24th Apr 2014 13:10
Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting
The eighty-ninth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc was held at the Royal York Hotel, Station Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 1AA on Thursday 24 April 2014.
Proxy votes were received from ordinary shareholders in respect of 90,971,135 ordinary shares amounting to 66.99% of the issued share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in issue: 135,781,788 (excluding shares held in treasury).
All resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a show of hands. The proxy votes cast in respect of the resolutions received prior to the meeting were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Discretion to Third Party | Withheld |
1. To receive the report of the directors and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 90,751,598 | 127,882 | 1,628 | 154,506 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration policy to take effect from 24 April 2014 | 88,907,426 | 1,596,432 | 1,628 | 530,128 |
3. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2013 (excluding the directors' remuneration policy) | 89,268,157 | 1,534,605 | 1,628 | 231,224 |
4. To declare a final dividend of 35.5p per ordinary share | 90,968,597 | 910 | 1,628 | 148,582 |
5. To re-elect M S Christie as a director | 89,963,313 | 1,001,364 | 1,628 | 153,412 |
6. To re-elect A M Ferguson as a director | 89,203,924 | 1,759,228 | 1,628 | 154,937 |
7. To re-elect M C Flower as a director | 86,581,123 | 4,383,394 | 1,628 | 153,572 |
8. To re-elect S E Foots as a director | 83,091,308 | 7,872,962 | 1,628 | 153,819 |
9. To elect H L Ganczakowski as a director | 90,615,637 | 349,209 | 1,628 | 153,243 |
10. To re-elect K Layden as a director | 89,954,338 | 926,436 | 1,628 | 153,212 |
11. To re-elect P N N Turner as a director | 90,319,671 | 560,420 | 1,628 | 153,895 |
12. To re-elect S G Williams as a director | 90,192,638 | 688,029 | 1,628 | 153,319 |
13. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 88,511,913 | 2,090,539 | 1,628 | 431,534 |
14. To determine the auditors' remuneration | 89,161,776 | 1,440,010 | 1,628 | 432,200 |
15. Political donations | 86,483,328 | 3,862,533 | 1,628 | 688,125 |
16. Authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital | 85,978,100 | 4,082,066 | 1,628 | 973,820 |
17. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £678,909 | 87,863,019 | 2,701,759 | 1,628 | 469,208 |
18. To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,500,000 ordinary shares | 90,793,559 | 37,171 | 1,628 | 203,256 |
19. That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 82,717,033 | 7,562,745 | 1,628 | 754,208 |
20. To adopt new Performance Share Plan Rules | 88,875,429 | 1,987,690 | 1,628 | 170,867 |
Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website (investor centre) and has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Tom Brophy
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
24 April 2014
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