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RNS Number : 4524C  Elementis PLC  29 April 2026

Elementis plc

Result of 2026 AGM & Board Changes

 

The Company's AGM was held today (29 April 2026) at the offices of A&O
Shearman Sterling LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD 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 10.00am on 27 April 2026 was
572,658,928. (Total voting rights: 572,611,396). 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).

 

                                                                                     Votes        %       Votes Against  %      Votes        % of ISC voted  Votes

Withheld
 Resolution                                                                          For                                        Total
 1.      To receive the annual report and accounts 2025                              438,411,997  100.00  16,352         0.00   438,428,349  76.57%          204,281
 2.      To declare a final dividend                                                 438,622,106  100.00  439            0.00   438,622,545  76.60%          10,085
 3.      To approve the Directors' remuneration report 2025                          432,141,644  98.52   6,479,779      1.48   438,621,423  76.60%          11,207
 4.      To elect Mike Humphrey                                                      438,120,170  99.89   498,054        0.11   438,618,224  76.60%          14,406
 5.      To elect Kath Kearney-Croft                                                 435,817,500  99.36   2,800,724      0.64   438,618,224  76.60%          14,406
 6.      To re-elect Maria Ciliberti                                                 434,291,486  99.06   4,134,678      0.94   438,426,164  76.57%          206,466
 7.      To re-elect Christopher Mills                                               277,790,064  63.33   160,829,264    36.67  438,619,328  76.60%          13,302
 8.      To re-elect Luc van Ravenstein                                              437,522,604  99.75   1,096,724      0.25   438,619,328  76.60%          13,302
 9.      To re-elect Trudy Schoolenberg                                              428,257,047  97.64   10,362,281     2.36   438,619,328  76.60%          13,302
 10.     To re-elect Christine Soden                                                 345,469,150  78.80   92,957,014     21.20  438,426,164  76.57%          206,466
 11.     To re-elect Clement Woon                                                    354,976,727  80.93   83,642,601     19.07  438,619,328  76.60%          13,302
 12.     To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors                                    438,217,832  99.95   209,128        0.05   438,426,960  76.57%          205,670
 13.     To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration    438,215,445  99.95   206,923        0.05   438,422,368  76.57%          210,262
 14.     To grant authority to the directors to allot shares                         403,353,647  91.96   35,275,898     8.04   438,629,545  76.60%          3,085
 15.     To authorise political donations                                            400,549,933  91.36   37,880,841     8.64   438,430,774  76.57%          201,856
 16.     To approve the holding of general meetings at 14 clear days' notice*        419,345,492  95.60   19,287,121     4.40   438,632,613  76.60%          17
 17.     To disapply pre-emption rights*                                             438,565,643  99.99   47,555         0.01   438,613,198  76.60%          19,432
 18.     To disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or capital investment*    438,572,157  99.99   47,391         0.01   438,619,548  76.60%          13,082
 19.     To renew the Company's authority to purchase own shares*                    438,548,308  100.00  20,527         0.00   438,568,835  76.59%          63,795
 20.     To approve the appropriation of distributable reserves, entry into buyback  436,645,148  99.99   24,275         0.01   436,669,423  76.26%          1,963,207
         deed and entry into deeds of release*

*     Resolutions 16 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The Board notes that all resolutions were passed at today's AGM and thanks
shareholders for their engagement and support.

 

The Board notes that 36.67% of the votes cast in relation to Resolution 7 and
21.20% in relation to Resolution 10 were against the respective resolution.
The views of shareholders are important to the Board, and the Chair will
engage with the shareholders who voted against both these resolutions to
consider any feedback received in relation to this result.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2R, 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:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

These voting results will also be available on the Company's website at
https://www.elementis.com/investors/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting/
(https://www.elementis.com/investors/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting/)
later this afternoon.

 

Board and Committee Changes

 

The Board is pleased to confirm that Mike Humphrey has joined the Board.

 

Following the closure of the AGM held today, Trudy Schoolenberg has taken up
her appointment as Chair of the Board, and Christine Soden as interim Senior
Independent Director. John O'Higgins has stepped down from the Board. This
follows the announcement made on 18 March.

 

The Board Committee membership is now as follows:

 

 Audit Committee         Christine Soden (Committee Chair)

                         Maria Ciliberti

                         Mike Humphrey

                         Clement Woon

 Nomination Committee    Trudy Schoolenberg (Committee Chair)

                         Maria Ciliberti

                         Mike Humphrey

                         Christopher Mills

                         Christine Soden

                         Clement Woon

 Remuneration Committee  Clement Woon (Committee Chair)

                         Maria Ciliberti

                         Mike Humphrey

                         Trudy Schoolenberg

                         Christine Soden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hannah Constantine

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

020 8148 5966

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