(the "Company" or "Bakkavor")

Annual Report and Accounts 2023 and Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting

Bakkavor announced its full-year audited results for the 52-week period ended 30 December 2023 on 5 March 2024. Further to that announcement, Bakkavor confirms that the following documents have been published today:  

·    Annual Report and Accounts 2023;

·    Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM" or "Meeting"); and

·    Proxy Form for the 2024 AGM,

(together, "the Documents"). 

The Documents are available on the Company's website at www.bakkavor.com, and printed copies will be posted today to those shareholders who have elected to receive documents in hard copy. 

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the Documents have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available in unedited full text at www.data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

2024 AGM Arrangements

The AGM will be held at 10.00am on Thursday 23 May 2024 at Fitzroy Place, 5th Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ.

This year's AGM will be in-person. Shareholders can submit questions related to the business of the AGM, in advance in writing or by email. Further details of how to submit questions in advance of the AGM are set out in the Notice of AGM. 

Any updates regarding the AGM will be included on our website at www.bakkavor.com and announced via a Regulatory News Service. 

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, the Board recommends that you complete and return your proxy instruction form appointing Simon Burke, the Chair of the Meeting, as your proxy. This will ensure that your vote will be counted. Further details on how to appoint a proxy are set out in the Notice of AGM.

ENQUIRIES

Institutional investors and analysts:

Ben Waldron, Chief Financial Officer

Richard Wooldridge, Interim Head of Investor Relations                             +44 (0) 20 7908 6114

Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary                                                                                                                                                     +44 (0) 20 8908 6130

Financial media: bakkavor@mhpgroup.com

Katie Hunt, MHP                                                                                          +44 (0) 20 3128 8100

                                                                                                                     +44 (0) 7884 494 112

Rachel Farrington, MHP                                                                              +44 (0) 7801 894 577

Oliver Hughes, MHP                                                                                    +44 (0) 7885 224 532

About Bakkavor

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China. Find out more at www.bakkavor.com.

LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949