Croda International PLC Result of AGM

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Croda International PLC

24 April 2025

 

Croda International Plc - Annual General Meeting

 

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 authorise 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 authorise 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 authorise 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 authorise 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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