Result of AGM

AJ Bell PLC

30 January 2024

 

30 January 2024

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The full text of each resolution can be found in the Notice of AGM, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and also on the Company's website at ajbell.co.uk/group/investor-relations/agm.

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

	Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld*
1.	To receive and adopt the annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023	343,140,404	99.99	34,041	0.01	343,174,445	83.09	6,709,804
2.	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2023	327,282,166	96.13	13,165,554	3.87	340,447,720	82.43	9,436,529
3.	To declare a final dividend of 7.25p for the year ended 30 September 2023	348,088,145	99.99	33,741	0.01	348,121,886	84.29	1,762,363
4.	To re-elect F Clutterbuck as a director	344,904,062	99.08	3,216,827	0.92	348,120,889	84.29	1,763,360
5.	To re-elect M Summersgill as a director	346,079,314	99.41	2,041,575	0.59	348,120,889	84.29	1,763,360
6.	To re-elect P Birch as a director	342,815,582	99.40	2,062,635	0.60	344,878,217	83.50	5,006,032
7.	To re-elect R Stott as a director	346,077,138	99.41	2,042,251	0.59	348,119,389	84.29	1,764,860
8.	To re-elect E Bourke as a director	342,032,815	98.25	6,088,071	1.75	348,120,886	84.29	1,763,362
9.	To re-elect E Flanagan as a director	343,837,991	98.77	4,282,895	1.23	348,120,886	84.29	1,763,362
10.	To re-elect F Fry as a director	347,175,555	99.73	945,334	0.27	348,120,889	84.29	1,763,360
11.	To re-elect M Hassall as a director	344,270,102	98.89	3,850,784	1.11	348,120,886	84.29	1,763,362
12.	To re-elect L Platts as a director	345,202,578	99.16	2,916,811	0.84	348,119,389	84.29	1,764,060
13.	To re-elect S Turner as a director	346,650,193	99.58	1,469,196	0.42	348,119,389	84.29	1,764,860
14.	To re-appoint BDO as auditor	348,014,143	99.99	39,683	0.01	348,053,826	84.27	1,830,423
15	To authorise the audit committee to fix the auditors' remuneration	348,018,833	99.99	34,993	0.01	348,053,826	84.27	1,830,423
16	To authorise the allotment of shares	347,528,953	99.83	592,392	0.17	348,121,345	84.29	1,762,904
17. **	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares	348,053,429	99.98	56,452	0.02	348,109,881	84.29	1,774,368
18. **	To make market purchases of Ordinary Shares of the Company	343,759,449	99.03	3,353,480	0.97	347,112,929	84.04	2,771,320
19. **	To permit the calling of a general  meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	341,476,646	98.09	6,644,557	1.91	348,121,203	84.29	1,763,046

* 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.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of this document has been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information, please contact:

AJ Bell plc

Olubunmi Likinyo, Company Secretary                                                    [phone]

Shaun Yates, Investor Relations Director                                                [phone]

 

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