Bakkavor Group PLC — AGM Information 2018

May 23, 2018

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RNS Number : 0806P

Bakkavor Group PLC

23 May 2018

23 May 2018

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Bakkavor Group plc ("Bakkavor") was held today at 9.30am at Fitzroy Place, 8 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ.  All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 9 April 2018 were duly passed by Shareholders on a show of hands.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below. 

	Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	Votes Withheld
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	527,779,187	99.99	74,000	0.01	527,858,211	5,024
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	525,675,523	99.73	1,428,523	0.27	527,858,210	754,164
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	526,151,177	99.68	1,707,033	0.32	527,858,210	0
4.	To elect Robert Berlin as a Director of the Company	525,679,328	99.59	2,178,882	0.41	527,858,210	0
5.	To elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company	527,536,814	99.94	321,396	0.06	527,858,210	0
6.	To elect Sue Clark as a Director of the Company	527,549,476	99.94	308,735	0.06	527,858,211	0
7.	To elect Peter Gates as a Director of the Company	527,532,476	99.94	325,735	0.06	527,858,211	0
8.	To elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company	527,532,476	99.94	325,735	0.06	527,858,211	0
9.	To elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company	526,167,558	99.68	1,690,652	0.32	527,858,210	0
10.	To elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company	526,220,561	99.94	326,419	0.06	527,858,210	1,311,230
11.	To elect Todd Krasnow as a Director of the Company	525,176,985	99.62	1,998,874	0.38	527,858,210	682,351
12.	To elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company	527,061,115	99.85	797,096	0.15	527,858,211	0
13.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	526,120,952	99.67	1,737,258	0.33	527,858,210	0
14.	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	527,549,476	99.94	308,735	0.06	527,858,211	0
15.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	527,858,063	100.00	148	0.00	527,858,211	0
16.	To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	527,857,544	100.00	667	0.00	527,858,211	0
17.	To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for financing/refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital investments	526,429,168	99.73	1,429,042	0.27	527,858,210	0
18.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	525,680,547	99.59	2,177,663	0.41	527,858,210	0
19.	To allow a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice	527,744,162	99.98	114,049	0.02	527,858,211	0

Notes:

(a)  The votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.

(b)  Votes "for" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

(c)  A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The total number of shares in issue on 23 May 2018 was 579,425,585 ordinary shares of 2 pence each.

ENQUIRIES

Company Secretarial:

Simon Witham, General Counsel and Company Secretary                                    +44 (0) 20 7908 6142

company.secretary@bakkavor.com

Institutional investors and analysts:

Tamarin Bibow, Head of Investor Relations                                                             +44 (0) 20 7908 6143

Media enquiries:

Tulchan Communications                                                                                         +44 (0) 20 7353 4200

Will Smith, Jessica Reid

About Bakkavor

Bakkavor is the leading provider in the large and fast-growing UK Fresh Prepared Food (FPF) market, which consists of the four categories of Meals, Salads, Desserts and Pizza & Bread, and has a growing international presence in the US and China.

In the UK the Group is the number one producer by market share in all four FPF categories, supplying all of the UK's leading grocery retailers, including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

The International segment has operations in the US and China, supplying both retail and foodservice customers.

LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949

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