Result of AGM

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Croda International PLC
23 April 2020
 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

 

The ninety-fifth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at Cowick Hall, Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9AA on Thursday 23 April 2020.

 

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  128,888,678   (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 2019

99,332,313

99.99

879

0.01

496,151

2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

97,230,580

97.55

2,445,834

2.45

152,926

3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2019

96,844,492

97.16

2,833,300

2.84

151,550

4.  To declare a final dividend of 50.5 pence per ordinary share

98,865,999

99.18

814,485

0.82

148,859

5.  To re-elect R Cirillo as a director

96,309,098

96.62

3,366,898

3.38

153,346

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

97,425,290

97.74

2,250,466

2.26

153,586

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

97,885,438

98.20

1,791,829

1.80

152,075

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

95,533,623

96.92

3,039,945

3.08

1,255,773

9.  To re-elect H L Ganczakowski as a director

97,135,026

97.45

2,540,211

2.55

154,105

10.  To re-elect K Layden as a director

94,735,622

95.04

4,941,645

4.96

152,075

11.  To re-elect J K Maiden as a director

97,752,210

98.07

1,923,536

1.93

153,596

12.  To elect J Ramsay as a director

96,486,966

96.80

3,188,780

3.20

153,596

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

99,674,503

99.99

5,096

0.01

149,744

14.  To a uthorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration

99,678,854

99.99

1,096

0.01

149,393

15.  Political donations

95,525,318

95.85

4,138,373

4.15

165,651

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

90,144,229

90.66

9,290,515

9.34

394,598

17.  To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £683,739

96,506,566

97.09

2,891,727

2.91

431,050

18.  To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £683,739

97,640,640

98.24

1,749,513

1.76

439,189

19.  To a uthorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 12,888,867 ordinary shares

98,080,735

98.41

1,584,217

1.59

164,390

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

91,493,342

91.80

8,174,242

8.20

161,758

21.  That the rules of the Croda International Plc Performance Share Plan 2014 be amended

97,678,792

98.01

1,983,431

1.99

167,117

 

Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) and resolution 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 (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, Company Secretary & MD Western Europe

 

23 April 2020


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