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Rentokil Initial PLC
14 May 2015
RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC (RTO)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015 ('AGM')
At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held in the
Ascot Suite at the Hilton Hotel Gatwick Airport, South Terminal,
Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 OLL on Wednesday 13 May 2015, each
resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 2 April 2015
were passed on a poll. The results are set out below and will be
placed on the Company website at
www.rentokil-initial.com/investors
Resolution For % Against % Total votes Withheld
(No. of votes)* (No. of cast (No. of
votes) (No. of votes) votes)**
--------------------------------- ----------------- --------- ------------ ------- ---------------- -----------
To receive the
directors' report
1 and accounts 1,541,556,899 99.942% 894,364 0.058% 1,542,451,263 586,730
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
2 report 1,403,119,803 97.203% 40,378,379 2.797% 1,443,498,182 99,539,811
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To declare a final
3 dividend 1,543,020,742 100.000% 4,238 0.000% 1,543,024,980 13,013
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To re-elect John
4 McAdam as a director 1,514,862,639 98.232% 27,267,469 1.768% 1,542,130,108 907,885
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To re-elect Peter
5 Bamford as a director 1,518,879,334 99.804% 2,975,553 0.196% 1,521,854,887 21,183,106
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To re-elect Richard
6 Burrows as a director 1,540,063,426 99.810% 2,936,790 0.190% 1,543,000,216 37,777
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To re-elect Alan
7 Giles as a director 1,532,789,077 99.338% 10,211,610 0.662% 1,543,000,687 37,306
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To re-elect Andy
8 Ransom as a director 1,540,916,546 99.865% 2,084,085 0.135% 1,543,000,631 37,362
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To re-elect Angela
Seymour-Jackson
9 as a director 1,540,993,923 99.871% 1,996,390 0.129% 1,542,990,313 47,680
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To re-elect Jeremy
10 Townsend as a director 1,541,025,693 99.872% 1,976,485 0.128% 1,543,002,178 35,815
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To re-appoint Julie
11 Southern as a director 1,540,923,683 99.872% 1,973,452 0.128% 1,542,897,135 140,858
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To appoint KPMG
12 LLP as auditors 1,519,580,380 99.852% 2,249,950 0.148% 1,521,830,330 21,207,663
--- ---------------------------- ----------------- --------- ------------ ------- ---------------- -----------
To authorise the
directors to agree
13 the auditors' remuneration 1,537,898,459 99.671% 5,081,107 0.329% 1,542,979,566 58,427
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To authorise the
calling of a general
meeting (other
than an AGM) on
14 days' clear
14 notice 1,491,842,691 96.685% 51,155,642 3.315% 1,542,998,333 39,660
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To authorise the
directors to allot
15 shares 1,526,300,097 98.924% 16,607,433 1.076% 1,542,907,530 130,463
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To disapply statutory
16 pre-emption rights 1,524,297,795 99.971% 437,692 0.029% 1,524,735,487 18,302,506
--- ---------------------------- ----------------- --------- ------------ ------- ---------------- -----------
To authorise the
Board to make market
purchases of the
17 Company's own shares 1,542,025,505 99.938% 955,858 0.062% 1,542,981,363 56,630
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To authorise the
making of political
18 donations 1,382,609,017 92.005% 120,147,105 7.995% 1,502,756,122 40,281,871
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*Votes "For" include those votes giving the Chairman
discretion.
**A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of proportion of votes cast for or against a
resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on
13 May 2015 was 1,822,832,965 ordinary shares of 1p each.
Resolutions 14, 16 and 17 were proposed as Special resolutions. A
copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting
available at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors.
Also, in accordance with UK Listing Authority rule 9.6.2 a copy
of the document setting out the special resolutions passed will be
submitted to and available for inspection shortly at the National
Storage Mechanism located at
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries:
Alexandra Laan
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel:+44 (0)1276 607444
14 May 2015
This information is provided by RNS
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