20th May 2021 12:30
20 May 2021
Essentra plc (the Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting
The directors are pleased to announce that at the Company's AGM held earlier today, all resolutions were duly voted upon and were passed by Shareholders.
| Resolution | Votes For (Including discretionary votes) | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast (Excluding votes withheld) | Votes Withheld | |||
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| Number of shares | % | Number of shares | % | Number of shares | % of relevant shares in issue | Number of shares |
1 | Report & Accounts | 271,525,305 | 100 | 3,669 | 0 | 271,528,974 | 90.00 | 198,603 |
2 | Remuneration Report | 271,308,808 | 99.85 | 412,854 | 0.15 | 271,721,662 | 90.07 | 5,915 |
3 | Remuneration Policy | 255,799,845 | 94.14 | 15,919,880 | 5.86 | 271,719,725 | 90.07 | 7,852 |
4 | Re-elect Paul Lester | 241, 854,101 | 91.74 | 21,777,427 | 8.26 | 263,631,528 | 87.39 | 8,096,049 |
5 | Re-elect Nicki Demby | 249,422,758 | 91.79 | 22,302,333 | 8.21 | 271,725,091 | 90.07 | 2,486 |
6 | Re-elect Paul Forman | 248,740,562 | 91.56 | 22,924,760 | 8.44 | 271,665,322 | 90.05 | 62,255 |
7 | Re-elect Lily Liu | 250,766,557 | 92.29 | 20,958,590 | 7.71 | 271,725,147 | 90.07 | 2,430 |
8 | Re-elect Mary Reilly | 247,921,913 | 91.24 | 23,804,290 | 8.76 | 271,726,203 | 90.07 | 1,374 |
9 | Re-elect Ralf Wunderlich | 249,420,528 | 91.79 | 22,300,853 | 8.21 | 271,721,381 | 90.07 | 6,196 |
10 | Appoint PWC as Auditor | 271,146,847 | 99.79 | 572,427 | 0.21 | 271,719,274 | 90.07 | 8,303 |
11 | Authorise Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration | 271,706,291 | 99.99 | 16,489 | 0.01 | 271,722,780 | 90.07 | 4,797 |
12 | Authorise the Company to allot shares | 222,724,874 | 81.97 | 48,994,106 | 18.03 | 271,718,980 | 90.05 | 8,597 |
13 | Authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority) | 232,436,623 | 85.54 | 39,282,040 | 14.46 | 271,718,663 | 90.07 | 8,914 |
14 | Authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights (additional authority) | 207,866,609 | 76.50 | 63,850,563 | 23.50 | 271,717,172 | 90.07 | 10,405 |
15 | Authorise the Company to make market purchase of its own shares | 271,105,053 | 99.79 | 570,161 | 0.21 | 271,675,214 | 90.05 | 52,363 |
16 | Approve Articles of Association | 271,707,647 | 100 | 11,326 | 0 | 271,718,973 | 90.07 | 8,604 |
17 | Authorise a general meeting other than an AGM to be held on 14 days' notice | 258,304,969 | 95.06 | 13,421,168 | 4.94 | 271,726,137 | 90.07 | 1,440 |
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the close of business on 19 May 2021 (excluding 905,157 Treasury Shares) was 301,685,551.
Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion has been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 13 to 17 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the company's website at www.essentraplc.com.
Enquiries
Emma Reid, Head of Governance
T: 01908 359100
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