22 May 2025 at 10.00am and at any adjournment(s) thereof. In respect of the resolutions set out in full in the Notice of AGM, I/we desire my/our proxy to vote as indicated below.
Please mark this box to indicate if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made. Please indicate your vote by marking the appropriate boxes in black or blue ink like this: X
| Ordinary Resolutions | For | Against Withheld | |
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| 1. | To receive the Company's audited accounts and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors for the year ended 28 December 2024 |
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| 2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | ||
| 3. | To declare a final dividend for the year ended 28 December 2024 of 4.80 pence per ordinary share |
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| 4. | To elect Lee Miley as a Director | ||
| 5. | To re-elect Simon Burke as a Director | ||
| 6. | To re-elect Mike Edwards as a Director | ||
| 7. | To re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director | ||
| 8. | To re-elect Umran Beba as a Director | ||
| 9. | To re-elect Robert Berlin as a Director | ||
| 10. To re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director | |||
| 11. To re-elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director | |||
| 12. To re-elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director | |||
| 13. To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director | |||
| Ordinary Resolutions | For | Against Withheld | |
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| 14. To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director | |||
| 15. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as External Auditors of the Company |
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| 16. To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the External Auditors |
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| 17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 |
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| Special Resolutions | |||
| 18. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in certain circumstances |
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| 19. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for financing and refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital investments |
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| 20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | |||
| 21. To allow a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice |
Notes to help you complete this form are in the Notice of AGM. You should read these carefully before completing this form. Please mark this box if signing on behalf of the shareholder as power of attorney, receiver or third party.
This card should not be used for comments, change of address or other queries. Please send separate instruction.
Signature Date
Freepost RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU
AAATDFAADAADAFDDDATTDADTDDFAFADFFADF
Equiniti Aspect House Spencer Road
LANCING BN99 8LU be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
Please support us to reduce our environmental impact and save paper by electing to receive electronic communications. You can do so by signing up to Shareview, a free secure portfolio service provided by our Registrar, Equiniti, at www.shareview.co.uk or by scanning the QR code below. Through Shareview, you can also appoint a proxy and make use of a number of other services that will support you in managing your Bakkavor shareholding.


Freepost RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU Equiniti Aspect House Spencer Road LANCING BN99 8LU
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