30
January 2025
GREENCORE GROUP
PLC
Results of Annual General
Meeting
Greencore Group plc (the 'Company')
announces that each resolution proposed at the Annual General
Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held today, Thursday, 30 January
2025, was passed.
The full text of each resolution was
included in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company
published on 20 December 2024 (the 'Notice') and made available
on www.greencore.com.
A full list of the votes received
will shortly be available for inspection on the Company's
website, www.greencore.com.
Resolution
|
VOTES FOR
|
VOTES
AGAINST
|
Resolution
|
VOTES FOR
|
VOTES
AGAINST
|
|
%
|
%
|
|
%
|
%
|
1
|
99.99
|
0.01
|
4
|
99.33
|
0.67
|
2
|
100.00
|
0.00
|
5
|
99.97
|
0.03
|
3
(a)
|
97.25
|
2.75
|
6
|
99.99
|
0.01
|
3
(b)
|
99.97
|
0.03
|
7
|
90.93
|
9.07
|
3
(c)
|
99.83
|
0.17
|
8
|
99.24
|
0.76
|
3
(d)
|
97.86
|
2.14
|
9
|
93.70
|
6.30
|
3
(e)
|
97.86
|
2.14
|
10
|
92.46
|
7.54
|
3
(f)
|
99.97
|
0.03
|
11
|
99.96
|
0.04
|
3
(g)
|
97.85
|
2.15
|
12
|
99.96
|
0.04
|
3
(h)
|
99.97
|
0.03
|
|
|
|
In accordance with the Financial
Conduct Authority's ('FCA') Listing Rules, a copy of each of the
resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been forwarded
to the FCA and will shortly be available for inspection at the
following location: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Capitalised words and expressions in
this announcement shall, unless the context provides otherwise,
have the same meanings as in the Notice.
Special Business considered at the Annual General
Meeting
For the purposes of Listing Rule
9.6.3, the resolutions approved by shareholders included the
following items of special business:
Resolution 8:
'That the Directors of the Company
be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to
exercise all the powers of the Company for the purposes of Section
1021 of the Companies Act 2014, to allot relevant securities
(within the meaning of Section 1021 of the Companies Act 2014), up
to £1,471,826.69, being an amount equal to approximately 33% of the
aggregate nominal value of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the
Company as at 15 December 2024 and that this authority shall expire
at the close of business on the date of the next AGM of the Company
to be held in 2026 or 30 April 2026, whichever is the earlier, save
that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement
which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted
after such expiry and the Directors may allot relevant securities
in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power
conferred hereby had not expired'.
Resolution 9:
'That the Directors be and are
hereby empowered pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the
Companies Act 2014, to allot equity securities (within the meaning
of Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014) for cash pursuant to
Resolution 6 as if sub-section (1) of the said Section 1022 did not
apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be
limited to:
(a) the allotment of equity
securities in connection with any rights issue, open offer, or
other pre-emptive offer in favour of ordinary shareholders where
the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of
all ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be)
to the respective number of Ordinary Shares held by them (but
subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors
may deem necessary or expedient to deal with the laws of any
territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or any stock
exchange in any territory or legal or practical problems in
connection with fractional entitlement, securities laws or
otherwise);
(b) the allotment (otherwise than
pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above) of equity securities up to an
aggregate maximum nominal value of £446,008.08, being approximately
10% of the aggregate nominal value of issued Ordinary Share capital
of the Company as at 15 December 2024 provided that any treasury
shares re-allotted pursuant to Resolution 12 of this Notice of AGM
shall be included in the calculation of such aggregate maximum
nominal value; and
(c) the allotment of equity
securities pursuant to Article 120(b) of the Company's Articles of
Association.
This authority shall expire at the
close of business on the date of the next AGM of the Company to be
held in 2026 or 30 April 2026, whichever is the earlier, save that
the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which
would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such
expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance
of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not
expired'.
Resolution 10:
'That the Directors be and are
hereby empowered pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the
Companies Act 2014, to allot equity securities (within the meaning
of Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014) for cash pursuant to
Resolution 6 as if sub-section (1) of the said Section 1022 did not
apply to any such allotment and in addition to any authority
granted under Resolution 9 as if Section 1022 of that Act did not
apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be
limited to:
(a) the proceeds of any such
allotment are to be used only for the purposes of financing (or
refinancing, if the authority is to be used within twelve months
after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors
determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a
kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying
Pre-emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group
prior to the date of the notice containing this resolution;
and
(b) the nominal value of all equity
securities allotted pursuant to this authority, together with the
nominal value of all Treasury Shares re-issued pursuant to
Resolution 10, may not exceed £446,008.08, representing
approximately 10% of the issued share capital of the Company
(excluding Treasury Shares) as at 15 December 2024.
This authority shall expire at the
close of business on the date of the next AGM of the Company to be
held in 2026 or 30 April 2026, whichever is the earlier, save that
the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which
would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such
expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance
of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not
expired'.
Resolution 11:
'That the Company and/or any of its
subsidiaries be and are hereby generally authorised to make market
purchases or overseas market purchases (as defined in Section 1072
of the Companies Act 2014), of shares of any class (except the
Special Share (as defined in the Articles of Association)) in the
Company (the 'Share' or 'Shares') on such terms and conditions and
in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine but
subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2014 and to the
following restrictions and provisions:
(a) the maximum number of
Shares authorised to be acquired pursuant to the terms of this
resolution shall be such number of Shares whose aggregate nominal
value shall not exceed £446,008.08, being approximately 10% of the
aggregate nominal value of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the
Company as at 15 December 2024;
(b) the minimum price which
may be paid for any Share shall be the nominal value of the
Share;
(c) the maximum price
(excluding expenses) which may be paid for any Share in the Company
(a 'Relevant Share') shall be the higher of:
(i) 5% above the average of
the closing prices of a Relevant Share taken from the Official List
of the London Stock Exchange for the five business days prior to
the day the purchase is made; and
(ii) the value of a Relevant
Share calculated on the basis of the higher of the price quoted
for:
(A) the last independent trade
of; and
(B) the highest current
independent bid or offer for;
any number of Relevant Shares on the
trading venue where the purchase pursuant to the authority
conferred by this resolution will be carried out.
If the means of providing the
foregoing information as to dealings and prices by reference to
which the maximum price is to be determined is altered or is
replaced by some other means, then a maximum price shall be
determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by
the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the London Stock
Exchange or its equivalent;
(d) the authority hereby granted
shall expire at the close of business on the date of the next AGM
of the Company to be held in 2026 or 30 April 2026, whichever is
the earlier, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by
special resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section
1074 of the Companies Act 2014. The Company or any such subsidiary
may before such expiry enter into a contract for the purchase of
Shares which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such
expiry and may complete any such contract as if the authority
conferred hereby had not expired'.
Resolution 12:
'That for the purposes of Sections
109 and/or 1078 of the Companies Act 2014 (the 'Act') the re-
allotment price range at which any treasury shares (as defined by
Section 106 of the Act) for the time being held by the Company may
be re-allotted (including by way of re-allotment off market) shall
be as follows:
(a) the maximum price at which a
treasury share may be re-allotted shall be an amount equal to 120%
of the 'Appropriate Price'; and
(b) the minimum price at which a
treasury share may be re-allotted shall be the nominal value of the
share where such a share is required to satisfy an obligation under
an employees' share scheme (as defined by Section 64 of the
Companies Act 2014) operated by the Company or, in all other cases,
an amount equal to 95% of the 'Appropriate Price'.
For the purposes of this resolution
the expression 'Appropriate Price' shall mean the average of the
five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following
(i), (ii) or (iii) specified below in relation to shares of the
class of which such treasury share is to be re-allotted shall be
appropriate in respect of each of the five business days
immediately preceding the day on which the treasury share is
re-allotted, as determined from information published on the London
Stock Exchange reporting the business done on each of these five
business days:
(i) if there shall be more than one
dealing reported for the day, the average of the prices at which
such dealings took place; or
(ii) if there shall be only one
dealing reported for the day, the price at which such dealing took
place; or
(iii) if there shall not be any
dealing reported for the day, the average of the closing bid and
offer prices for the day;
and if there shall be only a bid
(but not an offer) or an offer (but not a bid) price reported, or
if there shall not be any closing price reported, for any
particular day, then that day shall not count as one of the said
five business days for the purposes of determining the 'Appropriate
Price'. If the means of providing the foregoing information as to
dealings and prices by reference to which the 'Appropriate Price'
is to be determined is altered or is replaced by some other means,
then the 'Appropriate Price' is to be determined on the basis of
the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in
relation to dealings on the London Stock Exchange or its
equivalent.
The authority hereby conferred shall
expire at the close of business on the day of the next AGM of the
Company to be held in 2025 or 25 April 2025, whichever is the
earlier, unless previously varied or renewed in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 109 and/or 1078 of the Companies Act 2014
(as applicable) and is without prejudice or limitation to any other
authority of the Company to re-allot treasury shares
on-market'.
For
further information, please contact:
Damien Moynagh
Group General Counsel and Company
Secretary
Greencore Group plc
4th Floor, Block
2
Dublin Airport Central
Dublin Airport
Swords
K67 E2H3
Ireland
Tel: 353 (0)1 605 1000
About Greencore
We are a leading manufacturer of
convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day
taste better. To help us achieve this we have a model called The
Greencore Way, which is built on the differentiators of People at
the Core, Great Food, Excellence and Sustainability - The Greencore
Way describes both who we are and how we will succeed.
We supply all of the major
supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel
retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other
retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories
including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled
ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient
sauces, pickles and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
In FY24 we manufactured 748m
sandwiches and other food to go products, 125m chilled ready meals,
and 204m bottles of cooking sauces, dips and table sauces. We carry
out more than 10,500 direct to store deliveries each day. We have
16 world-class manufacturing sites and 17 distribution centres in
the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain
capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.8bn in FY24 and employ
c.13,300 people. We are headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland.
For further information go to
www.greencore.com
or follow Greencore on social media.