30 April 2024
Rotork Plc
('the Company' or
'Rotork')
2024 Annual General Meeting - Poll
Results
The Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting
('AGM') was held today in the Brunel Suite at the Bailbrook House
Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JD. All
resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM dated 26 March 2024
and put to the meeting, were decided by a poll and were
passed.
Resolutions 1 to 14 were each passed as an
ordinary resolution and resolutions 15 to 19 were each passed as a
special resolution.
The following table summarises the final poll
result for each resolution:
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Resolution
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For 2
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Against2
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No. of Votes
withheld3
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Total Capital
Instructed
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No. of Shares
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%
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No. of Shares
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%
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1.
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To receive the 2023 Annual Report and audited
accounts
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686,561,919
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99.99
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4,474
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0.01
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970,952
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686,566,393
|
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2.
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To declare a final dividend of 4.65p per
ordinary share
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687,522,080
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99.99
|
6,615
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0.01
|
8,650
|
687,528,695
|
|
3.
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To approve the Directors' Remuneration
Report
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678,625,474
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98.73
|
8,729,791
|
1.27
|
182,080
|
687,355,265
|
|
4.
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To re-elect TR Cobbold as a director
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686,321,809
|
99.86
|
988,291
|
0.14
|
227,245
|
687,310,100
|
|
5.
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To elect AJ Heath as a director
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687,164,354
|
99.98
|
147,342
|
0.02
|
225,649
|
687,311,696
|
|
6.
|
To re-elect KT Huynh as a director
|
687,262,538
|
99.99
|
54,800
|
0.01
|
220,007
|
687,317,338
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect KFS Meurk-Harvey as a
director
|
686,330,724
|
99.86
|
971,490
|
0.14
|
232,893
|
687,302,214
|
|
8.
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To elect B Peacock as a director
|
685,630,773
|
99.76
|
1,680,923
|
0.24
|
225,649
|
687,311,696
|
|
9.
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To re-elect JE Stipp as a director
|
645,714,287
|
93.95
|
41,596,165
|
6.05
|
226,893
|
687,310,452
|
|
10.
|
To re-elect DC Thompson as a
director
|
680,652,557
|
99.03
|
6,662,139
|
0.97
|
222,649
|
687,314,696
|
|
11.
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To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the
Company
|
687,121,009
|
99.95
|
364,036
|
0.05
|
50,461
|
687,485,045
|
|
12.
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To authorise the Audit Committee to determine
auditor's remuneration
|
687,475,221
|
99.99
|
13,712
|
0.01
|
48,412
|
687,488,933
|
|
13.
|
Authority to make political
donations
|
685,658,116
|
99.79
|
1,459,304
|
0.21
|
419,925
|
687,117,420
|
|
14.
|
Authority for the directors to allot
shares
|
667,978,250
|
97.17
|
19,487,121
|
2.83
|
71,974
|
687,465,371
|
|
15.
|
General authority to dis-apply pre-emption
rights*
|
670,028,200
|
97.47
|
17,382,874
|
2.53
|
126,271
|
687,411,074
|
|
16.
|
Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for
acquisitions / capital investments*
|
647,499,033
|
94.19
|
39,914,445
|
5.81
|
123,867
|
687,413,478
|
|
17.
|
Authority to purchase own ordinary
shares*
|
684,243,736
|
99.53
|
3,206,665
|
0.47
|
86,944
|
687,450,401
|
|
18.
|
Authority to purchase own preference
shares*
|
684,476,726
|
99.57
|
2,972,325
|
0.43
|
88,294
|
687,449,051
|
|
19.
|
Notice period for general meetings*
|
636,195,480
|
92.54
|
51,301,796
|
7.46
|
40,069
|
687,497,276
|
*Passed as a special resolution
The Board of Rotork plc is pleased to
note that all resolutions were passed at today's AGM and we welcome
the substantial support of the Company's shareholders for all the
resolutions proposed.
The Company confirms that Ann
Christin Andersen and Jonathan Davis both stepped down from the
Board as directors at the conclusion of today's AGM. These changes
were previously announced on 29 June 2023 (RNS Number 3848E) and 12
September 2023 (RNS Number 0785M) respectively.
Notes:
1. The total votes
cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair
discretion.
2. Votes "For" and "Against"
are expressed as a percentage of votes received
with percentages rounded to two
decimal places.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a
vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes
"for" or "against" a resolution.
4. The total
number of ordinary 0.5p shares in issue on 30 April 2024 was
859,132,400 with no shares being held in treasury. The total number
of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was
859,132,400 with each ordinary share having one vote.
5. In accordance with Listing
Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed by the Company, other
than those resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available for
inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
6.
A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's
website at www.rotork.com/investors/index/agm.
7. Legal Entity
Identifier: 213800AH5RZIHGWRJ718
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Enquiries:
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Rotork plc
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Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200
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Stuart Pain, Group General Counsel &
Company Secretary
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations
Director
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FTI
Consulting
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Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule
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Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
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