REG - Rentokil Initial PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 1089Z  Rentokil Initial PLC  11 May 2023

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 ('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 10 May 2023 at 15:00, each resolution as set out in the
notice of meeting dated 4 April 2023 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'  2,107,213,031  99.88  2,586,165      0.12   2,109,799,196  83.72%          7,677,619
         report thereon
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                 2,083,701,500  98.71  27,209,596     1.29   2,110,911,096  83.76%          6,565,719
 3       To approve the rules of the Restricted Share Plan                             2,095,739,160  99.06  19,924,531     0.94   2,115,663,691  83.95%          1,813,124
 4       To approve the rules of the Deferred Bonus Plan                               2,108,763,912  99.67  6,895,776      0.33   2,115,659,688  83.95%          1,817,127
 5       To declare a final dividend                                                   2,102,805,475  99.38  13,017,019     0.62   2,115,822,494  83.96%          1,654,321
 6       To elect David Frear as a Director                                            2,109,000,527  99.68  6,802,703      0.32   2,115,803,230  83.96%          1,673,585
 7       To elect Sally Johnson as a Director                                          2,114,190,611  99.92  1,615,245      0.08   2,115,805,856  83.96%          1,670,959
 8       To re-elect Stuart Ingall-Tombs as a director                                 2,090,295,400  98.79  25,506,701     1.21   2,115,802,101  83.96%          1,674,714
 9       To re-elect Sarosh Mistry as a director                                       2,088,769,856  98.72  27,038,112     1.28   2,115,807,968  83.96%          1,668,847
 10      To re-elect John Pettigrew as a director                                      2,089,181,928  98.74  26,624,687     1.26   2,115,806,615  83.96%          1,670,200
 11      To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director                                         2,105,134,787  99.50  10,676,636     0.50   2,115,811,423  83.96%          1,665,392
 12      To re-elect Richard Solomons as a director                                    2,030,910,338  96.27  78,741,433     3.73   2,109,651,771  83.72%          7,825,044
 13      To re-elect Cathy Turner as a director                                        2,089,232,012  98.74  26,583,619     1.26   2,115,815,631  83.96%          1,661,184
 14      To re-elect Linda Yueh as a director                                          2,035,022,912  96.18  80,790,185     3.82   2,115,813,097  83.96%          1,663,718
 15      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor                           2,106,120,703  99.54  9,664,128      0.46   2,115,784,831  83.96%          1,691,984
 16      To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration                2,106,066,853  99.54  9,725,107      0.46   2,115,791,960  83.96%          1,684,855
 17      To authorise the making of political donations                                2,109,051,481  99.68  6,672,307      0.32   2,115,723,788  83.96%          1,753,027
 18      To authorise the directors to allot shares                                    2,006,904,476  94.86  108,717,211    5.14   2,115,621,687  83.95%          1,855,128
 19      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights                                      1,847,000,296  87.32  268,090,572    12.68  2,115,090,868  83.93%          2,385,947
 20      To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for acquisitions and specified       1,799,119,333  85.23  311,707,895    14.77  2,110,827,228  83.76%          6,649,587
         capital investments
 21      To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own      2,086,290,541  98.64  28,770,845     1.36   2,115,061,386  83.93%          2,415,429
         shares
 22      To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an annual general   2,023,577,868  95.64  92,213,241     4.36   2,115,791,109  83.96%          1,685,706
         meeting) on 14 days' clear notice
 23      To adopt the Articles of Association of the Company produced to the meeting   2,108,374,674  99.88  2,603,077      0.12   2,110,977,751  83.77%          6,499,064

 

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 9 May 2023 was
2,520,039,885 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 19 to 23 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    +44 (0)7826 533700

 Media:              Malcolm Padley   Rentokil Initial plc    +44 (0)7788 978199

 

 

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