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AGM Proxy Voting 2009

The Annual general meeting of Northern Foods plc was held at 10.30am on Wednesday 15 July 2009. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting.

The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below:

Resolution

Summary

Total votes for + discretion

Votes against

Votes withheld

Resolution 1

To receive the Report of the directors and financial statements and the auditors' reports for year ended 28 March 2009.

263,369,770

334,611

595,167

Resolution 2

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the financial year ended 28 March 2009.

253,180,303

1,890,919

9,228,326

Resolution 3

To declare a final ordinary dividend of 2.95 pence per ordinary share.

263,840,618

333,024

125,906

Resolution 4

To elect A M Booker as a director.

262,694,472

1,313,887

291,189

Resolution 5

To re-elect S Barden

262,707,152

1,322,500

269,896

Resolution 6

To re-elect R J S Bell

263,094,185

905,458

299,905

Resolution 7

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company.

233,963,294

14,142,165

16,194,089

Resolution 8

To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.

226,799,235

14,432,033

23,068,280

Resolution 9

To authorise the Company in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 to make political donations as set out on page 2 of the circular dated 12 June 2009.

261,852,052

2,098,561

348,935

Resolution 10

To renew the directors authority to allot shares.

252,439,811

4,636,989

7,222,748

Resolution 11

To renew the directors authority to allot shares for cash.

 

263,283,859

650,446

365,243

Resolution 12

To renew the company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares.

263,198,465

460,709

640,374

Resolution 13

To authorise general meetings (other than Annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice.

260,887,334

3,145,801

266,413

No of shareholders at the meeting: 31

Issued share capital at meeting date: 468,662,510 (excluding 45.5m held in treasury)

Number of votes per share: 1