AGM Proxy Voting 2010
The Annual general meeting of Northern Foods plc was held at 10.45am onTuesday 13 July 2010. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting.
Two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) are being forwarded to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility.
The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
|
|
Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Resolution 1 |
To receive the Report of the directors and financial statements and the auditors’ reports for year ended 3 April 2010. |
260,217,313 |
169,871 |
233,234 |
|
Resolution 2 |
To approve the Directors’ remuneration report for the financial year ended 3 April 2010. |
250,208,015 |
1,255,804 |
9,156,598 |
|
Resolution 3 |
To declare a final ordinary dividend of 2.95 pence per ordinary share. |
259,565,942 |
922,018 |
132,458 |
|
Resolution 4 |
To elect S Herrick as a director. |
259,332,243 |
1,014,089 |
274,086 |
|
Resolution 5 |
To elect S Turner as a director. |
259,230,352 |
1,125,777 |
264,289 |
|
Resolution 6 |
To re-elect T Illsley as a director. |
259,011,800 |
1,338,072 |
270,546 |
|
Resolution 7 |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company. |
247,983,619 |
2,211,787 |
10,425,012 |
|
Resolution 8 |
To authorise the directors to determine the auditors’ remuneration. |
247,702,774 |
2,489,839 |
10,427,805 |
|
Resolution 9 |
To authorise the company in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 to make political donations. |
256,073,482 |
3,115,884 |
1,431,052 |
|
Resolution 10 |
To renew the directors authority to allot shares. |
237,842,911 |
20,274,561 |
2,502,946 |
|
Resolution 11 |
To renew the directors authority to allot shares for cash. |
259,651,507 |
598,518 |
370,393 |
|
Resolution 12 |
To renew the company’s authority to make market purchases of its own shares. |
259,424,714 |
560,144 |
635,560 |
|
Resolution 13 |
To approve the adoption of new Articles of Association. |
259,635,504 |
499,344 |
485,570 |
|
Resolution 14 |
To authorise general meetings (other than Annual general meetings) on 14 clear days’ notice. |
239,273,890 |
21,067,539 |
278,989 |
No of shareholders at the meeting: 44
Issued share capital at meeting date: 468,662,510 (excluding 45.5m held in treasury)
Number of votes per share: 1
