Result of Annual General Meeting

Alpha Fin Markets Consulting plc

06 September 2023

 

6 September 2023                                                                                                                                           

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc

(''Alpha'', "the Company" or "the Group")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc confirms that all the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 6 September 2023 were duly passed.  All resolutions were decided on a poll.  Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 14 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.

No	Resolution	Votes FOR	%	Votes AGAINST	%	% of ISC Voted	Votes WITHHELD
1	To receive the audited annual accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2023 together with the Directors' report and the auditors' report on those annual accounts	91,480,486	100.00%	347	0.00%	74.98%	73,637
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2023 of 10.50p per ordinary share	91,538,633	100.00%	347	0.00%	75.03%	15,490
3	To elect Luc Baqué as a Director	91,538,633	100.00%	347	0.00%	75.03%	15,490
4	To re-elect Maeve Byrne as a Director	91,506,224	99.97%	24,417	0.03%	75.02%	23,829
5	To re-elect Ken Fry as a Director	90,730,452	99.12%	803,208	0.88%	75.02%	20,810
6	To re-elect Penny Judd as a Director	91,393,887	99.85%	136,754	0.15%	75.02%	23,829
7	To re-elect Jill May as a Director	91,506,224	99.97%	24,417	0.03%	75.02%	23,829
8	To re-elect John Paton as a Director	91,492,092	99.96%	33,368	0.04%	75.01%	29,010
9	To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company	91,519,793	100.00%	347	0.00%	75.01%	34,330
10	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	91,538,633	100.00%	347	0.00%	75.03%	15,490
11	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	87,329,867	95.40%	4,209,113	4.60%	75.03%	15,490
12	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the Company's issued share capital	87,428,984	95.51%	4,108,796	4.49%	75.02%	16,690
13	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	86,016,661	93.97%	5,521,119	6.03%	75.02%	16,690
14	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	90,766,287	100.00%	3,366	0.00%	74.40%	784,817

NOTES:

1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "For" totals.

2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.

3. The number of shares in issue at 6:00 p.m. on 4 September 2023 was 122,009,736 ("ISC"). Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to one vote per share. No shares are held in treasury.

Enquiries:

For further information, please contact:

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc	[phone]
Luc Baqué (Chief Executive Officer) John Paton (Chief Financial Officer)
Investec Bank plc - Nominated Adviser, Joint Corporate Broker	[phone]
Patrick Robb James Rudd Harry Hargreaves
Berenberg - Joint Corporate Broker	[phone]
Toby Flaux James Thompson Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff
Camarco - Financial PR	[phone]
Ed Gascoigne-Pees Phoebe Pugh
Prism Cosec - Company Secretary	[phone]
Sally Chandler

About Alpha FMC:

Headquartered in the UK and quoted on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange, Alpha is a leading global provider of specialist consultancy services to the asset management, wealth management and insurance industries.

It has the largest dedicated team in those industries, with approximately 1,000 consultants globally, operating from 17 client-facing offices spanning the UK, North America, Europe and APAC. Alpha has worked with all of the world's top 20 and 80% of the world's top 50 asset managers by AUM, along with a wide range of insurance and other buy-side firms.

 

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