Result of AGM

Croda International PLC

23 April 2026

 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The one hundred and first Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at The Milner York, Station Road, York, YO24 1AA on Wednesday 22 April 2026.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  139,635,442 (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 financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2025	111,516,013	99.87	147,576	0.13	1,464,115
2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy which takes effect immediately after the end of the AGM.	111,096,325	98.37	1,845,266	1.63	186,113
3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025.	111,518,600	98.74	1,424,586	1.26	184,518
4.     To declare a final dividend of 63.0p per ordinary share	112,502,883	99.45	616,688	0.55	8,133
5.     To elect J Anderson as a director	113,094,693	99.98	21,723	0.02	11,288
6.     To re-elect I Bull as a director	110,753,288	97.91	2,362,974	2.09	11,442
7.     To re-elect R Cirillo as a director	110,697,490	97.86	2,418,746	2.14	11,468
8.     To re-elect C Good as a director	110,835,648	98.20	2,028,363	1.80	263,693
9.     To re-elect D Gray as a director	109,981,208	97.29	3,069,173	2.71	77,323
10.   To re-elect J Ferguson as a director	110,834,496	97.98	2,282,240	2.02	10,968
11.   To re-elect S Foots as a director	112,501,931	99.46	613,931	0.54	11,842
12.   To re-elect K Layden as a director	109,543,922	96.84	3,572,040	3.16	11,742
13.   To re-elect N Ouzren as a director	110,696,712	97.86	2,418,676	2.14	12,316
14.   To re-elect S Oxley as a director	112,483,354	99.44	632,982	0.56	11,368
15.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor of the Company	113,105,980	99.99	11,656	0.01	10,068
16.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	113,108,346	99.99	8,946	0.01	10,412
17.   Political donations	108,851,982	96.23	4,267,691	3.77	8,031
18.   To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital	107,366,951	94.92	5,750,256	5.08	10,497
19.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498	103,024,898	91.08	10,092,301	8.92	10,505
20.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498	99,277,514	87.77	13,839,629	12.23	10,561
21.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,963,544 ordinary shares	113,057,437	99.97	39,421	0.03	30,796
22.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	105,506,302	93.27	7,612,407	6.73	9,225

Resolutions 1 to 18 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 (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 and President Sustainability

23 April 2026

 

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