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Result of AGM

12 May 2016 07:00

RNS Number : 9780X
Rentokil Initial PLC
12 May 2016
 

 

 

RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC (RTO)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016 ('AGM') and DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

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 11 May 2016, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 1 April 2016 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

1,412,107,207

99.563%

6,204,964

0.437%

1,418,312,171

1,622,654

2

To approve the 2016 Directors' Remuneration Policy report

1,382,246,241

97.393%

36,998,254

2.607%

1,419,244,495

1,481,537

3

To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report

1,373,705,035

96.805%

45,333,214

3.195%

1,419,038,249

896,576

4

To approve the revised Performance Share Plan 2016 Rules (2016 PSP) and authorise the directors to establish additional schedules to the 2016 PSP as they consider necessary

1,384,825,513

97.585%

34,271,067

2.415%

1,419,096,580

838,245

5

To declare a final dividend

1,419,892,504

100.000%

5,726

0.000%

1,419,898,230

36,595

6

To re-elect John McAdam as a director

1,384,702,467

97.567%

34,528,816

2.433%

1,419,231,283

703,542

7

To re-elect Richard Burrows as a director

1,411,925,641

99.442%

7,919,333

0.558%

1,419,844,974

89,851

8

To re-elect Alan Giles as a director

1,359,339,826

95.739%

60,506,256

4.261%

1,419,846,082

88,743

9

To re-elect Andy Ransom as a director

1,417,839,287

99.859%

2,005,399

0.141%

1,419,844,686

90,139

10

To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director

1,417,757,630

99.853%

2,080,952

0.147%

1,419,838,582

96,243

11

To re-elect Julie Southern as a director

1,417,228,435

99.816%

2,612,616

0.184%

1,419,841,051

93,774

12

To re-elect Jeremy Townsend as a director

1,415,467,291

99.735%

3,761,540

0.265%

1,419,228,831

705,994

13

To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

1,381,773,882

99.846%

2,126,070

0.154%

1,383,899,952

36,034,873

14

To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration

1,392,442,919

99.444%

7,791,648

0.556%

1,400,234,567

19,700,258

15

To authorise the calling of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on 14 days' clear notice

1,358,130,147

95.650%

61,766,247

4.350%

1,419,896,394

38,430

16

To authorise the directors to allot shares

1,397,006,684

98.391%

22,848,332

1.609%

1,419,855,016

79,809

17

To disapply statutory pre-emption rights

1,208,890,570

96.867%

39,097,914

3.133%

1,247,988,484

171,946,341

18

To authorise the Board to make market purchases of the Company's own shares

1,400,896,276

98.663%

18,981,833

1.337%

1,419,878,109

56,716

19

To authorise the making of political donations

1,249,752,578

89.070%

153,357,186

10.930%

1,403,109,764

16,825,060

*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 11 May 2016 was 1,828,832,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 15, 17 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.

 

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

 

Directorate Change

The Company notes that Peter Bamford, who served on the Board for nine years, stood down as a non-executive director at the conclusion of the 2016 AGM on 11 May 2016.

 

Enquiries:

 

Daragh Fagan

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0)1276 607444

 

12 May 2016

This information is provided by RNS
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