Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC Result of AGM (3299Y)

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RNS Number : 3299Y

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

03 May 2023

3 May 2023

RESULT OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

HELD ON 3 MAY 2023

The resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (the "Company") held earlier today were passed by the requisite majority by poll. The results are set out below:

STATEMENT OF POLL

 
      RESOLUTION            VOTES         %     VOTES AGAINST     %      VOTES CAST     % of        VOTES 
                              FOR                                                        ISC       WITHHELD 
                                                                                        Voted 
                        -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 1. To receive 
  and adopt the 
  Annual Report 
  and Financial 
  Statements 
  for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2022                    553,256,549   99.95         276,323    0.05    553,532,872    77.28        2,218,545 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 2. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report for 
  the year ended 
  31 December 
  2022                    513,944,128   92.80      39,845,715    7.20    553,789,843    77.31        1,961,573 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 3. To declare 
  a final dividend 
  of 110.3p per 
  ordinary share 
  for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2022                    553,893,767   99.72       1,571,184    0.28    555,464,951    77.55          286,465 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 4. To re-elect 
  Andrew Bonfield 
  as a Director           544,901,527   98.11      10,486,229    1.89    555,387,756    77.53          363,580 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  Olivier Bohuon 
  as a Director           550,452,092   99.11       4,915,118    0.89    555,367,210    77.53          384,126 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  Jeff Carr as 
  a Director              551,747,746   99.34       3,660,596    0.66    555,408,342    77.54          342,994 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Margherita 
  Della Valle 
  as a Director           554,782,103   99.89         587,700    0.11    555,369,803    77.53          380,672 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Nicandro Durante 
  as a Director           543,374,436   97.84      12,007,853    2.16    555,382,289    77.53          369,047 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  Mary Harris 
  as a Director           554,945,417   99.92         431,184    0.08    555,376,601    77.53          374,735 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 10. To re-elect 
  Mehmood Khan 
  as a Director           553,547,786   99.68       1,787,278    0.32    555,335,064    77.53          413,545 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 11. To re-elect 
  Pam Kirby as 
  a Director              546,480,991   98.40       8,908,255    1.60    555,389,246    77.53          362,090 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 12. To re- 
  elect Chris 
  Sinclair as 
  a Director              533,171,593   96.00      22,196,169    4.00    555,367,762    77.53          377,201 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 13. To re-elect 
  Elane Stock 
  as a Director           555,014,873   99.93         361,977    0.07    555,376,850    77.53          374,486 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 14. To re-elect 
  Alan Stewart 
  as a Director           533,266,190   96.03      22,054,398    3.97    555,320,588    77.53          430,748 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 15. To elect 
  Jeremy Darroch 
  as a Director           553,548,199   99.68       1,773,431    0.32    555,321,630    77.53          429,706 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 16. To elect 
  Tamara Ingram, 
  OBE as a Director       550,460,146   99.12       4,865,899    0.88    555,326,045    77.53          425,291 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 17. To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  Auditor of 
  the Company             552,037,476   99.40       3,332,787    0.60    555,370,263    77.53          381,154 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 18. To authorise 
  the Audit Committee 
  to determine 
  the Auditor's 
  remuneration            550,729,690   99.15       4,713,051    0.85    555,442,741    77.54          308,676 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 19. To authorise 
  the Company 
  to make political 
  donations               549,748,149   98.97       5,722,276    1.03    555,470,425    77.55          278,943 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 20. To renew 
  the Directors' 
  authority to 
  allot shares            508,738,581   91.59      46,685,020    8.41    555,423,601    77.54          327,712 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 21. To renew 
  the Directors' 
  power to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights in respect 
  of up to 5% 
  of issued share 
  capital                 549,268,435   99.19       4,510,204    0.81    553,778,639    77.31        1,972,331 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 22. To authorise 
  the Directors' 
  power to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights in respect 
  of an additional 
  5% of issued 
  share capital           545,647,156   98.55       8,002,453    1.45    553,649,609    77.29        2,101,807 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 23. To renew 
  the Company's 
  authority to 
  purchase its 
  own shares              546,157,976   98.44       8,631,973    1.56    554,789,949    77.45          961,468 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 24. That the 
  Directors be 
  authorised 
  to call a general 
  meeting, other 
  than an AGM, 
  on 14 clear 
  days' notice.           487,810,139   87.83      67,616,053   12.17    555,426,192    77.54          298,604 
----------------------  -------------  ------  --------------  ------  -------------  -------  --------------- 
 

Resolutions 21 to 24 are special resolutions.

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.

A copy of the above results will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.reckitt.com .

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R a copy of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

As at the close of business on 28 April 2023, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 736,535,179 ordinary shares of 10 pence each, 20,225,265 of which were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were 716,309,914.

For further Information:

Catheryn O'Rourke

Company Secretary

Tel. [phone]

103-105 Bath Road, Slough SL1 3UH

Registered in England and Wales, No. 6270876

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc's LEI code is 5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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