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Associated British Foods PLC
04 December 2020
Associated British Foods plc
4 December 2020
Result of AGM
Associated British Foods plc ("the Company") announces the
results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on Friday 4 December 2020. All
resolutions were passed.
Resolution Votes % Votes % Against Votes Total % of Issued Votes Withheld
For For Against Share
Capital
voted
Annual report
1 and accounts 645,801,805 99.55 2,928,362 0.45 648,730,167 81.94% 170,301
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Directors'
Remuneration
2 report 642,349,113 99.00 6,462,003 1.00 648,811,116 81.95% 89,350
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Re-election
of Emma Adamo
3 as a director 646,094,920 99.58 2,735,218 0.42 648,830,138 81.96% 70,330
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Re-election
of Graham
Allan as
4 a director 646,525,832 99.64 2,308,125 0.36 648,833,957 81.96% 66,511
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Re-election
of John Bason
5 as a director 644,574,862 99.36 4,169,160 0.64 648,744,022 81.95% 156,446
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Re-election
of Ruth
Cairnie
6 as a director 646,882,490 99.70 1,950,861 0.30 648,833,351 81.96% 67,117
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Re-election
of Wolfhart
Hauser as
7 a director 646,522,758 99.64 2,309,828 0.36 648,832,586 81.96% 67,882
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Re-election
of Michael
McLintock
8 as a director 639,767,781 98.60 9,052,751 1.40 648,820,532 81.96% 79,935
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Re-election
of Richard
Reid as a
9 director 646,522,376 99.64 2,309,450 0.36 648,831,826 81.96% 68,642
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Re-election
of George
Weston as
10 a director 645,939,254 99.55 2,892,525 0.45 648,831,779 81.96% 68,689
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Reappointment
11 of auditor 642,071,234 99.21 5,120,519 0.79 647,191,753 81.75% 1,708,715
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Auditor's
12 remuneration 643,846,682 99.23 4,984,501 0.77 648,831,183 81.96% 69,285
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Political
donations
13 or expenditure 638,052,322 98.34 10,766,683 1.66 648,819,005 81.96% 81,463
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Directors'
authority
to allot
14 shares 624,541,445 96.26 24,287,637 3.74 648,829,082 81.96% 71,384
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Disapplication
of pre-emption
15 rights * 648,132,822 99.89 687,369 0.11 648,820,191 81.96% 80,277
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Notice of
general
meetings
16 * 632,130,669 97.43 16,701,385 2.57 648,832,054 81.96% 68,413
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Amendments
to articles
of association
17 * 648,800,482 100.00 16,628 0.00 648,817,110 81.96% 83,358
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* Special resolution
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Votes excluding controlling shareholders on the resolutions concerning
the election or re-election of the independent non-executive directors
Resolution Votes % Votes % Against Votes Total % of Issued Votes
For For Against Share Capital Withheld
voted
(excluding
controlling
share-holders)
Re-election
of Graham
Allan as
4 a director 212,152,362 98.92 2,308,125 1.08 214,460,487 65.26% 66,511
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Re-election
of Ruth
Cairnie
6 as a director 212,509,020 99.09 1,950,861 0.91 214,459,881 65.26% 67,117
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Re-election
of Wolfhart
Hauser as
7 a director 212,149,288 98.92 2,309,828 1.08 214,459,116 65.26% 67,882
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Re-election
of Richard
Reid as a
9 director 212,148,906 98.92 2,309,450 1.08 214,458,356 65.26% 68,642
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Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have
been included in the 'For' total.
2. Total number of ordinary shares in issue at 2 December 2020 was
791,674,183.
3. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling
shareholders at 2 December 2020 was 328,603,376.
4. A 'Vote Withheld' is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or
'Against' a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions
that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general
meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . In
addition, and in accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.6E, a copy of the
Articles of Association of Associated British Foods plc has also
been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
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