Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Apr 16, 2014
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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You may submit your proxy electronically using the Capita Share Portal service at www.capitashareportal.com. If not already registered for the share portal, you will need your Investor Code shown below.
Notes 1. The 'Vote Withheld' option is to enable you to abstain on any particular resolution. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
To be held in the Desoutter Suite at the Sofitel London Gatwick, North Terminal, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 0PH at 12 noon on Wednesday 14 May 2014.
Registration will commence at 11.00am.
If you wish to attend this meeting in your capacity as a holder of ordinary shares, please sign this card and on arrival hand it to the Company's registrars. This will facilitate your entry to the meeting.
Signature of person attending: Bar Code:
Investor Code:
I/We being a member(s) of the Company hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting or (see note 1)
Investor Code:
Event Code:
Bar Code:
Number of shares proxy appointed over
as my/our proxy to vote on my/our behalf at the AGM of the Company to be held at 12 noon on Wednesday 14 May 2014 and at any adjournment thereof. I have indicated with a 'X' how I/we wish my/our votes to be cast on the following resolutions and I/we direct that any proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he thinks fit for me/us and on my/our behalf on any other matter which may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Please tick here if this proxy is one of multiple appointments being made. For the appointment of multiple proxies refer to note 4.
Please mark ' ' to indicate how you wish to vote
Resolutions
For Against Withheld
To assist with arrangements, if you intend attending the meeting in person please place a ' ' in the box opposite
Signature
For Against Withheld
www.sofitel.com
Business Reply Plus Licence Number RLUB-TBUX-EGUC
PXS 1 34 Beckenham Road BECKENHAM BR3 4ZF
The Sofitel London Gatwick (Desoutter Suite), North Terminal, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex RH6 0PH
The hotel is 30 minutes from central London via the Gatwick Express (London Victoria) or by trains operated by First Capital Connect and Southern railways. Gatwick train station is located in the South Terminal building. Follow signs towards the North Terminal and take the free rail shuttle which takes two minutes. Signs to the Sofitel will be seen on alighting the shuttle.
From Gatwick North Terminal take the lift or escalator to Level 1 and follow signs directly to the Sofitel. From Gatwick South Terminal, take the free rail shuttle to Gatwick North Terminal and on alighting follow signs to the Sofitel.
From the M25, proceed towards the M23 southbound towards Gatwick Airport and Brighton. Exit the M23 at junction 9 (Crawley and London Gatwick Airport). Follow the signs to the North Terminal where the Sofitel is situated next to the terminal building.
There is a small car park adjacent to the Sofitel. Alternatively there is short-term parking in the larger multi-storey car park situated at the Gatwick North Terminal. Please note that charges may apply.
Rentokil Initial plc Riverbank Meadows Business Park Blackwater Camberley Surrey GU17 9AB
Registered office: as above Registered in England & Wales No: 5393279
Tel: +44(0) 1276 607 444 www.rentokil-initial.com
This letter is to notify you that the 2013 annual report and the 2014 notice of AGM is now available on our website at www.rentokil-initial.com
The AGM will be held in the Desoutter Suite at the Sofitel London Gatwick, North Terminal, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 0PH at 12 noon on Wednesday 14 May 2014. A location map for the venue is on the last page of the notice of meeting and on the back of this proxy form. An attendance card is also attached which you should bring with you if you attend the meeting.
Biographical details of the directors seeking re-election are set out in the explanatory notes on the resolutions which follow the notice of meeting. In 2014, Duncan Tatton-Brown will have served on the Board for nine years, much of that time as Audit Committee Chairman, and will be standing down at the end of AGM so is not seeking re-election. Subject to shareholder approval, Peter Long, our senior independent director, who joined the Board in 2002 has agreed to remain as a director for the remainder of 2014 and will stand down on 31 December 2014.
The Board believes that all of the resolutions in the notice of meeting are in the best interests of the Company and of shareholders as a whole and recommends you to vote in favour of the resolutions, as members of the Board intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings.
I hope that you will be able to come to the meeting and raise any questions you may have on the resolutions. If you would like to vote but cannot come to the meeting, please complete the proxy form and return it to our registrars by no later than 12 noon on Monday 12 May 2014. Information about how to appoint a proxy electronically is given in note 4(b) on page 8 of the notice of AGM.
All resolutions will be put by poll. This reflects best practice and will ensure that shareholders who are not able to attend the meeting, but who have appointed proxies, have their votes fully taken into account. Shareholders who attend the meeting will have the opportunity to ask questions and form a view on any points raised before voting on each resolution. The poll results will be announced on the day after the meeting.
I would like to thank you for consenting to receive the annual report via our website. This minimises the use of resources and contributes to additional cost savings for the Company.
Yours faithfully
John McAdam Chairman 9 April 2014
Explanatory notes on all the resolutions accompany the notice of AGM.
3. Whether or not you are able to attend the AGM, please send us your vote by completing and submitting the form of proxy or by completing it online via Capita Asset Services' website, www.capitashareportal.com. You will need your Investor Code to register and once you have done so you will be able to vote immediately. Proxy forms must be received at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting. Voting by proxy prior to the meeting does not affect your right to attend the meeting and vote in person should you so wish.
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