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Essentra PLC — AGM Information 2019
May 23, 2019
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Essentra plc Annual General Meeting
Essentra plc (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting of its shareholders on, Thursday 23 May 2019 at 12 noon. The proxy voting figures received are shown below.
- No. Resolution
- 1 To receive and adopt the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 and the Reports of the Directors and, Auditor and the Strategic Report.
| 100.00% | |
|---|---|
| 0.00% | |
| 100.00% | |
| 162,863 | |
| 225,982,496 3,769 225,986,265 |
2 To approve the Remuneration Committee Chairman's Letter and the Annual Report on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2018, as set out in the Company's Annual Report 2018.
| Votes for/discretionary | 225,065,322 | 99.52% |
|---|---|---|
| Votes against | 1,077,739 | 0.48% |
| Total votes cast | 226,143,061 | 100.00% |
| Votes withheld | 6,066 |
3 To declare a final dividend for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 of 14.4 pence per ordinary share.
| Votes for/discretionary | 226,145,359 | 100.00% |
|---|---|---|
| Votes against |
3,769 | 0.00% |
| Total votes cast | 226,149,128 | 100.00% |
| Votes withheld | 0 |
4 To elect Lily Liu as a Director of the Company.
| Votes for/discretionary | 224,506,328 | 99.28% |
|---|---|---|
| Votes against | 1,636,697 | 0.72% |
| Total votes cast | 226,143,025 | 100.00% |
| Votes withheld |
5,103 |
5 To re-elect Paul Lester as a Director of the Company.
| Votes for/discretionary | 220,158,628 | 99.29% |
|---|---|---|
| Votes against | 1,573,189 | 0.71% |
| Total votes cast | 221,731,817 | 100.00% |
| Votes withheld | 4,417,311 |
| 6 | To re-elect Paul Forman as a Director of the Company. |
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| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
223,827,121 2,317,434 226,144,555 4,573 |
98.98% 1.02% 100.00% |
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| 7 | To re-elect Tommy Breen as a Director of the Company. |
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| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
224,573,159 1,571,695 226,144,854 4,274 |
99.31% 0.69% 100.00% |
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| 8 | To re-elect Mary Reilly as a Director of the Company. |
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| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
223,951,848 1,756,987 225,708,835 440,293 |
99.22% 0.78% 100.00% |
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| 9 | To re-elect Lorraine Trainer as a Director of the Company. | ||||
| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
224,570,279 1,574,575 226,144,854 4,274 |
99.30% 0.70% 100.00% |
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| 10 | To re-elect Ralf K. Wunderlich as a Director of the Company. |
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| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
224,574,993 1,572,805 226,147,798 1,330 |
99.30% 0.70% 100.00% |
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| 11 | To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which audited accounts are laid before the Company. |
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| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
226,125,778 19,738 226,145,516 3,612 |
99.99% 0.01% 100.00% |
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| 12 | To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration. | ||||
| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast Votes withheld |
226,135,661 10,084 226,145,745 3,383 |
100.0% 0.00% 100.00% |
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| 13 | To authorise the Directors to allot unissued shares in the Company. | ||||
| Votes for/discretionary Votes against Total votes cast |
210,151,239 15,994,520 226,145,759 |
92.93% 7.07% 100.00% |
Votes withheld 3,369
| 14 | General power to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes for/discretionary | 226,109,330 | 99.99% | ||
| Votes against | 24,983 | 0.01% | ||
| Total votes cast | 226,134,313 | 100.00% | ||
| Votes withheld | 14,815 | |||
| 15 | Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment (special resolution). |
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| Votes for/discretionary | 192,120,104 | 84.96% | ||
| Votes against | 34,021,908 | 15.04% | ||
| Total votes cast | 226,142,012 | 100.00% | ||
| Votes withheld | 7,115 | |||
| 16 | Purchase of own shares (special resolution). | |||
| Votes for/discretionary | 225,521,181 | 99.74% | ||
| Votes against | 582,002 | 0.26% | ||
| Total votes cast | 226,103,183 | 100.00% | ||
| Votes withheld | 45,944 | |||
| 17 | Notice of general meetings (special resolution). | |||
| Votes for/discretionary | 222,457,530 | 98.37% | ||
| Votes against | 3,690,589 | 1.63% | ||
| Total votes cast | 226,148,119 | 100.00% | ||
| Votes withheld | 1,009 | |||
| Number of shareholders at meeting: | 8 | |||
| Issued share capital at meeting date: | 264,129,170 Ordinary shares of 25p each |
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| Total number of voting rights | 263,055,222 | |||
| Number of votes per share: | 1 |
All the Resolutions proposed at the Meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at www.essentraplc.com) were passed on a poll.
The Resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection athttp://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Jon Green, Company Secretary Telephone: 01908 359 100
Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification: Jon Green, Company Secretary
23 May 2019