REG - Renishaw PLC - AGM Voting Results Update Statement

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RNS Number : 7778O  Renishaw PLC  16 May 2024

Renishaw plc (the "Company")

 

2023 Annual General Meeting - Voting Results Update Statement

 

 

The Board has continued to consider the votes against resolutions 5, the
re-election of Sir David McMurtry (31.26%) and 6, the re-election of John Deer
(28.48%) (together, the "Founders") at the 2023 AGM held in November.

 

Following the 2023 AGM, Sir David Grant, Senior Independent Director, invited
our largest institutional shareholders who voted against the resolutions
(together holding 49.74%* of the independent shares and 23.45% of total issued
share capital) and those proxy advisory firms who recommended voting against,
to discuss their concerns. The Board was pleased to see that the response rate
to this year's invitation was much higher than last year. Out of these
responses, five institutional investors requested a meeting, all of which were
held in March and April 2024. In addition to the absence of a relationship
agreement between the Founders and the Company, the meetings focused on a
range of topics including governance, business and strategy, and approach to
ESG. Key issues raised related to board composition, diversity and succession
planning. The feedback received will be reported to the Board by the Senior
Independent Director for consideration.

 

The Nomination Committee continues to monitor, and is supportive of, the
current structure of the Board, believing that it provides the Company with
access to significant strategic vision, commercial experience in addition to
operational and international expertise. It maintains a Board skills matrix
which is used to assess the skills and experience on the Board from which
action will be taken where it feels additional skills are required to properly
support the strategic objectives of the business.

 

The Board is supportive of shareholder engagement and continues to make itself
available to shareholders on request, to understand their views on these and
any other significant matters. The Board is also available at each AGM at
which shareholders have the opportunity to ask questions in advance of
meetings, as well as take part in a question and answer session on the day.
Our annual Capital Markets Day provides a further opportunity for investors to
engage with the Board. In addition, as part of the Company's results webcasts,
Q&A sessions continue to be held with executive Board members, most
recently the Company's half-year results event which was attended by the Chief
Executive and Group Finance Director.

 

Karen Atterbury

Interim Company Secretary

16 May 2024

 

* Based on holdings as at 8 January 2024 obtained from a shareholder register
analysis provided by the Company's corporate broker.

 

 Renishaw plc
 Registered office:  New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR
 Registered number:  01106260, England and Wales
 Telephone:          +44 (0)1453 524524
 Website:            www.renishaw.com (http://www.renishaw.com)

 

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