Result of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6628M
Rotork PLC
30 April 2024
 

30 April 2024

 

Rotork Plc

('the Company' or 'Rotork') 

2024 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results


The Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held today in the Brunel Suite at the Bailbrook House Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JD.  All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM dated 26 March 2024 and put to the meeting, were decided by a poll and were passed.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were each passed as an ordinary resolution and resolutions 15 to 19 were each passed as a special resolution.

The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution:

 

Resolution

For 2

Against2

No. of Votes withheld3

Total Capital Instructed

No. of Shares

%

No. of Shares

%

1.   

To receive the 2023 Annual Report and audited accounts               

686,561,919

99.99

4,474

0.01

970,952

686,566,393

2.   

To declare a final dividend of 4.65p per ordinary share

687,522,080

99.99

6,615

0.01

8,650

687,528,695

3.   

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

678,625,474

98.73

8,729,791

1.27

182,080

687,355,265

4.   

To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director

686,321,809

99.86

988,291

0.14

227,245

687,310,100

5.   

To elect AJ Heath as a director

687,164,354

99.98

147,342

0.02

225,649

687,311,696

6.   

To re-elect KT Huynh as a director

687,262,538

99.99

54,800

0.01

220,007

687,317,338

7.   

To re-elect KFS Meurk-Harvey as a director

686,330,724

99.86

971,490

0.14

232,893

687,302,214

8.   

To elect B Peacock as a director

685,630,773

99.76

1,680,923

0.24

225,649

687,311,696

9.   

To re-elect JE Stipp as a director

645,714,287

93.95

41,596,165

6.05

226,893

687,310,452

10. 

To re-elect DC Thompson as a director

680,652,557

99.03

6,662,139

0.97

222,649

687,314,696

11. 

To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

687,121,009

99.95

364,036

0.05

50,461

687,485,045

12. 

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration

687,475,221

99.99

13,712

0.01

48,412

687,488,933

13. 

Authority to make political donations

685,658,116

99.79

1,459,304

0.21

419,925

687,117,420

14. 

Authority for the directors to allot shares

667,978,250

97.17

19,487,121

2.83

71,974

687,465,371

15. 

General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights*

670,028,200

97.47

17,382,874

2.53

126,271

687,411,074

16. 

Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital investments*

647,499,033

94.19

39,914,445

5.81

123,867

687,413,478

17. 

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

684,243,736

99.53

3,206,665

0.47

86,944

687,450,401

18. 

Authority to purchase own preference shares*

684,476,726

99.57

2,972,325

0.43

88,294

687,449,051

19. 

Notice period for general meetings*

636,195,480

92.54

51,301,796

7.46

40,069

687,497,276

*Passed as a special resolution

The Board of Rotork plc is pleased to note that all resolutions were passed at today's AGM and we welcome the substantial support of the Company's shareholders for all the resolutions proposed.

The Company confirms that Ann Christin Andersen and Jonathan Davis both stepped down from the Board as directors at the conclusion of today's AGM. These changes were previously announced on 29 June 2023 (RNS Number 3848E) and 12 September 2023 (RNS Number 0785M) respectively.

Notes: 

 

1.    The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair discretion.

2.   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received with percentages rounded to two decimal places.

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 2024 was 859,132,400 with no shares being held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 859,132,400 with each ordinary share having one vote.

5.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy 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

 

Enquiries:

 


Rotork plc

Tel:  +44 (0)1225 733 200

Stuart Pain, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director




FTI Consulting


Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule

Tel:  + 44 (0)20 3727 1340



 

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