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RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC (RTO)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015 ('AGM')
At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held in the Ascot Suite at the Hilton Hotel Gatwick Airport, South Terminal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 OLL on Wednesday 13 May 2015, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 2 April 2015 were 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 | For (No. of votes)* | % | Against (No. of votes) | % | Total votes cast (No. of votes) | Withheld (No. of votes)** | |
1 | To receive the directors' report and accounts | 1,541,556,899 | 99.942% | 894,364 | 0.058% | 1,542,451,263 | 586,730 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration report | 1,403,119,803 | 97.203% | 40,378,379 | 2.797% | 1,443,498,182 | 99,539,811 |
3 | To declare a final dividend | 1,543,020,742 | 100.000% | 4,238 | 0.000% | 1,543,024,980 | 13,013 |
4 | To re-elect John McAdam as a director | 1,514,862,639 | 98.232% | 27,267,469 | 1.768% | 1,542,130,108 | 907,885 |
5 | To re-elect Peter Bamford as a director | 1,518,879,334 | 99.804% | 2,975,553 | 0.196% | 1,521,854,887 | 21,183,106 |
6 | To re-elect Richard Burrows as a director | 1,540,063,426 | 99.810% | 2,936,790 | 0.190% | 1,543,000,216 | 37,777 |
7 | To re-elect Alan Giles as a director | 1,532,789,077 | 99.338% | 10,211,610 | 0.662% | 1,543,000,687 | 37,306 |
8 | To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director | 1,540,916,546 | 99.865% | 2,084,085 | 0.135% | 1,543,000,631 | 37,362 |
9 | To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | 1,540,993,923 | 99.871% | 1,996,390 | 0.129% | 1,542,990,313 | 47,680 |
10 | To re-elect Jeremy Townsend as a director | 1,541,025,693 | 99.872% | 1,976,485 | 0.128% | 1,543,002,178 | 35,815 |
11 | To re-appoint Julie Southern as a director | 1,540,923,683 | 99.872% | 1,973,452 | 0.128% | 1,542,897,135 | 140,858 |
12 | To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 1,519,580,380 | 99.852% | 2,249,950 | 0.148% | 1,521,830,330 | 21,207,663 |
13 | To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 1,537,898,459 | 99.671% | 5,081,107 | 0.329% | 1,542,979,566 | 58,427 |
14 | To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on 14 days' clear notice | 1,491,842,691 | 96.685% | 51,155,642 | 3.315% | 1,542,998,333 | 39,660 |
15 | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 1,526,300,097 | 98.924% | 16,607,433 | 1.076% | 1,542,907,530 | 130,463 |
16 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 1,524,297,795 | 99.971% | 437,692 | 0.029% | 1,524,735,487 | 18,302,506 |
17 | To authorise the Board to make market purchases of the Company's own shares | 1,542,025,505 | 99.938% | 955,858 | 0.062% | 1,542,981,363 | 56,630 |
18 | To authorise the making of political donations | 1,382,609,017 | 92.005% | 120,147,105 | 7.995% | 1,502,756,122 | 40,281,871 |
*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 13 May 2015 was 1,822,832,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 14, 16 and 17 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.
Also, in accordance with UK Listing Authority rule 9.6.2 a copy of the document setting out the special resolutions passed will be submitted to and available for inspection shortly at the National Storage Mechanism located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries:
Alexandra Laan
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel:+44 (0)1276 607444
14 May 2015