Result of AGM
Essentra plc announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on May 20, 2026, were passed by shareholders. The report and accounts received 99.99% approval, the remuneration report 99.92%, and the final dividend 99.93%. Director re-elections also saw strong support, with votes for re-electing Steve Good at 99.35% and Kath Durrant at 99.41%. Resolutions concerning the allotment of shares and disapplying pre-emption rights received 93.50% and 96.88% approval respectively, while the specific power to disapply pre-emption rights passed with 94.91% of votes. The re-appointment of the auditor and auditor's remuneration were approved with 99.98% of votes.
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The directors are pleased to announce that at the Company's AGM held on 20th May 2026, all resolutions were duly voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders.
| Resolution | Votes For (Including discretionary votes) | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld) | Votes Withheld | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of shares | % of votes cast | Number of shares | % of votes cast | Number of shares | % of relevant shares in issue | Number of shares | ||
| 1 | REPORT AND ACCOUNTS | 227,613,637 | 99.99% | 22,662 | 0.01 | 227,636,299 | 80.13% | 30,398 |
| 2 | REMUNERATION REPORT | 226,916,880 | 99.92% | 185,327 | 0.08 | 227,102,207 | 79.94% | 564,490 |
| 3 | FINAL DIVIDEND | 227,498,360 | 99.93% | 150,242 | 0.07 | 227,648,602 | 80.13% | 18,095 |
| 4 | ELECT KLAUS GOLDENBOT | 227,268,465 | 99.85% | 345,768 | 0.15 | 227,614,233 | 80.12% | 52,464 |
| 5 | RE-ELECT ROWAN BAKER | 227,293,532 | 99.86 | 328,050 | 0.14 | 227,621,582 | 80.13% | 45,115 |
| 6 | RE-ELECT STEVE GOOD | 226,136,566 | 99.35% | 1,487,620 | 0.65 | 227,624,186 | 80.13% | 42,511 |
| 7. | RE-ELECT KATH DURRANT | 226,274,128 | 99.41% | 1,350,274 | 0.59 | 227,624,402 | 80.13% | 42,295 |
| 8 | RE-ELECT SCOTT FAWCETT | 227,278,363 | 99.85% | 345,284 | 0.15 | 227,623,647 | 80.13% | 43,050 |
| 9 | RE-ELECT ADRIAN I. PEACE | 219,560,229 | 96.46% | 8,063,957 | 3.54 | 227,624,186 | 80.13% | 42,511 |
| 10 | RE-ELECT MARY REILLY | 219,405,804 | 96.39% | 8,219,340 | 3.61 | 227,625,144 | 80.13% | 41,553 |
| 11 | RE-APPOINT AUDITOR | 227,579,935 | 99.98% | 47,971 | 0.02 | 227,627,906 | 80.13% | 38,791 |
| 12 | AUDITOR'S REMUNERATION | 227,583,087 | 99.98% | 49,896 | 0.02 | 227,632,983 | 80.13% | 33,714 |
| 13 | ALLOT SHARES | 212,680,784 | 93.50% | 14,792,156 | 6.50 | 227,472,940 | 80.07% | 193,757 |
| 14 | DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS | 220,514,178 | 96.88% | 7,109,216 | 3.12 | 227,623,394 | 80.13% | 43,303 |
| 15 | DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS -SPECIFIC POWER | 216,046,513 | 94.91% | 11,585,275 | 5.09 | 227,631,788 | 80.13% | 34,909 |
| 16 | PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES | 227,585,467 | 99.98% | 47,662 | 0.02 | 227,633,129 | 80.13% | 33,568 |
| 17 | NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS | 217,956,088 | 95.81% | 9,531,079 | 4.19 | 227,487,167 | 80.08% | 179,530 |
Any vote that gave the Chair discretion has been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 14 to 17 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the company's website at www.essentraplc.com.
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