Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6632F

Croda International PLC

28 April 2011

 



Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The eighty-sixth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc was held at Carlton Towers, Carlton, Goole, East Yorkshire DN14 9LZ on Thursday 28 April 2011.

Proxy votes were received from ordinary shareholders in respect of 83,780,781 ordinary shares amounting to 61.01% of the issued share capital.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  137,312,439 (excluding shares held in treasury). 

All resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a show of hands.  The proxy votes cast in respect of the resolutions received prior to the meeting were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Discretion to Chairman	Discretion to Third Party	Withheld
1.     To receive the report of the directors and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2010	83,583,518	54,058	73,926	12,970	56,299
2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 20101	76,215,161	4,333,931	79,906	12,970	3,138,758
3.    To declare a final dividend of        25.25 pence per ordinary share	83,639,568	0	73,926	12,970	54,317
4.    To elect S G Williams as a director	83,162,954	449,636	85,856	12,970	69,365
5.    To elect S E Foots as a director	83,162,819	452,024	84,950	12,970	68,018
6.    To re-elect M C Flower as a director	82,327,689	1,306,324	76,056	12,837	57,865
7.    To re-elect M Humphrey as a director	79,673,348	3,957,698	76,023	12,837	60,865
8.    To re-elect M S Christie as a director	83,179,171	452,010	76,943	12,970	59,677
9.    To re-elect M C Buzzacott as a director	83,186,666	445,351	76,107	12,970	59,677
10.   To re-elect S Musesengwa as a director	83,173,883	448,962	82,154	12,970	62,802
11.   To re-elect P N N Turner as a director	83,177,558	445,543	83,041	12,970	61,659
12.   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	82,249,017	886,343	80,537	12,970	551,904
13.   To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	83,022,448	595,388	80,537	12,970	69,428
14.   To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,531,310	78,571,993	2,519,138	82,259	12,970	2,594,411
15.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £699,750	83,359,446	258,673	82,259	12,970	67,423
16.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,700,000 ordinary shares	82,840,086	285,841	80,844	12,970	561,030
17.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	80,030,047	3,594,688	85,509	12,970	57,557
18.   Amendment to Long Term Incentive Plan	78,323,139	4,616,270	93,829	12,970	734,563

Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website (investor centre) and has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Louise Scott

Company Secretary & Legal Counsel      

28 April 2011

 

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