Result of AGM

Elementis plc – Result of 2017 AGM

The Company’s AGM was held today (25 April 2017) at the offices of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in London and all resolutions proposed were passed on a poll.

For information, the following table shows the poll results for the Meeting. The total number of shares in issue (ISC) as at 21 April 2017 was 463,666,534. (Total voting rights: 463,666,534). The percentage figure shown in each column is the percentage of the total number of votes validly cast (under law) for each resolution (i.e. excludes votes withheld).

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes  Total	% of ISC voted	Votes  Withheld
1. Receive annual report and accounts 2016	366,314,793	100.00	3,450	0.00	366,318,243	79.00%	168,363
2. Final dividend	366,480,099	100.00	5,980	0.00	366,486,079	79.04%	527
3. Directors' remuneration report 2016 (excluding Remuneration policy)	306,052,827	84.18	57,504,708	15.82	363,557,535	78.41%	2,877,541
4. To elect Ralph Hewins	363,563,478	99.21	2,878,725	0.79	366,442,203	79.03%	34,403
5. To elect Sandra Boss	366,261,799	99.98	89,296	0.02	366,351,095	79.01%	83,981
6. To elect Dorothee Deuring	366,288,849	99.98	86,286	0.02	366,375,135	79.02%	69,941
7. To re-elect Andrew Duff	362,889,311	99.08	3,358,842	0.92	366,248,153	78.99%	228,453
8. To re-elect Paul Waterman	365,617,194	99.77	834,932	0.23	366,452,126	79.03%	34,480
9. To re-elect Nick Salmon	365,699,948	99.80	744,205	0.20	366,444,153	79.03%	32,453
10. To re-elect Steve Good	365,663,794	99.80	745,163	0.20	366,408,957	79.02%	67,649
11. To re-elect Anne Hyland	365,651,802	99.78	801,019	0.22	366,452,821	79.03%	33,785
12. Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors	364,584,568	99.99	36,503	0.01	364,621,071	78.64%	1,824,005
13. Auditors' remuneration	365,924,707	99.90	349,012	0.10	366,273,719	79.00%	171,357
14. Special dividend	366,443,356	100.00	2,385	0.00	366,445,741	79.03%	40,865
15. Authority to allot shares	333,810,787	91.10	32,602,130	8.90	366,412,917	79.03%	32,159
16. Authorise political donations	365,440,103	99.77	849,621	0.23	366,289,724	79.00%	120,156
17. Hold general meetings at 14 clear days' notice*	323,314,075	88.23	43,148,391	11.77	366,462,466	79.04%	24,140
18. Disapply pre-emption rights*	366,295,506	99.97	108,199	0.03	366,403,705	79.02%	82,901
19. Disapply pre-emption rights for acquisition or capital investment*	358,648,607	97.88	7,761,107	2.12	366,409,714	79.02%	76,892
20. Authority to purchase own shares*	363,264,973	99.20	2,941,549	0.80	366,206,522	78.98%	280,084

* Resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6, copies of the resolutions, designated as being special business, passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

These voting results and the Notice of meeting will also be available on the Company’s website at www.elementisplc.com/investors/agm-information later this afternoon.

Wai Wong
Company Secretary
0207 067 2999