22nd Jul 2026 12:02
Tate & Lyle PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2026
Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026 issued on 2 June 2026 were duly passed.
The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:
Resolution | Total For(1) | Total Against | Votes withheld(2) | |||
No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | ||
1. | Report and Accounts | 278,686,983 | 98.80 | 3,385,710 | 1.20 | 209,167 |
2. | Directors' Remuneration Report | 232,089,741 | 85.07 | 40,739,631 | 14.93 | 9,452,488 |
3. | Approve final dividend | 278,890,108 | 98.81 | 3,357,397 | 1.19 | 34,355 |
4. | Re-elect David Hearn | 264,085,051 | 93.63 | 17,979,444 | 6.37 | 217,265 |
5. | Re-elect Nick Hampton | 278,092,738 | 98.57 | 4,027,539 | 1.43 | 160,380 |
6. | Re-elect Sarah Kuijlaars | 278,119,169 | 98.59 | 3,985,722 | 1.41 | 176,869 |
7. | Re-elect Jeffrey Carr | 264,456,490 | 93.76 | 17,596,060 | 6.24 | 228,107 |
8. | Re-elect John Cheung | 276,422,936 | 98.00 | 5,655,016 | 2.00 | 202,705 |
9. | Re-elect Dr Isabelle Esser | 264,626,797 | 93.80 | 17,489,933 | 6.20 | 163,927 |
10. | Re-elect Steve Foots | 264,668,253 | 93.83 | 17,409,422 | 6.17 | 202,982 |
11. | Elect Heather Harding | 278,126,730 | 98.61 | 3,931,594 | 1.39 | 217,333 |
12. | Re-elect Kimberly Nelson | 276,553,867 | 98.02 | 5,572,635 | 1.98 | 149,155 |
13. | Re-elect Warren Tucker | 276,296,738 | 97.93 | 5,851,415 | 2.07 | 127,504 |
14. | Re-elect Cláudia Vaz de Lestapis | 278,103,664 | 98.60 | 3,947,419 | 1.40 | 224,574 |
15. | Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP | 278,682,390 | 98.76 | 3,496,304 | 1.24 | 97,063 |
16. | Approve auditors' remuneration | 278,561,048 | 98.73 | 3,570,119 | 1.27 | 144,590 |
17. | Authority to make political donations | 277,653,454 | 98.43 | 4,441,142 | 1.57 | 182,264 |
18. | Authority to allot ordinary shares | 264,543,072 | 93.76 | 17,598,924 | 6.24 | 133,761 |
19. | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 267,590,928 | 94.87 | 14,457,327 | 5.13 | 227,502 |
20. | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment | 255,831,453 | 90.70 | 26,245,029 | 9.30 | 198,215 |
21. | Authority to purchase own shares | 278,660,443 | 98.76 | 3,497,409 | 1.24 | 122,905 |
22. | Authority in respect of shorter notices for general meetings | 271,725,919 | 96.30 | 10,438,977 | 3.70 | 115,861 |
(1) Includes discretionary votes.
(2) 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.
On 20 July 2026 there were 476,744,583 ordinary shares in issue, with 31,294,579 ordinary shares held in treasury, so the total voting rights were 445,450,004.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Victoria Barlow
Company Secretary
22 July 2026
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