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RNS Number : 6628M  Rotork PLC  30 April 2024

30 April 2024

 

Rotork Plc

('the Company' or 'Rotork')

2024 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results

The Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held today in the Brunel
Suite at the Bailbrook House Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, London Road West, Bath,
BA1 7JD.  All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM dated 26 March
2024 and put to the meeting, were decided by a poll and were passed.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were each passed as an ordinary resolution and resolutions
15 to 19 were each passed as a special resolution.

The following table summarises the final poll result for each resolution:

 

 Resolution                                                                      For (2)                     Against(2)          No. of Votes withheld(3)  Total Capital Instructed
           No. of Shares                                                         %            No. of Shares  %
 1.        To receive the 2023 Annual Report and audited                         686,561,919  99.99          4,474       0.01    970,952                   686,566,393
           accounts
 2.        To declare a final dividend of 4.65p per ordinary share               687,522,080  99.99          6,615       0.01    8,650                     687,528,695
 3.        To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                         678,625,474  98.73          8,729,791   1.27    182,080                   687,355,265
 4.        To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director                                  686,321,809  99.86          988,291     0.14    227,245                   687,310,100
 5.        To elect AJ Heath as a director                                       687,164,354  99.98          147,342     0.02    225,649                   687,311,696
 6.        To re-elect KT Huynh as a director                                    687,262,538  99.99          54,800      0.01    220,007                   687,317,338
 7.        To re-elect KFS Meurk-Harvey as a director                            686,330,724  99.86          971,490     0.14    232,893                   687,302,214
 8.        To elect B Peacock as a director                                      685,630,773  99.76          1,680,923   0.24    225,649                   687,311,696
 9.        To re-elect JE Stipp as a director                                    645,714,287  93.95          41,596,165  6.05    226,893                   687,310,452
 10.       To re-elect DC Thompson as a director                                 680,652,557  99.03          6,662,139   0.97    222,649                   687,314,696
 11.       To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company                         687,121,009  99.95          364,036     0.05    50,461                    687,485,045
 12.       To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration  687,475,221  99.99          13,712      0.01    48,412                    687,488,933
 13.       Authority to make political donations                                 685,658,116  99.79          1,459,304   0.21    419,925                   687,117,420
 14.       Authority for the directors to allot shares                           667,978,250  97.17          19,487,121  2.83    71,974                    687,465,371
 15.       General authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights*                    670,028,200  97.47          17,382,874  2.53    126,271                   687,411,074
 16.       Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for acquisitions / capital  647,499,033  94.19          39,914,445  5.81    123,867                   687,413,478
           investments*
 17.       Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*                            684,243,736  99.53          3,206,665   0.47    86,944                    687,450,401
 18.       Authority to purchase own preference shares*                          684,476,726  99.57          2,972,325   0.43    88,294                    687,449,051
 19.       Notice period for general meetings*                                   636,195,480  92.54          51,301,796  7.46    40,069                    687,497,276

*Passed as a special resolution

The Board of Rotork plc is pleased to note that all resolutions were passed at
today's AGM and we welcome the substantial support of the Company's
shareholders for all the resolutions proposed.

The Company confirms that Ann Christin Andersen and Jonathan Davis both
stepped down from the Board as directors at the conclusion of today's AGM.
These changes were previously announced on 29 June 2023 (RNS Number 3848E) and
12 September 2023 (RNS Number 0785M) respectively.

Notes:

 

1.    The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those
giving the Chair discretion.

2.   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes
received with percentages rounded to two decimal places.

3.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

4.    The total number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue on 30 April 2024
was 859,132,400 with no shares being held in treasury. The total number of
voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 859,132,400 with each
ordinary share having one vote.

5.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed
by the Company, other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business,
will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available for
inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

6.    A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's website
at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm
(http://www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm) .

7.    Legal Entity Identifier: 213800AH5RZIHGWRJ718

 

 Enquiries:

 Rotork plc                                                  Tel:  +44 (0)1225 733 200
 Stuart Pain, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

 Andrew Carter, Investor Relations Director

 FTI Consulting
 Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule                                    Tel:  + 44 (0)20 3727 1340

 

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