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23 Apr 2015 11:47
Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting
The ninetieth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at the Royal York Hotel, Station Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 1AA on Wednesday 22 April 2015.
All the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue: 135,781,788 (excluding shares held in treasury).
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Against | Withheld | ||
No of shares | % of shares voted | No of shares | % of shares voted |
No of shares | |
1. To receive the financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 97,355,570 | 100.00 | 4,444 | 0.00 | 29,135 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report (excluding the directors' remuneration policy) for the year ended 31 December 2014, in accordance with s439 of the Companies Act 2006 | 87,373,001 | 90.17 | 9,525,613 | 9.83 | 490,535 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 36p per ordinary share | 96,711,136 | 100.00 | 4,366 | 0.00 | 673,647 |
4. To re-elect A M Ferguson as a director | 95,835,433 | 98.45 | 1,512,846 | 1.55 | 40,870 |
5. To re-elect M C Flower as a director | 96,357,954 | 98.97 | 1,006,406 | 1.03 | 24,789 |
6. To re-elect S E Foots as a director | 94,153,439 | 96.70 | 3,208,338 | 3.30 | 27,372 |
7. To elect A M Frew as a director | 96,972,646 | 99.60 | 388,837 | 0.40 | 27,666 |
8. To re-elect H L Ganczakowski as a director | 96,598,279 | 99.21 | 766,081 | 0.79 | 24,789 |
9. To re-elect K Layden as a director | 95,843,228 | 98.44 | 1,520,754 | 1.56 | 25,167 |
10. To elect J K Maiden as a director | 95,784,910 | 98.38 | 1,576,927 | 1.62 | 27,307 |
11. To re-elect P N N Turner as a director | 96,597,313 | 99.21 | 767,047 | 0.79 | 24,789 |
12. To re-elect S G Williams as a director | 95,310,102 | 97.89 | 2,054,618 | 2.11 | 24,429 |
13. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 95,183,436 | 97.76 | 2,179,938 | 2.24 | 25,725 |
14. To determine the auditors' remuneration | 96,011,438 | 98.61 | 1,352,836 | 1.39 | 24,825 |
15. Political donations | 95,618,025 | 98.41 | 1,543,586 | 1.59 | 227,488 |
16. Authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital | 89,105,817 | 94.54 | 5,142,089 | 5.46 | 3,141,193 |
17. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £678,909 | 95,814,441 | 98.74 | 1,220,719 | 1.26 | 353,939 |
18. To authorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,578,178 ordinary shares | 97,291,342 | 99.92 | 76,246 | 0.08 | 21,511 |
19. That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 89,399,452 | 91.82 | 7,964,557 | 8.18 | 25,090 |
Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) 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
23 April 2015
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