Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4018Y

Rentokil Initial PLC

08 May 2019

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019 ('AGM')

At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held in the Ascot Suite at the Hilton London Gatwick Airport on Wednesday 8 May 2019 at 12 noon, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 27 March 2019 was passed on a poll. The results are set out below and will be placed on the Company website at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors.

RESOLUTION		VOTES FOR1	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD2
1	To receive the audited financial statements of the Company and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon	1,511,360,432	99.94	869,420	0.06	1,512,229,852	81.77%	1,769,662
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,435,131,079	94.92	76,826,941	5.08	1,511,958,020	81.76%	2,041,494
3	To declare a final dividend	1,513,458,516	99.97	450,103	0.03	1,513,908,619	81.86%	90,895
4	To elect Richard Solomons as a director	1,509,863,005	99.74	3,983,588	0.26	1,513,846,593	81.86%	152,921
5	To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a director	1,509,758,502	99.73	4,101,946	0.27	1,513,860,448	81.86%	139,066
6	To re-elect John Pettigrew as a director	1,510,281,788	99.76	3,579,337	0.24	1,513,861,125	81.86%	138,389
7	To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director	1,509,639,603	99.72	4,228,102	0.28	1,513,867,705	81.86%	131,809
8	To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director	1,482,517,730	97.99	30,458,950	2.01	1,512,976,680	81.81%	1,022,834
9	To re-elect Julie Southern as a director	1,454,578,399	96.08	59,284,221	3.92	1,513,862,620	81.86%	136,894
10	To re-elect Jeremy Townsend as a director	1,504,925,026	99.41	8,915,630	0.59	1,513,840,656	81.86%	158,858
11	To re-elect Linda Yueh as a director	1,510,202,484	99.76	3,631,535	0.24	1,513,834,019	81.86%	165,495
12	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	1,504,320,986	99.37	9,548,533	0.63	1,513,869,519	81.86%	129,995
13	To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	1,513,818,168	100.00	64,788	0.00	1,513,882,956	81.86%	116,558
14	To authorise the directors to allot shares	1,421,537,031	93.90	92,376,858	6.10	1,513,913,889	81.86%	85,625
15	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights	1,500,938,767	99.28	10,884,399	0.72	1,511,823,166	81.75%	2,176,348
16	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights - additional 5%	1,481,556,337	98.00	30,217,863	2.00	1,511,774,200	81.75%	2,225,314
17	To authorise the directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares	1,501,445,487	99.42	8,801,821	0.58	1,510,247,308	81.66%	3,752,206
18	To authorise the making of political donations	1,457,052,166	96.25	56,752,330	3.75	1,513,804,496	81.86%	195,018
19	To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on 14 days' clear notice	1,461,114,894	96.51	52,815,339	3.49	1,513,930,233	81.86%	69,281

1. Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes cast for or against a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 7 May 2019 was 1,849,332,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 19 were proposed as special resolutions. A copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting available at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors.

Following the approval of resolution 4, the Company is pleased to confirm, as previously announced, the appointment of Richard Solomons as Chairman of the Company.  He has also been appointed Chair of the Nomination Committee with immediate effect.

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

Daragh Fagan
Company Secretary

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