Result of AGM
Close Brothers Group PLC
31 October 2003
Results of Annual General Meeting
Close Brothers Group plc advises that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual
General Meeting held yesterday were unanimously passed on a show of hands. In
addition Close Brothers can advise that the following proxy votes were cast:-
Ordinary resolutions In Favour Chairman's Against Withheld
Discretion
1. To receive and adopt 105,640,836 615,171 372,560 1,210,788
the directors' report and
financial statements.
2. To approve the 83,819,759 619,906 8,184,523 15,215,167
directors' remuneration
report.
3. To declare a final 107,045,399 611,471 168,755 13,730
dividend.
4. (a) To re-elect Mr. 82,291,422 613,540 9,394,148 15,540,245
P.N. Buckley as a
director of the
company.
(b) To re-elect Mr. S.R. 106,428,845 614,340 211,776 584,394
Hodges as a director of
the company.
(c) To re-elect Mr. 106,760,387 624,596 188,704 265,668
P.S.S. Macpherson as a
director of the
company.
(d) To re-elect Mr. 82,859,810 624,192 9,384,272 14,971,081
M.G.A. McLintock as a
director of the
company.
(e) To re-elect Mr. P.L. 106,957,323 652,951 213,851 15,230
Winkworth as a director
of the company.
5. To re-appoint the 105,553,538 621,806 1,664,011 0
auditors.
6. To authorise the 103,268,602 1,339,044 3,217,979 13,730
directors of the company
to determine the
auditors' remuneration.
Special resolution
7. To authorise the 107,032,441 613,352 179,832 13,730
company to make market
purchases as specified in
the Notice of Annual
General Meeting.
Ordinary resolution
8. To renew the authority 106,459,343 615,202 751,080 13,730
conferred by Article 7.1
of the Articles of
Association and that the
section 80 amount be
£12,000,000.
Special resolutions
9. To renew the power 107,018,998 615,102 191,525 13,730
conferred by Article 7.2
of the Articles of
Association and that the
section 89 amount be
£900,000.
10. To amend the Articles 106,952,888 625,776 246,018 14,673
of Association to
increase the maximum
aggregate amount of
ordinary remuneration
payable to non executive
directors to £600,000 per
annum.
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