Result of AGM

Croda International PLC

27 April 2023

 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

The ninety-eighth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at the Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QZ on Wednesday 26 April 2023.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue:  139,635,442 (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 2022	115,402,594	99.99	1,620	0.01	120,386
2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy which takes effect immediately after the end of the AGM	108,740,593	94.16	6,741,782	5.84	42,225
3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022  (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	111,790,609	96.80	3,691,283	3.20	42,708
4.     To declare a final dividend of 61.0 pence per ordinary share	114,598,435	99.22	901,428	0.78	24,737
5.     To elect L Burdett as a director	115,328,465	99.85	170,344	0.15	25,791
6.     To re-elect R Cirillo as a director	113,613,064	98.37	1,886,377	1.63	25,159
7.     To re-elect J P C Ferguson as a director	113,088,237	97.91	2,411,204	2.09	25,159
8.     To re-elect S E Foots as a director	115,412,066	99.92	87,564	0.08	24,970
9.     To re-elect A M Frew as a director	113,709,318	98.45	1,790,274	1.55	25,008
10.   To re-elect J Kim as a director	113,910,809	98.62	1,588,632	1.38	25,159
11.   To re-elect K Layden as a director	106,512,660	92.22	8,986,932	7.78	25,008
12.   To re-elect N Ouzren as a director	113,678,250	98.42	1,821,191	1.58	25,159
13.   To re-elect J Ramsay as a director	109,095,557	94.46	6,403,884	5.55	25,159
14.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	114,649,550	99.27	848,370	0.73	26,680
15.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	115,497,137	99.99	2,308	0.01	25,155
16.   Political donations	110,964,042	96.06	4,550,438	3.94	10,170
17.   To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital	103,757,086	89.83	11,742,895	10.17	24,419
18.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498	102,372,439	88.63	13,127,318	11.37	24,843
19.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498	97,837,740	84.99	17,279,710	15.01	407,150
20.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,963,544 ordinary shares	113,163,022	97.99	2,326,877	2.01	34,701
21.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	106,049,068	91.82	9,450,553	8.18	24,979
22.   To adopt the Croda International Plc Sharesave Scheme (2023)	114,996,416	99.57	498,857	0.43	29,327
23.   To increase the Non-executive directors' fees	110,562,447	95.74	4,920,518	4.26	41,635

Resolutions 1 to 17 (inclusive), 22 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 (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 and Company Secretary

27 April 2023

 

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