Sign In
Last checked at 
26 Nov 2025 13:32
Renishaw plc
Interim Group Finance Director and results of Annual General Meeting 2025
Following Allen Roberts stepping down from his position as Group Finance Director at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Renishaw plc ("Company") held today, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Macdonald as Interim Group Finance Director effective from 1 December 2025, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Rob Macdonald, who has held various senior finance roles during his 26-year career with the Company, will be a member of the Company's Executive Committee for the duration of the appointment.
Rob Macdonald's appointment is interim while the Company continues its search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer. Allen Roberts will remain an employee of the group until 31 December 2025.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 15 was passed as a special resolution. The result of the poll is as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % of ISC1 Voted Excl Withheld | Votes Withheld2 |
1. Receive the Annual Report 2025 | 63,677,802 | 100.00 | 1,366 | 0.00 | 63,679,168 | 87.49% | 741,781 |
2. Approve the Remuneration Report | 61,452,801 | 95.57 | 2,849,504 | 4.43 | 64,302,305 | 88.34% | 118,644 |
3. Declare a final dividend | 64,417,686 | 100.00 | 827 | 0.00 | 64,418,513 | 88.50% | 2,436 |
4. Re-elect John Deer as a director | 62,643,874 | 97.25 | 1,768,837 | 2.75 | 64,412,711 | 88.49% | 8,238 |
5. Re-elect Will Lee as a director | 64,147,741 | 99.77 | 150,084 | 0.23 | 64,297,825 | 88.34% | 123,124 |
6. Re-elect Catherine Glickman as a director | 61,455,952 | 95.42 | 2,951,001 | 4.58 | 64,406,953 | 88.49% | 13,996 |
7. Re-elect David Grant as a director | 60,106,798 | 93.32 | 4,301,003 | 6.68 | 64,407,801 | 88.49% | 13,148 |
8. Re-elect Juliette Stacey as a director | 63,621,684 | 98.78 | 783,489 | 1.22 | 64,405,173 | 88.48% | 15,776 |
9. Re-elect Stephen Wilson as a director | 63,592,581 | 98.74 | 812,672 | 1.26 | 64,405,253 | 88.48% | 15,696 |
10. Re-elect Karen Holford as a director | 63,620,980 | 98.78 | 784,548 | 1.22 | 64,405,528 | 88.48% | 15,421 |
11. Re-elect Richard McMurtry as a director | 63,163,695 | 99.42 | 369,858 | 0.58 | 63,533,553 | 87.29% | 887,396 |
12. Elect Camille Deer as a director | 63,170,565 | 99.43 | 361,635 | 0.57 | 63,532,200 | 87.28% | 888,749 |
13. Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 64,296,649 | 99.98 | 12,000 | 0.02 | 64,308,649 | 88.35% | 112,300 |
14. Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration | 64,407,999 | 99.99 | 8,455 | 0.01 | 64,416,454 | 88.50% | 4,495 |
15. Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3 | 64,389,049 | 99.98 | 13,818 | 0.02 | 64,402,867 | 88.48% | 18,082 |
1 Issued Share Capital. 2 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution. 3 Special resolution requiring 75% majority. | |||||||
Votes of independent shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-executive Directors
| |||||||
6. Re-elect Catherine Glickman as a director | 23,002,693 | 88.63 | 2,951,001 | 11.37 | 25,953,694 | 75.59% | 13,996 |
8. Re-elect Juliette Stacey as a director | 25,168,425 | 96.98 | 783,489 | 3.02 | 25,951,914 | 75.58% | 15,776 |
9. Re-elect Stephen Wilson as a director | 25,139,322 | 96.87 | 812,672 | 3.13 | 25,951,994 | 75.58% | 15,696 |
10. Re-elect Karen Holford as a director | 25,167,721 | 96.98 | 784,548 | 3.02 | 25,952,269 | 75.58% | 15,421 |
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.2.8R, resolutions 6 and 8 to 10 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.
The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 72,788,543.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, a copy of resolution 15, which was passed as a special resolution, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Kasim Hussain
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
26 November 2025
Renishaw plc
Registered office: New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR
Registered number: 01106260, England and Wales
Telephone: 01453 524524
www.renishaw.com
Follow the stocks
