Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9895K

Croda International PLC

28 April 2010

 



Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The eighty-fifth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc was held at Carlton Towers, Carlton, Goole, East Yorkshire DN14 9LZ on Wednesday 28 April 2010.

Proxy votes were received from ordinary shareholders in respect of 85,606,678 ordinary shares amounting to 62.34% of the issued share capital.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  137,312,439 (excluding shares held in treasury). 

5.9% and 6.6% Cumulative Preference shareholders were entitled to vote on resolution 13 and their votes are included in the totals shown below.  Proxy votes in respect of 250,279 5.9% preference shares and 104,342 6.6% preference shares were received amounting to 40.65% and 20.93% of the respective issued share capitals.  The total number of 5.9% preference shares in issue: 615,562, 6.6% preference shares in issue: 498,434.

All resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a show of hands.  The proxy votes cast in respect of the resolutions received prior to the meeting were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Discretion to Chairman	Discretion to Third Party	Withheld
1.     To receive the report of the directors and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009	85,345,697	107,057	69,571	13,562	70,791
2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2009	83,128,307	1,739,355	72,879	13,562	652,575
3.    To declare a final dividend of 15 pence per ordinary share	85,448,387	5,907	68,697	13,562	70,125
4.    To elect P N N Turner as a director	85,070,599	331,706	91,128	13,562	99,683
5.    To re-elect M Humphrey as a director	83,580,790	1,729,026	90,148	13,562	193,152
6.    To re-elect M S Christie as a director	84,984,573	429,572	90,334	13,562	88,637
7.    To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	84,641,303	200,496	73,885	13,562	677,432
8.    To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	85,305,190	139,742	75,291	13,562	72,893
9.    To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,531,310	77,268,054	5,465,648	74,513	13,562	2,784,245
10.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £699,750	85,410,359	24,187	76,807	13,562	81,763
11.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,700,000 ordinary shares	85,345,479	91,808	73,675	13,562	82,154
12.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	81,432,895	4,009,167	74,896	13,562	76,158
13.   Amendments the Articles of Association	82,529,076	3,155,584	177,668	13,562	85,409

Resolutions 1 to 9 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 10 to 13 (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 at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Louise Scott

Company Secretary & Legal Counsel      

28 April 2010

 

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