Vesuvius Plc - Result of AGM

Vesuvius Plc - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

LONDON, United Kingdom, May 15

15 May 2024

Vesuvius plc - Result of Annual General Meeting 2024 ("AGM")

Vesuvius plc ("the Company") confirms that, at its AGM held today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 20 March 2024 were passed by the Shareholders. A poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting and the results, certified by the scrutineer Equiniti Limited, were as follows:

	RESOLUTIONS	FOR		AGAINST		TOTAL
		No. of votes cast1	% of votes cast	No. of votes cast	% of votes cast	No. of votes cast3	% of Issued Share Capital2	Votes withheld3
1	Receipt of Annual Report and Accounts	235,307,857	99.99%	15,270	0.01%	235,323,127	88.29%	781,964
2	Declaration of Final Dividend	236,100,800	100.00%	916	0.00%	236,101,716	88.58%	3,375
3	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	229,044,704	97.06%	6,947,440	2.94%	235,992,144	88.54%	112,947
4	Election of Eva Lindqvist	235,039,126	99.60%	950,095	0.40%	235,989,221	88.54%	115,870
5	Election of Robert MacLeod	235,449,644	99.77%	539,577	0.23%	235,989,221	88.54%	115,870
6	Re-election of Patrick André	235,917,686	99.97%	72,466	0.03%	235,990,152	88.54%	114,939
7	Re-election of Carla Bailo	235,756,732	99.90%	232,489	0.10%	235,989,221	88.54%	115,870
8	Re-election of Mark Collis	235,741,951	99.90%	247,270	0.10%	235,989,221	88.54%	115,870
9	Re-election of Kath Durrant	235,745,688	99.90%	244,464	0.10%	235,990,152	88.54%	114,939
10	Re-election of Carl-Peter Forster	214,963,214	91.32%	20,443,751	8.68%	235,406,965	88.32%	698,126
11	Re-election of Dinggui Gao	235,752,205	99.90%	237,016	0.10%	235,989,221	88.54%	115,870
12	Re-election of Friederike Helfer	221,516,874	99.04%	2,148,629	0.96%	223,665,503	83.91%	12,439,588
13	Reappointment of Auditor	235,076,911	99.57%	1,020,598	0.43%	236,097,509	88.58%	7,581
14	Remuneration of Auditor	235,671,484	99.82%	417,943	0.18%	236,089,427	88.57%	15,664
15	Authority to incur political expenditure	233,012,924	98.73%	2,986,939	1.27%	235,999,863	88.54%	105,227
16	Authority to allot shares	227,586,763	96.44%	8,408,159	3.56%	235,994,922	88.54%	110,149
17	Special Resolution: Authority to dis-apply pre-emption Rights	233,936,630	99.09%	2,159,450	0.91%	236,096,080	88.58%	9,011
18	Special Resolution: Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights only in connection with an acquisition or specified investment	232,543,055	98.49%	3,553,587	1.51%	236,096,642	88.58%	8,449
19	Special Resolution: Authority to purchase own shares	235,344,713	99.73%	628,217	0.27%	235,972,930	88.53%	132,161
20	Special Resolution: Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice	233,215,914	98.82%	2,779,938	1.18%	235,995,852	88.54%	109,239

Notes:

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "for" total.
2. The total number of shares in issue is 273,813,671 of which 7,271,174 shares are held as Treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 266,542,497.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.vesuvius.com.

For further information, please contact:

Henry Knowles, General Counsel and Company Secretary	[phone]
Rachel Stevens, Group Head of Investor Relations	[phone]

About Vesuvius plc

Vesuvius is a global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology principally serving process industries operating in challenging high temperature conditions.

We develop innovative and customised solutions, often used in extremely demanding industrial environments, which enable our customers to make their manufacturing processes safer, more efficient and more sustainable. These include flow control solutions, advanced refractories and other consumable products and increasingly, related technical services including data capture.

We have a worldwide presence. We serve our customers through a network of cost-efficient manufacturing plants located close to their own facilities, and embed our industry experts within their operations, who are all supported by our global technology centres.

Our core competitive strengths are our market and technology leadership, strong customer relationships, well established presence in developing markets and our global reach, all of which facilitate the expansion of our addressable markets.

Our ultimate goal is to create value for our customers, and to deliver sustainable, profitable growth for our shareholders giving a superior return on their investment whilst providing each of our employees with a safe workplace where they are recognised, developed and properly rewarded.

We think beyond today to create solutions that will shape the future.

Vesuvius plc, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AE

Registered in England and Wales No. 8217766

LEI: 213800ORZ521W585SY02

www.vesuvius.com

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