Rotork Plc
AGM Statement
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 April 2020 at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3HZ
The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Rotork plc (the "Company") at the Company's Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 April 2020 passed by poll all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 31 March 2020.
The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution.
A copy of each of the resolutions passed by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.
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Resolution |
For 3 |
Against3 |
No. of Votes withheld4 |
Total Capital Instructed |
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No. of Shares |
% |
No. of Shares |
% |
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1. |
To receive the Company's annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 together with the reports of the directors and auditors |
718,976,727 |
99.99 |
105,695 |
0.01 |
1,060,355 |
82.40% |
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2. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
693,950,567 |
96.83 |
22,686,190 |
3.17 |
3,506,020 |
82.12% |
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3. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
682,875,938 |
95.97 |
28,701,772 |
4.03 |
8,565,067 |
81.54% |
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4. |
To re-elect AC Andersen as a director |
716,253,311 |
99.48 |
3,714,105 |
0.52 |
175,362 |
82.50% |
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5. |
To re-elect LM Bell as a director |
660,509,457 |
91.72 |
59,616,488 |
8.28 |
16,833 |
82.52% |
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6. |
To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director |
705,075,514 |
97.93 |
14,902,563 |
2.07 |
164,701 |
82.50% |
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7. |
To re-elect JM Davis as a director |
717,730,000 |
99.67 |
2,400,189 |
0.33 |
12,589 |
82.52% |
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8. |
To re-elect PG Dilnot as a director |
712,591,339 |
98.95 |
7,532,450 |
1.05 |
18,989 |
82.52% |
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9. |
To re-elect KG Hostetler as a director |
692,089,262 |
96.11 |
27,979,080 |
3.89 |
74,436 |
82.51% |
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10. |
To re-elect SA James as a director |
716,428,035 |
99.49 |
3,699,137 |
0.51 |
15,606 |
82.52% |
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11. |
To re-elect MJ Lamb as a director |
709,488,963 |
98.83 |
8,433,832 |
1.17 |
2,219,983 |
82.27% |
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12. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company |
716,621,233 |
99.99 |
41,907 |
0.01 |
3,479,638 |
82.12% |
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13. |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor's remuneration |
720,103,990 |
100.00 |
33,465 |
0.00 |
5,323 |
82.52% |
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14. |
Authority for the directors to allot shares |
629,156,845 |
87.37 |
90,947,154 |
12.63 |
38,779 |
82.52% |
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15. |
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights* |
719,014,741 |
99.85 |
1,101,429 |
0.15 |
26,608 |
82.52% |
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16. |
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital investments* |
715,616,163 |
99.38 |
4,498,341 |
0.62 |
28,273 |
82.52% |
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17. |
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares* |
715,886,880 |
99.41 |
4,217,215 |
0.59 |
38,682 |
82.52% |
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18. |
Authority to purchase own preference shares* |
719,585,482 |
99.93 |
517,014 |
0.07 |
40,282 |
82.52% |
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19. |
Notice period for general meetings* |
631,691,968 |
87.72 |
88,449,326 |
12.28 |
1,484 |
82.52% |
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. All resolutions were passed.
2. The total votes cast in favour of each resolution includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
3. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
4. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
5. The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue at 6.30pm on 22 April 2020 was 872,677,658.
Enquiries:
FTI Consulting Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
Nick Hasell / Susanne Yule
Rotork plc Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200
Sandra Forbes, Interim Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Jonathan Davis, Finance Director
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director
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24 April 2020
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