Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1231L

Croda International PLC

23 April 2015

 



Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The ninetieth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at the Royal York Hotel, Station Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 1AA on Wednesday 22 April 2015.

All the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  135,781,788 (excluding shares held in treasury). 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows: 

Resolution	Votes For		Against		Withheld
	No of shares	% of shares voted	No of shares	% of shares voted	No of shares
1.     To receive the financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2013	97,355,570	100.00	4,444	0.00	29,135
2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report (excluding the directors' remuneration policy) for the year ended 31 December 2014, in accordance with s439 of the Companies Act 2006	87,373,001	90.17	9,525,613	9.83	490,535
3.     To declare a final dividend of 36p per ordinary share	96,711,136	100.00	4,366	0.00	673,647
4.     To re-elect A M Ferguson as a director	95,835,433	98.45	1,512,846	1.55	40,870
5.     To re-elect M C Flower as a director	96,357,954	98.97	1,006,406	1.03	24,789
6.     To re-elect S E Foots as a director	94,153,439	96.70	3,208,338	3.30	27,372
7.     To elect A M Frew as a director	96,972,646	99.60	388,837	0.40	27,666
8.     To re-elect H L Ganczakowski as a director	96,598,279	99.21	766,081	0.79	24,789
9.     To re-elect K Layden as a director	95,843,228	98.44	1,520,754	1.56	25,167
10.   To elect J K Maiden as a director	95,784,910	98.38	1,576,927	1.62	27,307
11.   To re-elect P N N Turner as a director	96,597,313	99.21	767,047	0.79	24,789
12.   To re-elect S G Williams as a director	95,310,102	97.89	2,054,618	2.11	24,429
13.   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	95,183,436	97.76	2,179,938	2.24	25,725
14.   To determine the auditors' remuneration	96,011,438	98.61	1,352,836	1.39	24,825
15.   Political donations	95,618,025	98.41	1,543,586	1.59	227,488
16.   Authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital	89,105,817	94.54	5,142,089	5.46	3,141,193
17.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £678,909	95,814,441	98.74	1,220,719	1.26	353,939
18.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,578,178 ordinary shares	97,291,342	99.92	76,246	0.08	21,511
19.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	89,399,452	91.82	7,964,557	8.18	25,090

Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 (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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Tom Brophy

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary    

23 April 2015

 

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