23
May 2024
Bakkavor Group
plc
(the
'Company')
2024 Annual General Meeting -
Poll Results
The Company's 2024 Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") was held today at 10.00 am at Fitzroy Place,
5th Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ. All
resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 4 March 2024 and put
to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were
passed.
Resolutions 1 to 18 were each passed
as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to
be passed) and resolutions 19 to 22 were each passed as a Special
Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be
passed). The results for each resolution are set out
below.
|
Res No.
|
Resolution
|
Votes For and Discretionary
Votes
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Total Votes Cast (Excluding
Withheld)
|
% of ISC Voted
*
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
1.
|
To
receive the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts
|
557,183,171
|
100.00%
|
10,638
|
0.00%
|
557,193,809
|
96.16
|
7,689
|
|
2.
|
To
approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
556,747,334
|
99.92%
|
440,095
|
0.08%
|
557,187,429
|
96.16
|
14,069
|
|
3.
|
To
approve the 2024 Directors' Remuneration Policy
|
557,116,484
|
99.99%
|
70,788
|
0.01%
|
557,187,272
|
96.16
|
14,226
|
|
4.
|
To
declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 December 2023 of
4.37 pence per ordinary share
|
557,184,529
|
100.00%
|
8,998
|
0.00%
|
557,193,527
|
96.16
|
7,971
|
|
5.
|
To elect
Robert Berlin as a Director of the Company
|
557,154,228
|
99.99%
|
37,581
|
0.01%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
6.
|
To
re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company
|
549,389,394
|
98.60%
|
7,802,415
|
1.40%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
7.
|
To
re-elect Mike Edwards as a Director of the Company
|
557,153,965
|
99.99%
|
37,021
|
0.01%
|
557,190,986
|
96.16
|
10,512
|
|
8.
|
To
re-elect Ben Waldron as a Director of the Company
|
557,154,170
|
99.99%
|
37,639
|
0.01%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
9.
|
To
re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company
|
557,158,913
|
99.99%
|
32,896
|
0.01%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
10.
|
To
re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company
|
554,788,767
|
99.57%
|
2,403,042
|
0.43%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
11.
|
To
re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company
|
554,806,624
|
99.57%
|
2,381,580
|
0.43%
|
557,188,204
|
96.16
|
13,294
|
|
12.
|
To
re-elect Agust Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company
|
557,156,484
|
99.99%
|
34,502
|
0.01%
|
557,190,986
|
96.16
|
10,512
|
|
13.
|
To
re-elect Lydur Gudmundsson as a Director of the Company
|
554,765,171
|
99.56%
|
2,426,638
|
0.44%
|
557,191,809
|
96.16
|
9,689
|
|
14.
|
To
re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company
|
554,783,527
|
99.57%
|
2,404,677
|
0.43%
|
557,188,204
|
96.16
|
13,294
|
|
15.
|
To
re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company
|
557,154,458
|
99.99%
|
33,746
|
0.01%
|
557,188,204
|
96.16
|
13,294
|
|
16.
|
To
re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the
Company
|
557,186,465
|
100.00%
|
10,667
|
0.00%
|
557,197,132
|
96.16
|
4,366
|
|
17.
|
To
authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the
remuneration of the Auditors
|
557,183,456
|
100.00%
|
13,676
|
0.00%
|
557,197,132
|
96.16
|
4,366
|
|
18.
|
To
authorise the Directors to allot shares
|
557,139,470
|
99.99%
|
54,873
|
0.01%
|
557,194,343
|
96.16
|
7,155
|
|
19.
|
To
empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
|
556,988,011
|
99.96%
|
206,332
|
0.04%
|
557,194,343
|
96.16
|
7,155
|
|
20.
|
To
empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for
financing/refinancing particular acquisitions and other capital
investments
|
556,968,453
|
99.96%
|
225,890
|
0.04%
|
557,194,343
|
96.16
|
7,155
|
|
21.
|
To
authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
|
555,029,024
|
99.61%
|
2,168,108
|
0.39%
|
557,197,132
|
96.16
|
4,366
|
|
22.
|
To allow
a general meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice
|
556,964,866
|
99.96%
|
226,411
|
0.04%
|
557,191,277
|
96.16
|
10,221
|
* Based on total issued share capital as at
21 May 2024 of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares.
|
Votes of Independent
Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the re-election of the
Independent Non-executive
Directors
|
|
Res No.
|
Resolution
|
Votes For and Discretionary
Votes
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Total Votes
Cast
|
% of ISC Voted
**
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
6.
|
To
re-elect Simon Burke as a Director of the Company
|
258,724,634
|
97.07%
|
7,802,415
|
2.93%
|
266,527,049
|
92.36
|
9,689
|
|
9.
|
To
re-elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company
|
266,494,153
|
99.99%
|
32,896
|
0.01%
|
266,527,049
|
92.36
|
9,689
|
|
10.
|
To
re-elect Umran Beba as a Director of the Company
|
264,124,007
|
99.10%
|
2,403,042
|
0.90%
|
266,527,049
|
92.36
|
9,689
|
|
11.
|
To
re-elect Jill Caseberry as a Director of the Company
|
264,141,864
|
99.11%
|
2,381,580
|
0.89%
|
266,523,444
|
92.36
|
13,294
|
|
14.
|
To
re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director of the Company
|
264,118,767
|
99.10%
|
2,404,677
|
0.90%
|
266,523,444
|
92.36
|
13,294
|
|
15.
|
To
re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director of the Company
|
266,489,698
|
99.99%
|
33,746
|
0.01%
|
266,523,444
|
92.36
|
13,294
|
** Based on independent voting capital of 288,560,825, being
total issued share capital of 579,425,585 Ordinary shares as at 21
May 2024, but
excluding
shares held by the controlling shareholders.
Notes:
a) The votes "For" and
"Against" are expressed as a percentage of the votes
received.
b) The Company's issued
share capital as at 21 May 2024 is 579,425,585 ordinary shares of 2
pence each.
c) The Company's issued
share capital as at 23 May 2024 is 579,425,585 ordinary shares of 2
pence each.
d) Where shareholders
have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with
discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of
all of the resolutions.
e) A "Vote Withheld" is
not counted towards the votes cast "For" or "Against" a
resolution.
f) In accordance
with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 6, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15
(re-election of independent directors) inclusive were
approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the
independent shareholders of the Company.
g) 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
FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
-Ends-
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ENQUIRIES
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Company Secretarial:
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Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, Group
General Counsel and Company Secretary
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+44 (0) 20 7908 6130
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Institutional investors and analysts:
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Ben Waldron, Chief Financial
Officer
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Emily Daw, Head of Investor
Relations
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+44 (0) 20 7908 6114
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About Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh
prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China
positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage
our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that
offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000
colleagues operate from 43 sites across our three markets supplying
a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread,
salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US,
and international food brands in China. Find out more
at www.bakkavor.com.
LEI number:
213800COL7AD54YU9949