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RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 ('AGM')
At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held at Compass House, Manor Royal, Crawley, RH10 9PY on 13 May 2020 at 14:00, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 26 March 2020 was passed on a poll. The results are set out below and will be placed on the Company website at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors.
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR1 | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD2 | |
1 | To receive the audited financial statements and the directors' and auditors' report thereon | 1,499,948,473 | 99.94 | 839,029 | 0.06 | 1,500,787,502 | 80.93% | 5,612,553 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,470,892,523 | 97.73 | 34,127,839 | 2.27 | 1,505,020,362 | 81.16% | 1,379,693 |
3 | To elect Cathy Turner as a director | 1,506,105,319 | 99.99 | 180,489 | 0.01 | 1,506,285,808 | 81.23% | 114,248 |
4 | To re-elect John Pettigrew as a director | 1,503,477,914 | 99.81 | 2,835,701 | 0.19 | 1,506,313,615 | 81.23% | 86,441 |
5 | To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director | 1,503,216,372 | 99.79 | 3,096,059 | 0.21 | 1,506,312,431 | 81.23% | 87,625 |
6 | To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | 1,493,465,941 | 99.23 | 11,651,537 | 0.77 | 1,505,117,478 | 81.17% | 1,282,578 |
7 | To re-elect Richard Solomons as a director | 1,495,655,028 | 99.73 | 4,064,961 | 0.27 | 1,499,719,989 | 80.88% | 6,680,066 |
8 | To re-elect Julie Southern as a director | 1,480,175,033 | 98.27 | 26,133,267 | 1.73 | 1,506,308,300 | 81.23% | 91,756 |
9 | To re-elect Jeremy Townsend as a director | 1,475,379,127 | 97.95 | 30,930,786 | 2.05 | 1,506,309,913 | 81.23% | 90,143 |
10 | To re-elect Linda Yueh as a director | 1,503,457,041 | 99.81 | 2,865,232 | 0.19 | 1,506,322,273 | 81.23% | 77,783 |
11 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 1,481,876,301 | 98.38 | 24,425,649 | 1.62 | 1,506,301,950 | 81.23% | 98,105 |
12 | To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 1,500,001,933 | 99.58 | 6,311,028 | 0.42 | 1,506,312,961 | 81.23% | 87,095 |
13 | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,383,887,363 | 91.88 | 122,335,775 | 8.12 | 1,506,223,138 | 81.23% | 176,918 |
14 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 1,495,986,338 | 99.50 | 7,529,203 | 0.50 | 1,503,515,541 | 81.08% | 2,884,514 |
15 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights - additional 5% | 1,484,965,048 | 98.77 | 18,537,121 | 1.23 | 1,503,502,169 | 81.08% | 2,897,885 |
16 | To authorise the Board to make market purchases of the Company's own shares | 1,483,241,776 | 98.50 | 22,516,356 | 1.50 | 1,505,758,132 | 81.20% | 641,922 |
17 | To authorise the making of political donations | 1,462,128,382 | 97.07 | 44,143,357 | 2.93 | 1,506,271,739 | 81.23% | 128,317 |
18 | To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on 14 days' clear notice | 1,450,683,887 | 96.31 | 55,642,547 | 3.69 | 1,506,326,434 | 81.23% | 73,622 |
1. Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes cast for or against a resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 12 May 2020 was 1,854,332,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 14, 15, 16 and 18 were proposed as special resolutions. A copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting available at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors.
A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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Daragh FaganCompany Secretary
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