Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 24, 2025
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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RNS Number : 0748G
Croda International PLC
24 April 2025
The one hundredth Annual General Meeting of Croda International Plc (the "Company") was held at The Milner York, Station Road, York, YO24 1AA on Wednesday 23 April 2025.
All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue: 139,635,442 (excluding shares held in treasury).
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
| Resolution | Votes For | Against | Withheld | ||
| No of shares | % of shares voted | No of shares | % of shares voted | No of shares | |
| 1. To receive financial statements of the Company and the Group and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 106,461,183 | 99.98 | 17,775 | 0.02 | 1,513,779 |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 105,200,917 | 97.90 | 2,252,352 | 2.10 | 539,468 |
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 63.0p per ordinary share | 107,533,324 | 99.60 | 426,652 | 0.40 | 32,761 |
| 4. To elect I Bull as a director | 106,436,727 | 98.59 | 1,520,384 | 1.41 | 35,626 |
| 5. To elect S Oxley as a director | 106,876,036 | 99.00 | 1,078,871 | 1.00 | 37,830 |
| 6. To re-elect R Cirillo as a director | 107,215,163 | 99.31 | 741,040 | 0.69 | 36,534 |
| 7. To re-elect C Good as a director | 106,775,709 | 99.37 | 675,213 | 0.63 | 541,815 |
| 8. To re-elect D Gray as a director | 102,642,984 | 95.52 | 4,808,475 | 4.48 | 541,277 |
| 9. To re-elect J Ferguson as a director | 107,274,656 | 99.37 | 682,370 | 0.63 | 35,711 |
| 10. To re-elect S Foots as a director | 107,111,968 | 99.22 | 842,112 | 0.78 | 38,657 |
| 11. To re-elect J Kim as a director | 107,326,445 | 99.42 | 629,737 | 0.58 | 36,555 |
| 12. To re-elect K Layden as a director | 104,213,697 | 96.53 | 3,740,907 | 3.47 | 38,132 |
| 13. To re-elect N Ouzren as a director | 107,122,526 | 99.23 | 834,318 | 0.77 | 35,893 |
| 14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor of the Company | 107,441,165 | 99.99 | 10,670 | 0.01 | 540,902 |
| 15. To a uthorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 107,953,945 | 100.00 | 3,365 | 0.00 | 35,427 |
| 16. Political donations | 103,161,598 | 96.07 | 4,218,973 | 3.93 | 612,166 |
| 17. To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to two thirds of its issued share capital | 98,887,995 | 91.60 | 9,068,029 | 8.40 | 36,713 |
| 18. To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498 | 98,357,098 | 91.11 | 9,599,038 | 8.89 | 36,601 |
| 19. To a uthorise the directors to allot equity securities without pre-emptive rights up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £1,481,498 | 94,488,429 | 87.67 | 13,286,549 | 12.33 | 217,758 |
| 20. To a uthorise market purchase of own shares up to a maximum of 13,963,544 ordinary shares | 107,718,836 | 99.79 | 230,122 | 0.21 | 43,779 |
| 21. That a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 98,542,897 | 91.28 | 9,415,569 | 8.72 | 33,821 |
Resolutions 1 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website (investor centre) and has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
Tom Brophy
Group General Counsel, Company Secretary and President Sustainability
24 April 2025
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