REG - Rotork PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 2674XRotork PLC30 April 202130 April 2021
Rotork Plc
('the Company' or 'Rotork')
2021 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results
The Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held today at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3HZ. All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 30 March 2021 and put to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were passed.
Resolutions 1 to 13 were each passed as an ordinary resolution (requiring a simple majority) and resolutions 14 to 19 were each passed as a special resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority).
The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution.
Resolution
For 2
Against2
No. of Votes withheld3
Total Capital Instructed
No. of Shares
%
No. of Shares
%
1.
To receive the Company's annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 together with the reports of the directors and auditor
739,558,101
100.00%
15,412
0.00%
672,565
84.60%
2.
To declare a final dividend of 6.3p per ordinary share
739,998,713
99.97%
247,365
0.03%
0
84.68%
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
682,957,254
93.12%
50,451,380
6.88%
6,837,444
83.90%
4.
To re-elect AC Andersen as a director
697,687,201
94.26%
42,500,144
5.74%
58,733
84.68%
5.
To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director
687,467,266
92.89%
52,603,082
7.11%
175,730
84.66%
6.
To re-elect JM Davis as a director
738,737,465
99.80%
1,455,054
0.20%
53,559
84.68%
7.
To re-elect PG Dilnot as a director
697,662,550
94.25%
42,525,931
5.75%
54,489
84.68%
8.
To re-elect KG Hostetler as a director
739,204,274
99.87%
940,509
0.13%
101,295
84.67%
9.
To re-elect MJ Lamb as a director
686,760,657
93.06%
51,217,525
6.94%
2,267,896
84.42%
10.
To elect JE Stipp as a director
724,443,844
97.87%
15,739,501
2.13%
62,733
84.67%
11.
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company
736,074,764
99.98%
174,298
0.02%
3,997,016
84.22%
12.
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor's remuneration
739,990,501
99.98%
156,513
0.02%
98,064
84.67%
13.
Authority for the directors to allot shares
691,915,742
93.48%
48,273,304
6.52%
57,032
84.68%
14.
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights*
738,091,640
99.72%
2,072,247
0.28%
82,191
84.67%
15.
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital investments*
720,467,373
97.34%
19,716,514
2.66%
62,191
84.67%
16.
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*
734,372,097
99.27%
5,435,428
0.73%
438,553
84.63%
17.
Authority to purchase own preference shares*
738,238,465
99.78%
1,632,460
0.22%
375,153
84.64%
18.
Authority to adopt new articles of association*
739,469,548
99.99%
99,764
0.01%
676,766
84.60%
19.
Notice period for general meetings*
618,119,302
83.52%
121,996,576
16.48%
130,200
84.67%
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
4. The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue on 30 April 2021 was 874,150,336.
5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of each of all resolutions passed by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
6. A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.
7. Legal Entity Identifier: 213800AH5RZIHGWRJ718
Enquiries:
FTI Consulting
Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule
Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
Rotork plc
Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200
Joy Baldry, Deputy Company Secretary
Jonathan Davis, Group Finance Director
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director
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