Last checked at 10 May 2017 16:31
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017 ('AGM')
At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held in the Ascot Suite at the Hilton London Gatwick Airport on Wednesday 10 May 2017 at 12 noon, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 5 April 2017 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 FOR* | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD** | |
1 | To receive the audited financial statements of the Company and the directors’ and auditors’ reports thereon | 1,404,494,749 | 99.93 | 960,370 | 0.07 | 1,405,455,119 | 76.49% | 1,663,977 |
2 | To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report | 1,281,729,638 | 91.10 | 125,210,885 | 8.90 | 1,406,940,523 | 76.58% | 178,573 |
3 | To declare a final dividend | 1,407,027,971 | 100.00 | 3,271 | 0.00 | 1,407,031,242 | 76.58% | 87,854 |
4 | To elect Chris Geoghegan as a director | 1,404,199,230 | 99.80 | 2,802,474 | 0.20 | 1,407,001,704 | 76.58% | 117,392 |
5 | To re-elect John McAdam as a director | 1,370,849,441 | 97.43 | 36,166,860 | 2.57 | 1,407,016,301 | 76.58% | 102,795 |
6 | To re-elect Richard Burrows as a director | 1,226,130,179 | 98.86 | 14,166,251 | 1.14 | 1,240,296,430 | 67.51% | 166,822,666 |
7 | To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director | 1,403,722,206 | 99.77 | 3,284,782 | 0.23 | 1,407,006,988 | 76.58% | 112,108 |
8 | To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | 1,403,315,912 | 99.74 | 3,693,513 | 0.26 | 1,407,009,425 | 76.58% | 109,671 |
9 | To re-elect Julie Southern as a director | 1,221,164,852 | 98.02 | 24,623,933 | 1.98 | 1,245,788,785 | 67.80% | 161,330,311 |
10 | To re-elect Jeremy Townsend as a director | 1,403,623,195 | 99.76 | 3,381,316 | 0.24 | 1,407,004,511 | 76.58% | 114,585 |
11 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 1,369,050,960 | 99.78 | 3,060,303 | 0.22 | 1,372,111,263 | 74.68% | 35,007,833 |
12 | To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 1,383,988,382 | 99.49 | 7,062,173 | 0.51 | 1,391,050,555 | 75.71% | 16,068,471 |
13 | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,383,436,548 | 98.34 | 23,380,920 | 1.66 | 1,406,817,468 | 76.57% | 300,558 |
14 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 1,406,728,593 | 99.98 | 273,201 | 0.02 | 1,407,001,794 | 76.58% | 117,302 |
15 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights - additional 5% | 1,373,925,532 | 97.65 | 33,072,352 | 2.35 | 1,406,997,884 | 76.58% | 121,212 |
16 | To authorise the directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares | 1,378,421,431 | 98.39 | 22,503,952 | 1.61 | 1,400,925,383 | 76.25% | 6,193,643 |
17 | To authorise the making of political donations | 1,310,899,585 | 93.17 | 96,088,202 | 6.83 | 1,406,987,787 | 76.58% | 131,309 |
18 | To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on 14 days' clear notice | 1,361,626,525 | 96.77 | 45,402,014 | 3.23 | 1,407,028,539 | 76.58% | 90,557 |
*Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
**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 9 May 2017 was 1,837,332,965 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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Daragh FaganCompany Secretary
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