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Rotork PLC
28 April 2023
28 April 2023
Rotork Plc
('the Company' or 'Rotork')
2023 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results and Chair
Accession
The Company's 2023 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 23 March 2023 and put to the meeting, were
decided on by a poll and were passed.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were each passed as an ordinary resolution
and resolutions 18 to 22 were each passed as a special
resolution.
The following table summarises the final poll result for each
resolution:
For (2) Against(2)
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Resolution No. of Shares % No. of Shares % No. of Votes Total Capital
withheld(3) Instructed
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To receive the
2022 Annual Report
and audited
1. accounts 697,003,548 99.99 89,076 0.01 730,325 80.98%
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2. To declare a final 697,491,835 99.95 325,527 0.05 5,587 81.06%
dividend of 4.30p
per ordinary share
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3. To approve the 683,772,096 98.04 13,640,012 1.96 410,841 81.01%
Directors'
Remuneration
Policy
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4. To approve the 679,150,943 97.82 15,105,911 2.18 3,566,095 80.65%
Directors'
Remuneration
Report
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To re-elect AC
Andersen as a
5. director 683,725,512 97.99 14,006,632 2.01 90,805 81.05%
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To re-elect TR
Cobbold as a
6. director 696,121,217 99.77 1,612,171 0.23 89,561 81.05%
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To re-elect JM
Davis as a
7. director 694,529,087 99.54 3,207,301 0.46 86,561 81.05%
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To re-elect PG
Dilnot as a
8. director 697,542,079 99.97 185,065 0.03 95,805 81.05%
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To re-elect KT
Huynh as a
9. director 697,542,687 99.97 190,701 0.03 89,561 81.05%
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10. To re-elect KFS 696,160,217 99.77 1,571,927 0.23 90,805 81.05%
Meurk-Harvey as a
director
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To re-elect JE
Stipp as a
11. director 696,160,067 99.77 1,572,077 0.23 90,805 81.05%
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To elect DC
Thompson as a
12. director 694,644,862 99.56 3,091,526 0.44 86,561 81.05%
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13. To re-appoint 695,529,824 99.96 262,081 0.04 2,031,044 80.83%
Deloitte LLP as
Auditor of the
Company
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14. To authorise the 697,585,124 99.97 176,076 0.03 61,749 81.05%
Audit Committee to
determine
Auditor's
remuneration
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Authority to make
political
15. donations 678,601,495 97.30 18,854,367 2.70 384,587 81.02%
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16. Authority for the 669,569,243 95.97 28,113,341 4.03 77,575 81.04%
directors to allot
shares
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17. Authority to adopt 697,060,025 99.92 588,374 0.08 111,760 81.04%
new rules of the
Rotork Sharesave
Scheme
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18. General authority 687,510,138 98.59 9,836,044 1.41 413,977 81.01%
to dis-apply
pre-emption
rights*
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19. Authority to 685,672,334 98.33 11,673,848 1.67 413,977 81.01%
dis-apply
pre-emption rights
for acquisitions /
capital
investments*
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20. Authority to 695,236,140 99.69 2,128,354 0.31 395,665 81.01%
purchase own
ordinary shares*
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21. Authority to 695,493,808 99.73 1,866,082 0.27 400,269 81.01%
purchase own
preference shares*
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Notice period for
22. general meetings* 640,784,329 92.10 54,953,704 7.90 2,022,126 80.82%
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*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.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11(3), the Company is pleased to
confirm that Dorothy Thompson, CBE acceded to the role of Chair at
the conclusion of today's AGM. Dorothy succeeds Martin Lamb who has
stepped down as Chairman and as a director today after nearly nine
years on the Board. Dorothy's appointment as Non-executive Director
and Chair Designate was announced on 1 December 2022 (RNS Number:
1581I).
Notes:
1. The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include
those giving the Chairman 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 28 April
2023 was 860,859,793 with no shares being held in treasury. The
total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares
was 860,859,793 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
Enquiries:
Rotork plc Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200
Stuart Pain, Group General Counsel
& Company Secretary
Andrew Carter, Investor Relations
Director
FTI Consulting
Nick Hasell/Susanne Yule Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340
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