Result of AGM

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Essentra plc announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on May 20, 2026, were passed by shareholders. The report and accounts received 99.99% approval, the remuneration report 99.92%, and the final dividend 99.93%. Director re-elections also saw strong support, with votes for re-electing Steve Good at 99.35% and Kath Durrant at 99.41%. Resolutions concerning the allotment of shares and disapplying pre-emption rights received 93.50% and 96.88% approval respectively, while the specific power to disapply pre-emption rights passed with 94.91% of votes. The re-appointment of the auditor and auditor's remuneration were approved with 99.98% of votes.

Disclaimer*

Essentra plc
21 May 2026
 

Essentra plc (the Company)

Results of Annual General Meeting

The directors are pleased to announce that at the Company's AGM held on 20th May 2026, all resolutions were duly voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. 


Resolution

Votes For

(Including discretionary votes)

Votes Against

Total Votes Cast

(excluding votes withheld)

Votes Withheld

 

 

Number of shares

% of votes cast

Number of shares

% of votes cast

Number of shares

% of relevant shares in issue

Number of shares

1

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

 

227,613,637

 

99.99%

22,662

0.01

227,636,299

80.13%

30,398

2

REMUNERATION REPORT

 

226,916,880

 

99.92%

185,327

0.08

227,102,207

79.94%

564,490

3

FINAL DIVIDEND

 

227,498,360

 

99.93%

150,242

0.07

227,648,602

80.13%

18,095

4

ELECT KLAUS GOLDENBOT

 

227,268,465

 

99.85%

345,768

0.15

227,614,233

80.12%

52,464

5

RE-ELECT ROWAN BAKER

 

227,293,532

 

99.86

328,050

0.14

227,621,582

80.13%

45,115

6

RE-ELECT STEVE GOOD

 

226,136,566

 

99.35%

1,487,620

0.65

227,624,186

80.13%

42,511

7.

RE-ELECT KATH DURRANT

 

226,274,128

 

99.41%

1,350,274

0.59

227,624,402

80.13%

42,295

8

RE-ELECT SCOTT FAWCETT

 

227,278,363

 

99.85%

345,284

0.15

227,623,647

80.13%

43,050

9

RE-ELECT ADRIAN I. PEACE

 

219,560,229

 

96.46%

8,063,957

3.54

227,624,186

80.13%

42,511

10

RE-ELECT MARY REILLY

 

219,405,804

 

96.39%

8,219,340

3.61

227,625,144

80.13%

41,553

11

RE-APPOINT AUDITOR

 

227,579,935

 

99.98%

47,971

0.02

227,627,906

80.13%

38,791

12

AUDITOR'S REMUNERATION

 

227,583,087

 

99.98%

49,896

0.02

227,632,983

80.13%

33,714

13

ALLOT SHARES

212,680,784

93.50%

14,792,156

6.50

227,472,940

80.07%

193,757

14

DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS

 

220,514,178

 

96.88%

7,109,216

3.12

227,623,394

80.13%

43,303

15

DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS -SPECIFIC POWER

 

216,046,513

 

94.91%

11,585,275

5.09

227,631,788

80.13%

34,909

16

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

 

227,585,467

 

99.98%

47,662

0.02

227,633,129

80.13%

33,568

17

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

217,956,088

 

95.81%

 

9,531,079

 

4.19

 

227,487,167

 

80.08%

 

179,530

 

Any vote that gave the Chair discretion has been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. 

Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 14 to 17 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the company's website at www.essentraplc.com.

 

Enquiries

Tim George, Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0)1908 359100

21st May 2026

 

LEI: 5493007MOZNA03BVNE96

 

 

 

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