Tate & Lyle PLC Result of AGM (9445G)

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RNS Number : 9445G

Tate & Lyle PLC

29 July 2021

Tate & Lyle PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting 2021

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 were duly passed.

For those shareholders who were unable to attend the AGM, an audiocast is available giving shareholders an opportunity to hear a presentation from our Chair, Gerry Murphy and our Chief Executive, Nick Hampton. You can listen to the audiocast from this link or from our website www.tateandlyle.com/investors/agm . The audiocast is available to watch on the above link until 26 August 2021.

The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:

 
            Resolution                  Total For(1)         Total Against      Votes withheld(2) 
                                    No. of votes   % of      No. of     % of         No. of 
                                                    vote      votes      vote         votes 
                                   -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 1.    Report and Accounts          347,540,646    99.97    113,384     0.03        1,261,743 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Directors' Remuneration 
 2.     Report                      334,425,571    96.48   12,211,637   3.52        1,704,959 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 3.    Approve final dividend       345,956,034    99.32   2,369,008    0.68         17,125 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Re-elect Dr Gerry 
 4.     Murphy                      335,150,385    96.57   11,900,487   3.43        1,291,295 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 5.    Re-elect Nick Hampton        348,059,703    99.93    245,863     0.07         36,601 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 6.    Elect Vivid Sehgal           346,634,301    99.52   1,657,384    0.48         50,482 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 7.    Elect John Cheung            299,938,029    87.44   43,087,098   12.56       5,317,040 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Elect Patrícia 
 8.     Corsi                       348,234,655    99.98     58,989     0.02         48,523 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 9.    Re-elect Paul Forman         344,732,967    98.98   3,560,755    1.02         48,445 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 10.   Re-elect Lars Frederiksen    344,582,972    98.93   3,709,419    1.07         49,776 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Re-elect Kimberly 
 11.    Nelson                      345,107,718    99.08   3,194,031    0.92         40,418 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Re-elect Sybella 
 12.    Stanley                     340,183,352    97.67   8,110,188    2.33         48,627 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Re-elect Warren 
 13.    Tucker                      339,096,919    98.92   3,713,319    1.08        5,531,929 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Appoint Ernst & 
 14.    Young LLP                   347,931,317    99.73    928,587     0.27         55,340 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Approve auditors' 
 15.    remuneration                348,819,680    99.99     35,112     0.01         60,981 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Authority to make 
        political donations 
        and incur political 
 16.    expenditure                 343,985,657    98.62   4,829,813    1.38         100,303 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Authority to allot 
 17.    shares                      335,877,125    96.28   12,974,085   3.72         64,563 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Authority to disapply 
 18.    pre-emption rights          345,689,683    99.12   3,076,162    0.88         149,928 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Additional authority 
        to disapply pre-emption 
        rights for an acquisition 
        or specified capital 
 19.    investment                  331,374,436    95.01   17,390,401   4.99         150,936 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Authority to purchase 
 20.    own shares                  346,618,937    99.52   1,663,454    0.48         633,382 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
       Authority in respect 
        of notices for general 
 21.    meetings                    333,375,519    95.56   15,500,828   4.44         39,426 
      ---------------------------  -------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------------ 
 

(1) Includes discretionary votes.

(2) 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.

On 27 July 2021, there were 468,489,901 ordinary shares and 2,394,000 preference shares (which have limited voting rights) in issue.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Claire-Marie O'Grady

Company Secretary

29 July 2021

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