Associated British Foods plc
10 December 2021
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 10 December 2021. All resolutions were passed.
| Resolution | Votes For
| % For | Votes Against
| % Against
| Votes Total | % of Issued Share Capital voted
| Votes Withheld | |
| 1 | Annual report and accounts | 683,678,491 | 100.00 | 2,821 | 0.00 | 683,681,312 | 86.36 | 287,949 |
| 2 | Directors' Remuneration report | 604,806,298 | 88.64 | 77,512,539 | 11.36 | 682,318,837 | 86.19 | 1,650,382 |
| 3 | Declaration of final dividend | 683,793,756 | 100.00 | 33,336 | 0.00 | 683,827,092 | 86.38 | 142,169 |
| 4 | Re-election of Emma Adamo as a director | 682,528,436 | 99.81 | 1,270,726 | 0.19 | 683,799,162 | 86.37 | 170,099 |
| 5 | Re-election of Graham Allan as a director | 682,746,448 | 99.85 | 1,053,234 | 0.15 | 683,799,682 | 86.37 | 169,579 |
| 6 | Re-election of John Bason as a director | 681,083,778 | 99.60 | 2,718,009 | 0.40 | 683,801,787 | 86.37 | 167,474 |
| 7 | Re-election of Ruth Cairnie as a director | 676,809,485 | 98.98 | 6,991,337 | 1.02 | 683,800,822 | 86.37 | 168,439 |
| 8 | Re-election of Wolfhart Hauser as a director | 682,739,352 | 99.85 | 1,056,067 | 0.15 | 683,795,419 | 86.37 | 173,792 |
| 9 | Re-election of Michael McLintock as a director | 680,252,257 | 99.48 | 3,549,261 | 0.52 | 683,801,518 | 86.37 | 167,743 |
| 10 | Election of Dame Heather Rabbatts as a director. | 683,656,370 | 99.98 | 140,982 | 0.02 | 683,797,352 | 86.37 | 171,909 |
| 11 | Re-election of Richard Reid as a director | 682,748,696 | 99.85 | 1,053,698 | 0.15 | 683,802,394 | 86.37 | 166,867 |
| 12 | Re-election of George Weston as a director | 682,537,666 | 99.81 | 1,267,620 | 0.19 | 683,805,286 | 86.37 | 163,887 |
| 13 | Reappointment of auditor | 682,378,559 | 99.79 | 1,425,191 | 0.21 | 683,803,750 | 86.37 | 165,511 |
| 14 | Auditor's remuneration | 683,051,128 | 99.89 | 754,508 | 0.11 | 683,805,636 | 86.37 | 163,625 |
| 15 | Political donations or expenditure | 679,338,293 | 99.35 | 4,449,009 | 0.65 | 683,787,302 | 86.37 | 175,959 |
| 16 | Directors' authority to allot shares | 669,146,068 | 97.85 | 14,697,697 | 2.15 | 683,843,765 | 86.38 | 125,424 |
| 17 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 681,095,519 | 99.74 | 1,768,211 | 0.26 | 682,863,730 | 86.26 | 1,105,531 |
| 18 | Authority to purchase own shares* | 683,021,658 | 99.88 | 807,754 | 0.12 | 683,829,412 | 86.38 | 140,876 |
| 19 | Notice of general meetings * | 662,113,115 | 96.83 | 21,698,878 | 3.17 | 683,811,993 | 86.38 | 156,048 |
| * Special resolution | ||||||||
| Votes excluding controlling shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent non-executive directors | ||||||||
| Resolution | Votes For
| % For | Votes Against
| % Against
| Votes Total | % of Issued Share Capital voted (excluding controlling share-holders)
| Votes Withheld | |
| 5 | Re-election of Graham Allan as a director | 233,253,263 | 99.55 | 1,053,234 | 0.45 | 234,306,497 | 71.02 | 169,579 |
| 7 | Re-election of Ruth Cairnie as a director | 227,316,300 | 97.02 | 6,991,337 | 2.98 | 234,307,637 | 71.02 | 168,439 |
| 8 | Re-election of Wolfhart Hauser as a director | 233,246,167 | 99.55 | 1,056,067 | 0.45 | 234,302,234 | 71.02 | 173,792 |
| 10 | Election of Dame Heather Rabbatts as a director. | 234,163,185 | 99.94 | 140,982 | 0.06 | 234,304,167 | 71.02 | 171,909 |
| 11 | Re-election of Richard Reid as a director | 233,255,511 | 99.55 | 1,053,698 | 0.45 | 234,309,209 | 71.02 | 166,867 |
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 8 December 2021 was 791,674,183.
3. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholders at 8 December 2021 was 329,930,592.
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 .
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