Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2674X

Rotork PLC

30 April 2021

 

30 April 2021

Rotork Plc

('the Company' or 'Rotork')

2021 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results

The Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held today at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3HZ.  All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 30 March 2021 and put to the meeting were decided on by a poll and were passed.

Resolutions 1 to 13 were each passed as an ordinary resolution (requiring a simple majority) and resolutions 14 to 19 were each passed as a special resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority).

The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution.

Resolution		For 2		Against2		No. of Votes withheld3	Total Capital Instructed
		No. of Shares	%	No. of Shares	%
1.	To receive the Company's annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 together with the reports of the directors and auditor	739,558,101	100.00%	15,412	0.00%	672,565	84.60%
2.	To declare a final dividend of 6.3p per ordinary share	739,998,713	99.97%	247,365	0.03%	0	84.68%
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	682,957,254	93.12%	50,451,380	6.88%	6,837,444	83.90%
4.	To re-elect AC Andersen as a director	697,687,201	94.26%	42,500,144	5.74%	58,733	84.68%
5.	To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director	687,467,266	92.89%	52,603,082	7.11%	175,730	84.66%
6.	To re-elect JM Davis as a director	738,737,465	99.80%	1,455,054	0.20%	53,559	84.68%
7.	To re-elect PG Dilnot as a director	697,662,550	94.25%	42,525,931	5.75%	54,489	84.68%
8.	To re-elect KG Hostetler as a director	739,204,274	99.87%	940,509	0.13%	101,295	84.67%
9.	To re-elect MJ Lamb as a director	686,760,657	93.06%	51,217,525	6.94%	2,267,896	84.42%
10.	To elect JE Stipp as a director	724,443,844	97.87%	15,739,501	2.13%	62,733	84.67%
11.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	736,074,764	99.98%	174,298	0.02%	3,997,016	84.22%
12.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor's remuneration	739,990,501	99.98%	156,513	0.02%	98,064	84.67%
13.	Authority for the directors to allot shares	691,915,742	93.48%	48,273,304	6.52%	57,032	84.68%
14.	General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights*	738,091,640	99.72%	2,072,247	0.28%	82,191	84.67%
15.	General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital investments*	720,467,373	97.34%	19,716,514	2.66%	62,191	84.67%
16.	Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*	734,372,097	99.27%	5,435,428	0.73%	438,553	84.63%
17.	Authority to purchase own preference shares*	738,238,465	99.78%	1,632,460	0.22%	375,153	84.64%
18.	Authority to adopt new articles of association*	739,469,548	99.99%	99,764	0.01%	676,766	84.60%
19.	Notice period for general meetings*	618,119,302	83.52%	121,996,576	16.48%	130,200	84.67%

*Special Resolution

Notes: 

1.  The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chairman discretion.

2.  Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. 

3.  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

4.  The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue on 30 April 2021 was 874,150,336.

5.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of each of all resolutions passed by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

6.    A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.

7.  Legal Entity Identifier: 213800AH5RZIHGWRJ718

Enquiries:
FTI Consulting
Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule	Tel:  + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
Rotork plc	Tel:  [phone]
Joy Baldry, Deputy Company Secretary
Jonathan Davis, Group Finance Director
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director

 

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