Result of AGM

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Tate & Lyle PLC announced that all resolutions at its Annual General Meeting on July 22, 2026, were passed, with strong support for the Report and Accounts (98.80% for), the final dividend (98.81% for), and the re-appointment of auditors (98.76% for). While most resolutions received over 93% of the vote, the Directors' Remuneration Report saw 14.93% against, and the authority to allot shares for acquisitions or capital investments received 9.30% against. The company had 445,450,004 total voting rights as of July 20, 2026.

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Tate & Lyle PLC
22 July 2026
 

Tate & Lyle PLC

 

Result of Annual General Meeting 2026

 

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026 issued on 2 June 2026 were duly passed.

 

The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:

 

 

Resolution

Total For(1)

Total Against

Votes withheld(2)

No. of votes

% of vote

No. of votes

% of vote

No. of votes

1.

Report and Accounts

278,686,983

98.80

3,385,710

1.20

209,167

2.

Directors' Remuneration Report

232,089,741

85.07

40,739,631

14.93

9,452,488

3.

Approve final dividend

278,890,108

98.81

3,357,397

1.19

34,355

4.

Re-elect David Hearn

264,085,051

93.63

17,979,444

6.37

217,265

5.

Re-elect Nick Hampton

278,092,738

98.57

4,027,539

1.43

160,380

6.

Re-elect Sarah Kuijlaars

278,119,169

98.59

3,985,722

1.41

176,869

7.

Re-elect Jeffrey Carr

264,456,490

93.76

17,596,060

6.24

228,107

8.

Re-elect John Cheung

276,422,936

98.00

5,655,016

2.00

202,705

9.

Re-elect Dr Isabelle Esser

264,626,797

93.80

17,489,933

6.20

163,927

10.

Re-elect Steve Foots

264,668,253

93.83

17,409,422

6.17

202,982

11.

Elect Heather Harding

278,126,730

98.61

3,931,594

1.39

217,333

12.

Re-elect Kimberly Nelson

276,553,867

98.02

5,572,635

1.98

149,155

13.

Re-elect Warren Tucker

276,296,738

97.93

5,851,415

2.07

127,504

14.

Re-elect Cláudia Vaz de Lestapis

278,103,664

98.60

3,947,419

1.40

224,574

15.

Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP

278,682,390

98.76

3,496,304

1.24

97,063

16.

Approve auditors' remuneration

278,561,048

98.73

3,570,119

1.27

144,590

17.

Authority to make political donations

277,653,454

98.43

4,441,142

1.57

182,264

18.

Authority to allot ordinary shares

264,543,072

93.76

17,598,924

6.24

133,761

19.

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

267,590,928

94.87

14,457,327

5.13

227,502

20.

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment

255,831,453

90.70

26,245,029

9.30

198,215

21.

Authority to purchase own shares

278,660,443

98.76

3,497,409

1.24

122,905

22.

Authority in respect of shorter notices for general meetings

271,725,919

96.30

10,438,977

3.70

115,861

 

 (1) Includes discretionary votes.

 

(2) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

 

On 20 July 2026 there were 476,744,583 ordinary shares in issue, with 31,294,579 ordinary shares held in treasury, so the total voting rights were 445,450,004.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Victoria Barlow

Company Secretary

22 July 2026

 

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