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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          115,785,003   99.99                       8,367          0.01               662,744
 the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2023
 2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31       110,627,859   95.12                 5,670,564            4.88               157,691
 December 2023
 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'                116,426,517   99.98                      20,378          0.02                    9,219
 remuneration
 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          105,963,266   91.26              10,154,194              8.74               338,654
 thirds of its issued share capital
 18.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without              108,114,367   92.84                 8,331,850            7.16                    9,897
 pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498
 19.   To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without              103,935,692   89.49              12,207,673              10.51              312,748
 pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498
 20.   To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of              115,660,807   99.33                    778,311           0.67                  16,996
 13,963,544 ordinary shares
 21.   That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be       106,706,166   91.63                 9,742,509            8.37                    7,439
 called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

Tom Brophy

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

25 April 2024

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