REG - Rentokil Initial PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 1836L  Rentokil Initial PLC  11 May 2022

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 ('AGM')

 

At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held at, and broadcast
from, the Company's offices at Compass House, Manor Royal, Crawley, West
Sussex, RH10 9PY on 11 May 2022 at 15:00, each resolution as set out in the
notice of meeting dated 30 March 2022 was passed on a poll. The results are
set out below and will be placed on the Company website at
www.rentokil-initial.com/investors (http://www.rentokil-initial.com/investors)
.

 RESOLUTION                                                                            VOTES FOR(1)   %       VOTES AGAINST  %     TOTAL VOTES     % of ISC VOTED  VOTES WITHHELD(2)
 1       To receive the audited financial statements and the directors' and auditors'  1,503,135,874  99.88   1,765,909      0.12
         report thereon

                                                                                                                                   1,504,901,783   80.74%          5,026,895
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                 1,418,637,335  93.97   91,078,102     6.03                                  213,241

                                                                                                                                   1,509,715,437   81.00%
 3       To declare a final dividend                                                   1,507,832,187  99.87   1,975,699      0.13

                                                                                                                                   1,509,807,886   81.01%          120,790
 4       To re-elect Stuart Ingall-Tombs as a director                                 1,504,877,075  99.68   4,905,678      0.32

                                                                                                                                   1,509,782,753   81.00%          145,903
 5       To re-elect Sarosh Mistry as a director                                       1,495,675,869  99.07   14,100,382     0.93

                                                                                                                                   1,509,776,251   81.00%          152,405
 6       To re-elect John Pettigrew as a director                                      1,495,410,997  99.05   14,364,737     0.95

                                                                                                                                   1,509,775,734   81.00%          152,922
 7       To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director                                         1,509,199,583  99.96   582,243        0.04

                                                                                                                                   1,509,781,826   81.00%          146,850
 8       To re-elect Richard Solomons as a director                                    1,480,572,558  98.31   25,402,054     1.69

                                                                                                                                   1,505,974,612   80.80%          3,954,064
 9       To re-elect Julie Southern as a director                                      1,464,119,418  96.98   45,656,853     3.02

                                                                                                                                   1,509,776,271   81.00%          152,405
 10      To re-elect Cathy Turner as a director                                        1,453,946,826  96.30   55,830,244     3.70

                                                                                                                                   1,509,777,070   81.00%          151,606
 11      To re-elect Linda Yueh as a director                                          1,469,925,183  97.36   39,824,951     2.64

                                                                                                                                   1,509,750,134   81.00%          178,522
 12      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor                           1,505,728,948  99.73   4,043,278      0.27

1,509,772,226
81.00%
156,430
 13      To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration                1,509,711,627  100.00  68,775         0.00

 

81.00%

                                                                                                                                   1,509,780,402                   148,254
 14      To authorise the making of political donations                                1,502,734,570  99.53   7,102,771      0.47

                                                                                                                                   1,509,837,341   81.01%          91,335
 15      To authorise the directors to allot shares                                    1,477,419,682  97.86   32,352,928     2.14

                                                                                                                                   1,509,772,610   81.00%          156,066
 16      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights                                      1,501,380,207  99.69   4,678,978      0.31

                                                                                                                                   1,506,059,185   80.80%          3,869,091
 17      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights - additional 5%                      1,493,529,822  99.15   12,832,079     0.85

80.82%
3,566,375
                                                                                                                                   1,506,361,901
 18      To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own      1,503,804,599  99.62   5,673,940      0.38
         shares

                                                                                                                                   1,509,478,539   80.99%          449,737
 19      To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an annual general   1,462,724,058  96.88   47,073,781     3.12
         meeting) on 14 days' clear notice

                                                                                                                                   1,509,797,839   81.00%          130,437

 

1. Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of proportion of votes cast for or against a resolution.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 10 May 2022 was
1,863,832,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 16 to 19 were proposed
as special resolutions. A copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice
of Meeting available at www.rentokil-initial.com/agm
(https://www.rentokil-initial.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm-page.aspx)
.

 

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been
submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage
Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Company Secretary:  Catherine Stead  Rentokil Initial plc    01294 858000

 Media:              Malcolm Padley   Rentokil Initial plc    07788 978199

 

 

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