31 July 2024
ROCKWOOD STRATEGIC PLC
("Rockwood Strategic" or the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today, all the resolutions put to Shareholders were passed by the requisite majority.
The results of the proxy votes received ahead of the meeting were as follows:
|
Resolution | For & at Chairman discretion | % | Against | % | Withheld |
| 1. To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024.
| 14,494,679 | 99.97 | 0 | 0 | 2,640 |
| 2. Adopt the directors' remuneration report | 14,470,385 | 99.85 | 17,650 | 0.12 | 9,284 |
| 3. The final dividend of 0.6 pence per ordinary share be approved | 14,488,659 | 99.91 | 8,590 | 0.06 | 70 |
| 4. To elect Paul Dudley as a director.
| 14,480,055 | 99.88 | 13,120 | 0.09 | 4,144 |
| 5. To elect Noel Lamb as a director.
| 13,836,075 | 95.44 | 656,730 | 4.53 | 4,514 |
| 6. To elect Ken Lever as a director.
| 14,479,685 | 99.88 | 13,490 | 0.09 | 4,144 |
| 7. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor and authorise the determination of their fees.
| 13,775,085 | 95.02 | 717,894 | 4.95 | 4,340 |
| 8. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
| 14,479,955 | 99.85 | 17,294 | 0.12 | 70 |
| 9. Subject to resolution 8 being passed, to authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.
| 14,392,282 | 99.53 | 63,038 | 0.44 | 41,999 |
| 10. Subject to resolutions 8 and in addition to resolution 9 being passed, to authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. | 14,392,282 | 99.53 | 63,038 | 0.44 | 41,999 |
| 11. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 14,495,175 | 99.96 | 2,074 | 0.01 | 70 |
| 12. a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 14,468,205 | 99.77 | 29,044 | 0.2 | 70 |
Dividend
Following the passing of Resolution 3, a final dividend of 0.6 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2024 will be paid on 2 September 2024 to shareholders on the share register on 9 August 2024, with an ex-dividend date of 8 August 2024.
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage (rounded to two decimal places) of votes validly cast for that resolution.
3. A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 31 July 2024 is 32,194,886 ordinary shares of 5 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
| Rockwood Strategic plc Chairman |
Noel Lamb |
020 7264 4444 |
|
Harwood Capital LLP Investment Manager
|
Christopher Hart |
020 7640 3200 |
| Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP Broker
|
James Maxwell James Fischer
|
020 7496 3000
|
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