Tate & Lyle PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2024
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 2024 issued on 4 June 2024, and the additional resolution number 23, (as per the revised proxy card announced on 21 June 2024) were duly passed.
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 vote |
No. of votes |
% of vote |
No. of votes |
||
|
1. |
Report and Accounts |
300,021,820 |
99.95 |
152,354 |
0.05 |
1,028,695 |
|
2. |
Directors' Remuneration Report |
285,728,372 |
94.97 |
15,125,459 |
5.03 |
348,938 |
|
3. |
Approve final dividend |
301,024,943 |
99.95 |
147,865 |
0.05 |
30,061 |
|
4. |
Elect David Hearn |
279,830,226 |
92.93 |
21,281,056 |
7.07 |
91,487 |
|
5. |
Re-elect Nick Hampton |
265,830,412 |
88.48 |
34,605,956 |
11.52 |
766,401 |
|
6. |
Re-elect Dawn Allen |
267,294,959 |
88.78 |
33,775,274 |
11.22 |
132,536 |
|
7. |
Elect Jeffrey Carr |
281,604,927 |
93.52 |
19,504,200 |
6.48 |
93,642 |
|
8. |
Re-elect John Cheung |
263,591,452 |
87.54 |
37,521,609 |
12.46 |
89,708 |
|
9. |
Re-elect Patrícia Corsi |
276,627,915 |
91.87 |
24,490,399 |
8.13 |
84,455 |
|
10. |
Elect Dr Isabelle Esser |
276,630,982 |
91.87 |
24,487,414 |
8.13 |
84,373 |
|
11. |
Re-elect Lars Frederiksen |
277,084,070 |
92.02 |
24,029,469 |
7.98 |
89,230 |
|
12. |
Re-elect Kimberly Nelson |
277,800,567 |
92.26 |
23,319,115 |
7.74 |
83,087 |
|
13. |
Re-elect Sybella Stanley |
277,063,605 |
92.01 |
24,053,551 |
7.99 |
85,613 |
|
14. |
Re-elect Warren Tucker |
277,723,589 |
92.23 |
23,393,869 |
7.77 |
85,311 |
|
15. |
Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP |
300,225,540 |
99.70 |
903,590 |
0.30 |
73,639 |
|
16. |
Approve auditors' remuneration |
300,969,108 |
99.94 |
178,317 |
0.06 |
55,344 |
|
17. |
Authority to make political donations |
296,529,201 |
98.50 |
4,520,562 |
1.50 |
153,006 |
|
18. |
Authority to allot ordinary shares |
283,586,997 |
94.17 |
17,553,950 |
5.83 |
61,822 |
|
19. |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
295,678,656 |
98.20 |
5,405,016 |
1.80 |
119,097 |
|
20. |
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment |
269,276,131 |
89.58 |
31,321,191 |
10.42 |
605,447 |
|
21. |
Authority to purchase own shares |
300,148,116 |
99.68 |
966,544 |
0.32 |
88,109 |
|
22. |
Authority in respect of shorter notices for general meetings |
292,322,062 |
97.07 |
8,818,454 |
2.93 |
62,253 |
|
23. |
Permit the Board to change the name of the Company |
300,291,457 |
99.73 |
816,925 |
0.27 |
93,530 |
(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 23 July 2024 there were 401,710,259 ordinary shares in issue, with 6,512,463 ordinary shares held in treasury, so the total voting rights were 395,197,796.
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
25 July 2024
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