Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6965X
Croda International PLC
27 April 2023
 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

 

The ninety-eighth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at the Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QZ on Wednesday 26 April 2023.

 

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  139,635,442 (excluding shares held in treasury). 

 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows: 

 

Resolution

Votes For

Against

Withheld

No of shares

% of shares voted

No of shares

% of shares voted

 

No of shares

1.     To receive the financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2022

115,402,594

99.99

         1,620

0.01

120,386

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy which takes effect immediately after the end of the AGM

108,740,593

94.16

   6,741,782

5.84

   42,225

3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022  (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy)

111,790,609

96.80

   3,691,283

3.20

   42,708

4.     To declare a final dividend of 61.0 pence per ordinary share

114,598,435

99.22

      901,428

0.78

   24,737

5.     To elect L Burdett as a director

115,328,465

99.85

      170,344

0.15

   25,791

6.     To re-elect R Cirillo as a director

113,613,064

98.37

   1,886,377

1.63

   25,159

7.     To re-elect J P C Ferguson as a director

113,088,237

97.91

   2,411,204

2.09

   25,159

8.     To re-elect S E Foots as a director

115,412,066

99.92

        87,564

0.08

   24,970

9.     To re-elect A M Frew as a director

113,709,318

98.45

   1,790,274

1.55

   25,008

10.   To re-elect J Kim as a director

113,910,809

98.62

   1,588,632

1.38

   25,159

11.   To re-elect K Layden as a director

106,512,660

92.22

   8,986,932

7.78

   25,008

12.   To re-elect N Ouzren as a director

113,678,250

98.42

   1,821,191

1.58

   25,159

13.   To re-elect J Ramsay as a director

109,095,557

94.46

   6,403,884

5.55

   25,159

14.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company

114,649,550

99.27

      848,370

0.73

   26,680

15.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration

115,497,137

99.99

         2,308

0.01

                25,155

16.   Political donations

110,964,042

96.06

   4,550,438

3.94

   10,170

17.   To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital

103,757,086

89.83

11,742,895

10.17

   24,419

18.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498

102,372,439

88.63

13,127,318

11.37

   24,843

19.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498

97,837,740

84.99

17,279,710

15.01

407,150

20.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,963,544 ordinary shares

113,163,022

97.99

   2,326,877

2.01

   34,701

21.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

106,049,068

91.82

   9,450,553

8.18

   24,979

22.   To adopt the Croda International Plc Sharesave Scheme (2023)

114,996,416

99.57

      498,857

0.43

   29,327

23.   To increase the Non-executive directors' fees

110,562,447

95.74

   4,920,518

4.26

   41,635

 

Resolutions 1 to 17 (inclusive), 22 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website (investor centre) and has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Tom Brophy

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

27 April 2023

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