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RNS Number : 6548N  Rentokil Initial PLC  08 May 2024

RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024 ('AGM')

 

At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held at, and broadcast
from, the Company's offices at Compass House, Manor Royal, Crawley, West
Sussex, RH10 9PY on 8 May 2024 at 11:30am, each resolution as set out in the
notice of meeting dated 27 March 2024 was passed on a poll. The results are
set out below and will be placed on the Company website at
www.rentokil-initial.com/investors (http://www.rentokil-initial.com/investors)
.

 

 RESOLUTION                                                                            VOTES FOR(1)   %      VOTES AGAINST  %      TOTAL VOTES    % of ISC VOTED  VOTES WITHHELD(2)
 1       To receive the audited financial statements and the directors' and auditors'  2,108,846,790  99.93  1,453,909      0.07   2,110,300,699  83.59%          9,383,920
         report thereon
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                 2,015,653,147  97.96  42,028,122     2.04   2,057,681,269  81.51%          62,003,350
 3       To approve the 2024 Directors' Remuneration Policy                            2,014,400,119  95.07  104,517,698    4.93   2,118,917,817  83.93%          761,093
 4       To declare a final dividend                                                   2,118,897,103  99.98  449,135        0.02   2,119,346,238  83.95%          338,381
 5       To re-elect David Frear as a Director                                         2,085,993,477  98.43  33,310,863     1.57   2,119,304,340  83.95%          380,278
 6       To re-elect Stuart Ingall-Tombs as a Director                                 2,083,425,929  98.31  35,885,896     1.69   2,119,311,825  83.95%          372,794
 7       To re-elect Sally Johnson as a director                                       2,087,117,660  98.48  32,186,091     1.52   2,119,303,751  83.95%          380,867
 8       To re-elect Sarosh Mistry as a director                                       2,085,880,251  98.42  33,432,247     1.58   2,119,312,498  83.95%          372,120
 9       To re-elect John Pettigrew as a director                                      2,062,812,953  97.33  56,491,572     2.67   2,119,304,525  83.95%          380,093
 10      To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director                                         2,103,034,143  99.23  16,277,220     0.77   2,119,311,363  83.95%          373,256
 11      To re-elect Richard Solomons as a director                                    1,919,960,341  91.50  178,389,353    8.50   2,098,349,694  83.12%          21,334,923
 12      To re-elect Cathy Turner as a director                                        2,052,695,058  98.47  31,961,970     1.53   2,084,657,028  82.58%          35,027,590
 13      To re-elect Linda Yueh as a director                                          2,040,917,548  96.30  78,379,632     3.70   2,119,297,180  83.95%          387,437
 14      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor                           2,111,681,582  99.64  7,571,570      0.36   2,119,253,152  83.95%          431,467
 15      To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration                2,119,212,139  99.99  120,862        0.01   2,119,333,001  83.95%          351,618
 16      To authorise the making of political donations                                2,101,233,030  99.50  10,664,714     0.50   2,111,897,744  83.65%          7,786,875
 17      To authorise the directors to allot shares                                    1,994,045,426  94.09  125,190,725    5.91   2,119,236,151  83.95%          448,468
 18      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights                                      1,881,474,392  88.79  237,485,066    11.21  2,118,959,458  83.93%          724,161
 19      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for acquisitions and specified       1,803,941,939  85.39  308,611,249    14.61  2,112,553,188  83.68%          7,130,431
         capital investments
 20      To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own      2,111,294,102  99.63  7,851,725      0.37   2,119,145,827  83.94%          538,792
         shares
 21      To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an annual general   1,997,849,853  94.27  121,461,879    5.73   2,119,311,732  83.95%          372,886
         meeting) on 14 days' clear notice.

 

1. Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of proportion of votes cast for or against a resolution.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 7 May 2024 was
2,524,539,885 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 18 to 21 were proposed
as special resolutions. A copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice
of Meeting available at www.rentokil-initial.com/agm
(https://www.rentokil-initial.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm-page.aspx)
.

 

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been
submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage
Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Group General Counsel and Company Secretary:

                                               Rachel Canham   Rentokil Initial plc    +44 (0)1293 858000

 Media:                                        Malcolm Padley  Rentokil Initial plc    +44 (0)1293 858000

 

 

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