SFF joins the slaughter
Meat processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms Ltd has joined fellow South Island-based meat company Alliance Group in reporting a big loss for the past year.
The results of the election, which closed at 3pm on Friday, February 13 were:
· Rob Hewett: 41,437,912
· Fiona Hancox: 25,241,163
· Herstall Ulrich: 20,695,485
The total weighted vote represents 68.10% of total shares, and is up from the 61.76% turnout in the previous election in December 2013.
The voter return percentage was 30.86% of eligible shareholders. This is up 4.1% on the 2013 return of 26.76%.
Votes were received from 1,500 eligible voters from a total of 4,860 eligible voters. To become eligible, shareholders needed to meet requirements that included supplying a minimum level of stock for processing over the past two seasons.
