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19 May 2022
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 by poll 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 | 258,746,581 | 100.00% | 5,912 | 0.00% | 258,752,493 | 85.77% | 745,608 |
2 | Remuneration Report | 258,579,487 | 99.65% | 913,557 | 0.35% | 259,493,044 | 86.01% | 5,057 |
3 | Final Dividend | 259,492,447 | 100.00% | 4,307 | 0.00% | 259,496,754 | 86.02% | 1,347 |
4 | Elect Dupsy Abiola | 259,467,801 | 99.99% | 22,453 | 0.01% | 259,490,254 | 86.01% | 7,847 |
5 | Elect Jack Clarke | 259,214,177 | 99.89% | 275,594 | 0.11% | 259,489,771 | 86.01% | 8,330 |
6 | Elect Adrian I. Peace | 258,294,670 | 99.54% | 1,195,101 | 0.46% | 259,489,771 | 86.01% | 8,330 |
7 | Re-elect Paul Lester | 248,132,826 | 95.62% | 11,363,427 | 4.38% | 259,496,253 | 86.02% | 1,848 |
8 | Re-elect Paul Forman | 257,374,186 | 99.18% | 2,121,585 | 0.82% | 259,495,771 | 86.01% | 2,330 |
9 | Re-elect Mary Reilly | 255,588,376 | 98.50% | 3,899,145 | 1.50% | 259,487,521 | 86.01% | 10,580 |
10 | Re-elect Ralf K. Wunderlich | 257,401,131 | 99.41% | 1,538,715 | 0.59% | 258,939,846 | 85.83% | 558,255 |
11 | Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor | 258,918,332 | 99.78% | 573,991 | 0.22% | 259,492,323 | 86.01% | 5,778 |
12 | Authorise Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration | 259,474,384 | 99.99% | 19,045 | 0.01% | 259,493,429 | 86.01% | 4,672 |
13 | General power to allot shares (ordinary resolution) | 248,184,475 | 95.85% | 10,754,373 | 4.15% | 258,938,848 | 85.83% | 559,253 |
14 | General power to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution) | 252,887,774 | 97.66% | 6,052,681 | 2.34% | 258,940,455 | 85.83% | 557,646 |
15 | Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights | 240,448,900 | 92.66% | 19,040,728 | 7.34% | 259,489,628 | 86.01% | 8,473 |
16 | Purchase of own shares | 258,881,525 | 99.78% | 565,108 | 0.22% | 259,446,633 | 86.00% | 51,468 |
17 | Notice of general meetings | 247,278,755 | 95.29% | 12,217,999 | 4.71% | 259,496,754 | 86.02% | 1,347 |
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the close of business on 18 May 2022 (excluding 903,949 Treasury Shares) was 301,686,759.
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 14 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: 07810506920