30 April 2021
Rotork Plc
('the Company' or 'Rotork')
2021 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results
The Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held today at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3HZ. All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 30 March 2021 and put to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were passed.
Resolutions 1 to 13 were each passed as an ordinary resolution (requiring a simple majority) and resolutions 14 to 19 were each passed as a special resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority).
The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution.
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Resolution |
For 2 |
Against2 |
No. of Votes withheld3 |
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 2020 together with the reports of the directors and auditor |
739,558,101 |
100.00% |
15,412 |
0.00% |
672,565 |
84.60% |
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2. |
To declare a final dividend of 6.3p per ordinary share |
739,998,713 |
99.97% |
247,365 |
0.03% |
0 |
84.68% |
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3. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
682,957,254 |
93.12% |
50,451,380 |
6.88% |
6,837,444 |
83.90% |
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4. |
To re-elect AC Andersen as a director |
697,687,201 |
94.26% |
42,500,144 |
5.74% |
58,733 |
84.68% |
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5. |
To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director |
687,467,266 |
92.89% |
52,603,082 |
7.11% |
175,730 |
84.66% |
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6. |
To re-elect JM Davis as a director |
738,737,465 |
99.80% |
1,455,054 |
0.20% |
53,559 |
84.68% |
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7. |
To re-elect PG Dilnot as a director |
697,662,550 |
94.25% |
42,525,931 |
5.75% |
54,489 |
84.68% |
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8. |
To re-elect KG Hostetler as a director |
739,204,274 |
99.87% |
940,509 |
0.13% |
101,295 |
84.67% |
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9. |
To re-elect MJ Lamb as a director |
686,760,657 |
93.06% |
51,217,525 |
6.94% |
2,267,896 |
84.42% |
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10. |
To elect JE Stipp as a director |
724,443,844 |
97.87% |
15,739,501 |
2.13% |
62,733 |
84.67% |
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11. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company |
736,074,764 |
99.98% |
174,298 |
0.02% |
3,997,016 |
84.22% |
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12. |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor's remuneration |
739,990,501 |
99.98% |
156,513 |
0.02% |
98,064 |
84.67% |
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13. |
Authority for the directors to allot shares |
691,915,742 |
93.48% |
48,273,304 |
6.52% |
57,032 |
84.68% |
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14. |
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights* |
738,091,640 |
99.72% |
2,072,247 |
0.28% |
82,191 |
84.67% |
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15. |
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital investments* |
720,467,373 |
97.34% |
19,716,514 |
2.66% |
62,191 |
84.67% |
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16. |
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares* |
734,372,097 |
99.27% |
5,435,428 |
0.73% |
438,553 |
84.63% |
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17. |
Authority to purchase own preference shares* |
738,238,465 |
99.78% |
1,632,460 |
0.22% |
375,153 |
84.64% |
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18. |
Authority to adopt new articles of association* |
739,469,548 |
99.99% |
99,764 |
0.01% |
676,766 |
84.60% |
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19. |
Notice period for general meetings* |
618,119,302 |
83.52% |
121,996,576 |
16.48% |
130,200 |
84.67% |
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
4. The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue on 30 April 2021 was 874,150,336.
5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of each of all resolutions passed by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
6. A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.
7. Legal Entity Identifier: 213800AH5RZIHGWRJ718
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Enquiries:
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FTI Consulting
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Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule |
Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340 |
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Rotork plc
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Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200 |
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Joy Baldry, Deputy Company Secretary |
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Jonathan Davis, Group Finance Director |
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Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director |
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