Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8403K
Rotork PLC
24 April 2020
 

Rotork Plc

 

AGM Statement

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 April 2020 at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3HZ

 

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Rotork plc (the "Company") at the Company's Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 April 2020 passed by poll all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 31 March 2020.

 

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

 

A copy of each of the resolutions passed by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.

 

Resolution

For 3

Against3

No. of Votes withheld4

Total Capital Instructed

No. of Shares

%

No. of Shares

%

1. 

To receive the Company's annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 together with the reports of the directors and auditors 

718,976,727

99.99

105,695

0.01

1,060,355

82.40%

2. 

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

693,950,567

96.83

22,686,190

3.17

3,506,020

82.12%

3. 

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

682,875,938

95.97

28,701,772

4.03

8,565,067

81.54%

4. 

To re-elect AC Andersen as a director

716,253,311

99.48

3,714,105

0.52

175,362

82.50%

5. 

To re-elect LM Bell as a director

660,509,457

91.72

59,616,488

8.28

16,833

82.52%

6. 

To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director

705,075,514

97.93

14,902,563

2.07

164,701

82.50%

7. 

To re-elect JM Davis as a director

717,730,000

99.67

2,400,189

0.33

12,589

82.52%

8. 

To re-elect PG Dilnot as a director

712,591,339

98.95

7,532,450

1.05

18,989

82.52%

9. 

To re-elect KG Hostetler as a director

692,089,262

96.11

27,979,080

3.89

74,436

82.51%

10. 

To re-elect SA James as a director

716,428,035

99.49

3,699,137

0.51

15,606

82.52%

11. 

To re-elect MJ Lamb as a director

709,488,963

98.83

8,433,832

1.17

2,219,983

82.27%

12. 

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company

716,621,233

99.99

41,907

0.01

3,479,638

82.12%

13. 

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor's remuneration

720,103,990

100.00

33,465

0.00

5,323

82.52%

14. 

Authority for the directors to allot shares

629,156,845

87.37

90,947,154

12.63

38,779

82.52%

15. 

General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights*

719,014,741

99.85

1,101,429

0.15

26,608

82.52%

16. 

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

715,616,163

99.38

4,498,341

0.62

28,273

82.52%

17. 

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

715,886,880

99.41

4,217,215

0.59

38,682

82.52%

18. 

Authority to purchase own preference shares*

719,585,482

99.93

517,014

0.07

40,282

82.52%

19. 

Notice period for general meetings*

631,691,968

87.72

88,449,326

12.28

1,484

82.52%

*Special Resolution

 

Notes: 

 

1.  All resolutions were passed.

2.  The total votes cast in favour of each resolution includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

3.  Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. 

4.  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

5.  The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue at 6.30pm on 22 April 2020 was 872,677,658.

 

Enquiries:

 

FTI Consulting    Tel:  + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
Nick Hasell / Susanne Yule

 

Rotork plc    Tel:  +44 (0)1225 733 200
Sandra Forbes, Interim Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Jonathan Davis, Finance Director
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director

 

 

 

24 April 2020


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