RNS Number : 0284M
Croda International PLC
25 April 2024
 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

 

The ninety-ninth 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 24 April 2024.

 

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 financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2023

115,785,003

99.99

         8,367

0.01

662,744

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

110,627,859

95.12

   5,670,564

4.88

157,691

3.     To declare a final dividend of 62.0p per ordinary share

115,688,446

99.35

      759,605

0.65

     8,063

4.     To elect C Good as a director

116,257,316

99.84

      190,557

0.16

     8,240

5.     To elect D Gray as a director

111,662,476

95.90

   4,776,502

4.10

   17,135

6.     To re-elect L Burdett as a director

115,763,155

99.41

      684,000

0.59

     8,959

7.     To re-elect R Cirillo as a director

115,790,377

99.72

      328,621

0.28

337,116

8.     To re-elect J P C Ferguson as a director

114,747,958

98.54

   1,699,765

1.46

     8,390

9.     To re-elect S E Foots as a director

116,061,495

99.67

      386,505

0.33

     8,114

10.   To re-elect J Kim as a director

116,098,089

99.98

        20,329

0.02

337,666

11.   To re-elect K Layden as a director

113,641,436

97.59

   2,806,563

2.41

     8,114

12.   To re-elect N Ouzren as a director

115,716,889

99.65

      402,108

0.35

337,116

13.   To re-elect J Ramsay as a director

112,559,537

96.66

   3,888,186

3.34

     8,390

14.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company

116,088,218

99.69

      357,164

0.31

   10,732

15.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration

116,426,517

99.98

        20,378

0.02

     9,219

16.   Political donations

112,408,971

96.84

   3,668,826

3.16

378,317

17.   To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital

105,963,266

91.26

10,154,194

8.74

338,654

18.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498

108,114,367

92.84

   8,331,850

7.16

     9,897

19.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498

103,935,692

89.49

12,207,673

10.51

312,748

20.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,963,544 ordinary shares

115,660,807

99.33

      778,311

0.67

   16,996

21.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

106,706,166

91.63

   9,742,509

8.37

     7,439

22.   To amend the Croda International Plc Performance Share Plan 2014

113,810,778

97.74

   2,627,753

2.26

   17,583

 

Resolutions 1 to 17 (inclusive) and 22 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

 

25 April 2024

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