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RNS Number : 4447C  Melrose Industries PLC  29 April 2026

Melrose Industries PLC

 

1.   Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting of Melrose Industries PLC (the "Company") was held
on Wednesday 29 April 2026.

 

The table below sets out the results of the poll on all 21 resolutions that
were put to a shareholder vote, with each shareholder present in person or by
proxy being entitled to one vote per share held.

 

The Board would like to thank shareholders for their engagement and support
ahead of today's Annual General Meeting and throughout the year, and for
subsequently voting in favour of all Annual General Meeting resolutions.

 

Ordinary Resolutions

 Resolutions                                                                   Votes 'For'*   % of Votes Cast 'For'  Votes 'Against'  % of Votes Cast 'Against'  Total Issued Share Capital Voted  Total % of Issued Share Capital Voted**  Votes Withheld***
 1.   To receive the financial statements for the financial year ended 31      1,061,029,073  99.99                  81,004           0.01                       1,061,110,077                     80.91%                                   8,399,202
 December 2025
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31      1,035,357,584  97.03                  31,661,725       2.97                       1,067,019,309                     81.36%                                   2,489,970
 December 2025
 3.   To approve the 2026 Directors' Remuneration Policy                       1,044,095,435  98.37                  17,339,553       1.63                       1,061,434,988                     80.93%                                   8,074,291
 4.   To declare a final dividend of 4.8 pence per ordinary share for the      1,067,552,112  99.84                  1,740,810        0.16                       1,069,292,922                     81.53%                                   216,357
 year ended 31 December 2025
 5.   To re-elect Peter Dilnot as a Director of the Company                    1,062,236,244  99.35                  6,990,886        0.65                       1,069,227,130                     81.53%                                   282,149
 6.   To re-elect Matthew Gregory as a Director of the Company                 1,040,601,406  97.32                  28,624,199       2.68                       1,069,225,605                     81.53%                                   283,674
 7.   To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director of the Company                     1,049,838,984  98.19                  19,380,342       1.81                       1,069,219,326                     81.53%                                   289,953
 8.   To re-elect Charlotte Twyning as a Director of the Company               1,041,594,022  97.42                  27,630,284       2.58                       1,069,224,306                     81.53%                                   284,973
 9.   To re-elect Heather Lawrence as a Director of the Company                1,054,806,883  98.65                  14,418,738       1.35                       1,069,225,621                     81.53%                                   283,658
 10. To re-elect Gillian Elcock as a Director of the Company                   1,031,221,173  96.45                  38,003,499       3.55                       1,069,224,672                     81.53%                                   284,607
 11. To re-elect Ian Barkshire as a Director of the Company                    1,052,577,369  98.44                  16,645,864       1.56                       1,069,223,233                     81.53%                                   286,046
 12. To elect Alison Goligher as a Director of the Company                     1,057,452,116  98.90                  11,760,571       1.10                       1,069,212,687                     81.53%                                   296,595
 13. To elect Guy Hachey as a Director of the Company                          1,066,342,811  99.73                  2,868,419        0.27                       1,069,211,230                     81.53%                                   298,049
 14. To elect Mary Petryszyn as a Director of the Company                      1,066,432,282  99.74                  2,775,376        0.26                       1,069,207,658                     81.53%                                   301,621
 15. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company        1,069,096,298  99.98                  165,791          0.02                       1,069,262,089                     81.53%                                   247,190
 16. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration  1,069,121,473  99.99                  119,809          0.01                       1,069,241,282                     81.53%                                   267,997
 17. To renew the authority given to Directors to allot shares                 1,026,622,316  96.02                  42,569,687       3.98                       1,069,192,003                     81.53%                                   317,276

 

Special Resolutions

 Resolutions                                                                     Votes 'For'*   % of Votes Cast 'For'  Votes 'Against'  % of Votes Cast 'Against'  Total Issued Share Capital Voted  Total % of Issued Share Capital Voted**

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Votes Withheld***
 18. To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities without          1,046,023,059  97.83                  23,168,347       2.17                       1,069,191,406                     81.53%                                   317,873
 application of pre-emption rights
 19. To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities used only for    1,046,099,811  97.84                  23,093,468       2.16                       1,069,193,279                     81.53%                                   316,000
 the purpose of financing a transaction which the Directors determine to be an
 acquisition or other capital investment
 20. To authorise a market purchase of shares                                    1,051,123,578  98.68                  14,023,083       1.32                       1,065,146,661                     81.22%                                   4,363,740
 21. To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General    1,040,609,438  97.32                  28,652,177       2.68                       1,069,261,615                     81.53%                                   247,664
 Meeting on no less than 14 days' notice

 

As at 6:30pm (BST) on 27 April 2026 there were 1,248,088,493 Ordinary Shares
of £0.001 in Melrose Industries PLC in issue (excluding treasury shares).

*          Includes discretionary votes

**        Excludes treasury shares

***      A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

2.   Resolutions submitted to National Storage Mechanism

The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism copies of
resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 29 April 2026
concerning items other than ordinary business.  These documents will shortly
be available for inspection at:

Melrose Industries PLC

11th Floor

The Colmore Building

20 Colmore Circus Queensway

Birmingham

West Midlands

B4 6AT

 

Enquiries:

 Investor Relations: Mat Wootton    +44 (0) 7483 961 233, mat.wootton@melroseplc.net

 Media: Simon Sporborg, Tom Pigott  +44 (0) 207 404 5959, melrose@brunswickgroup.com

 

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