Result of AGM
Premier Foods plc announced that all resolutions were passed at its 2026 Annual General Meeting. The company received overwhelming support for its 2025/26 Annual Report, with 741,752,993 votes for and only 33,109 against. Directors' Remuneration Report and Policy also passed with strong majorities, receiving 98.91% and 97.36% of votes respectively. The final dividend was approved unanimously. Re-elections of directors and the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor were also overwhelmingly supported. However, the authority to allot shares and disapply pre-emption rights saw higher opposition, with 10.27% and 4.58% of votes against the respective resolutions.
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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 2025/26 Annual Report. | 741,752,993 | 100.00 | 33,109 | 0.00 | 741,786,102 | 85.38% | 614,811 |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 734,232,587 | 98.91 | 8,120,779 | 1.09 | 742,353,366 | 85.45% | 47,547 |
| 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 719,334,807 | 97.36 | 19,525,863 | 2.64 | 738,860,670 | 85.04% | 3,540,243 |
| 4. To approve a final dividend. | 742,375,133 | 100.00 | 12,458 | 0.00 | 742,387,591 | 85.45% | 13,322 |
| 5. To re-elect Colin Day as a director. | 737,110,748 | 99.29 | 5,257,030 | 0.71 | 742,367,778 | 85.45% | 33,135 |
| 6. To re-elect Alex Whitehouse as a director. | 741,890,613 | 99.99 | 108,946 | 0.01 | 741,999,559 | 85.41% | 401,354 |
| 7. To re-elect Duncan Leggett as a director. | 741,648,779 | 99.90 | 720,033 | 0.10 | 742,368,812 | 85.45% | 32,101 |
| 8. To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a director. | 737,436,443 | 99.34 | 4,905,385 | 0.66 | 742,341,828 | 85.44% | 59,085 |
| 9. To re-elect Tim Elliott as a director. | 737,443,775 | 99.34 | 4,898,017 | 0.66 | 742,341,792 | 85.44% | 59,121 |
| 10. To re-elect Tania Howarth as a director. | 742,281,982 | 99.99 | 83,176 | 0.01 | 742,365,158 | 85.45% | 35,755 |
| 11. To re-elect Helen Jones as a director. | 738,177,320 | 99.44 | 4,188,293 | 0.56 | 742,365,613 | 85.45% | 35,300 |
| 12. To re-elect Yuichiro Kogo as a director. | 742,222,509 | 99.98 | 115,281 | 0.02 | 742,337,790 | 85.44% | 63,123 |
| 13. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a director. | 735,150,938 | 99.03 | 7,189,476 | 0.97 | 742,340,414 | 85.44% | 60,499 |
| 14. To re-elect Malcolm Waugh as a director. | 742,291,053 | 99.99 | 75,679 | 0.01 | 742,366,732 | 85.45% | 34,181 |
| 15. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor. | 741,511,757 | 99.89 | 784,158 | 0.11 | 742,295,915 | 85.44% | 104,998 |
| 16. To approve the remuneration of the auditor. | 740,998,018 | 99.81 | 1,382,729 | 0.19 | 742,380,747 | 85.45% | 20,166 |
| 17. To approve the authority to make political donations. | 731,490,812 | 98.54 | 10,862,268 | 1.46 | 742,353,080 | 85.45% | 47,833 |
| 18. To approve the authority to allot shares. | 666,068,121 | 89.73 | 76,258,573 | 10.27 | 742,326,694 | 85.44% | 74,219 |
| 19. To approve the authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | 707,178,589 | 95.42 | 33,926,610 | 4.58 | 741,105,199 | 85.30% | 1,295,714 |
| 20. To approve the authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or a specified capital investment. | 703,894,704 | 94.82 | 38,429,459 | 5.18 | 742,324,163 | 85.44% | 76,750 |
| 21. To approve the notice period for general meetings. | 731,630,006 | 98.56 | 10,724,219 | 1.44 | 742,354,225 | 85.45% | 45,985 |
*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 14 July 2026 (Issued Share Capital ('ISC')) was 868,795,815 ordinary shares of 10p each.
In accordance with UK 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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