26 January 2022
AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2022 annual general meeting ("AGM"), held earlier today, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed. The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of AGM, which is available on the Company's website at ajbell.co.uk/investor-relations/agm.
Les Platts and Laura Carstensen both retired from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM having not stood for re-election. Following her re-election, Baroness Helena Morrissey assumed the role of Chair of the Board with effect from the end of the AGM.
Detailed results of the vote are set out below:
Resolution |
For |
% For |
Against |
% Against |
Withheld* |
Total |
1. |
335,325,014 |
99.98 |
79,167 |
0.02 |
274,689 |
335,678,870 |
2. |
305,141,189 |
91.35 |
28,902,262 |
8.65 |
1,635,419 |
335,678,870 |
3. |
335,507,369 |
99.98 |
79,167 |
0.02 |
92,334 |
335,678,870 |
4. |
335,507,369 |
99.98 |
79,167 |
0.02 |
92,334 |
335,678,870 |
5. |
334,555,186 |
99.69 |
1,030,177 |
0.31 |
93,507 |
335,678,870 |
6. |
334,553,210 |
99.69 |
1,030,477 |
0.31 |
95,183 |
335,678,870 |
7. |
334,638,403 |
99.72 |
944,984 |
0.28 |
95,483 |
335,678,870 |
8. |
333,853,419 |
99.48 |
1,732,817 |
0.52 |
92,634 |
335,678,870 |
9. |
333,025,255 |
99.24 |
2,559,305 |
0.76 |
94,310 |
335,678,870 |
10. |
335,359,351 |
99.93 |
225,209 |
0.07 |
94,310 |
335,678,870 |
11. |
333,385,203 |
99.34 |
2,198,184 |
0.66 |
95,483 |
335,678,870 |
12. |
335,200,087 |
99.89 |
383,300 |
0.11 |
95,483 |
335,678,870 |
13. |
335,426,899 |
99.97 |
84,692 |
0.03 |
167,279 |
335,678,870 |
14. |
334,705,627 |
99.76 |
805,454 |
0.24 |
167,789 |
335,678,870 |
15. |
333,878,652 |
99.49 |
1,706,214 |
0.51 |
94,007 |
335,678,873 |
16.** |
333,015,092 |
99.23 |
2,568,961 |
0.77 |
94,817 |
335,678,870 |
17.** |
334,771,752 |
99.97 |
92,919 |
0.03 |
814,199 |
335,678,870 |
18.** |
330,470,250 |
98.77 |
4,115,113 |
1.23 |
1,093,507 |
335,678,870 |
* 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.
** Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
A copy of this document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
AJ Bell plc
Bruce Robinson, Company Secretary +44 (0) 780 234 4859
Shaun Yates, Investor Relations Director +44 (0) 752 223 5898