AGM Proxy Voting 2008
The Annual general meeting of Northern Foods plc was held at 12.00 noon on Monday 28 July 2008. All resolutions were approved on a show of hands at the meeting.
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 29 March 2008. |
235,436,610 |
119,151 |
3,728,562 |
Resolution 2 |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the financial year ended 29 March 2008. |
233,569,878 |
5,113,432 |
601,013 |
Resolution 3 |
To declare a final ordinary dividend of 2.95 pence per ordinary share. |
239,218,709 |
28,171 |
37,443 |
Resolution 4 |
To re-elect A J Hobson as a director. |
238,419,279 |
734,670 |
130,374 |
Resolution 5 |
To re-elect O G Ni-Chionna. |
238,669,696 |
469,499 |
145,128 |
Resolution 6 |
To re-elect D T Nish. |
238,106,334 |
1,000,799 |
177,190 |
Resolution 7 |
To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors of the company. |
216,122,878 |
23,100,186 |
61,259 |
Resolution 8 |
To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration. |
216,288,425 |
22,946,699 |
49,199 |
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 13 June 2008. |
237,337,021 |
1,687,582 |
258,661 |
Resolution 10 |
To renew the directors authority to allot shares. |
236,981,133 |
2,154,040 |
135,459 |
Resolution 11 |
To renew the directors authority to allot shares for cash. |
238,529,277 |
548,694 |
206,357 |
Resolution 12 |
To renew the company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares. |
238,450,411 |
714,999 |
118,913 |
Resolution 13 |
To amend the Articles of Association of the Company |
234,122,942 |
433,239 |
4,728,142 |
Number of shareholders present at the meeting: 46
Issued share capital at the date of meeting: 468,662,510 (excluding 45.5m held in treasury)
Number of votes per share: 1
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