Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6888K

Croda International PLC

23 April 2020

 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The ninety-fifth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at Cowick Hall, Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9AA on Thursday 23 April 2020.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  128,888,678   (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 2019	99,332,313	99.99	879	0.01	496,151
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	97,230,580	97.55	2,445,834	2.45	152,926
3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2019	96,844,492	97.16	2,833,300	2.84	151,550
4.  To declare a final dividend of 50.5 pence per ordinary share	98,865,999	99.18	814,485	0.82	148,859
5.  To re-elect R Cirillo as a director	96,309,098	96.62	3,366,898	3.38	153,346
6.  To re-elect J P C Ferguson as a director	97,425,290	97.74	2,250,466	2.26	153,586
7.  To re-elect S E Foots as a director	97,885,438	98.20	1,791,829	1.80	152,075
8.  To re-elect A M Frew as a director	95,533,623	96.92	3,039,945	3.08	1,255,773
9.  To re-elect H L Ganczakowski as a director	97,135,026	97.45	2,540,211	2.55	154,105
10.  To re-elect K Layden as a director	94,735,622	95.04	4,941,645	4.96	152,075
11.  To re-elect J K Maiden as a director	97,752,210	98.07	1,923,536	1.93	153,596
12.  To elect J Ramsay as a director	96,486,966	96.80	3,188,780	3.20	153,596
13.  To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	99,674,503	99.99	5,096	0.01	149,744
14.  To a uthorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	99,678,854	99.99	1,096	0.01	149,393
15.  Political donations	95,525,318	95.85	4,138,373	4.15	165,651
16.  To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital	90,144,229	90.66	9,290,515	9.34	394,598
17.  To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £683,739	96,506,566	97.09	2,891,727	2.91	431,050
18.  To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £683,739	97,640,640	98.24	1,749,513	1.76	439,189
19.  To a uthorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 12,888,867 ordinary shares	98,080,735	98.41	1,584,217	1.59	164,390
20.  That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	91,493,342	91.80	8,174,242	8.20	161,758
21.  That the rules of the Croda International Plc Performance Share Plan 2014 be amended	97,678,792	98.01	1,983,431	1.99	167,117

Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) and resolution 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 (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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Tom Brophy

Group General Counsel, Company Secretary & MD Western Europe

23 April 2020

 

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