Result of AGM

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

22 September 2023

 

LEI: 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855

For immediate release

22 September 2023

Liontrust Asset Management Plc

("Liontrust" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Liontrust is pleased to announce that at its AGM held yesterday, Thursday 21 September 2023, the resolutions proposed to the meeting on a poll were duly passed by the requisite majority.

Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. 

Details of the votes cast on each resolution are set out below:

Resolutions	Votes For	% of votes cast	Votes Against	% of votes cast	Votes Total	% of ISC voted**	Votes Withheld*
1 - Report & Accounts	33,644,694	99.81%	63,400	0.19%	33,708,094	51.91%	935,675
2 - Remuneration Report	26,969,791	80.20%	6,657,628	19.80%	33,627,419	51.79%	1,016,350
3 - Alastair Barbour	29,534,156	85.27%	5,103,056	14.73%	34,637,212	53.34%	6,557
4 - John Ions	34,431,274	99.41%	203,048	0.59%	34,634,322	53.34%	9,447
5 - Vinay Abrol	34,405,018	99.34%	229,304	0.66%	34,634,322	53.34%	9,447
6 - Mandy Donald	32,424,478	93.64%	2,200,844	6.36%	34,625,322	53.32%	18,447
7 - Rebecca Shelley	33,663,364	97.22%	961,211	2.78%	34,624,575	53.32%	18,285
8 - George Yeandle	28,215,081	81.49%	6,410,523	18.51%	34,625,604	53.32%	18,165
9 - KPMG LLP	33,669,193	97.20%	970,191	2.80%	34,639,384	53.34%	3,605
10 - Auditors remuneration	34,596,720	99.90%	33,626	0.10%	34,630,346	53.33%	13,423
11 - Allot Shares	30,966,095	89.44%	3,657,906	10.56%	34,624,001	53.32%	19,768
12 - Political Expenditure	28,832,748	83.27%	5,794,512	16.73%	34,627,260	53.33%	16,509
13 - SAYE Option Plan	34,564,879	99.83%	57,996	0.17%	34,622,875	53.32%	20,894
14 - Pre-emption rights	28,688,320	82.87%	5,931,341	17.13%	34,619,661	53.31%	17,876
15 - Further pre-emption rights	28,675,665	82.78%	5,963,624	17.22%	34,639,289	53.34%	4,480
16 - Purchase own shares	33,686,435	97.27%	944,730	2.73%	34,631,165	53.33%	12,604
17 - Short Notice GMs	31,130,224	89.97%	3,470,346	10.03%	34,600,570	53.28%	36,967

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law.

** Based on a total issued share capital ("ISC") of 64,935,384 ordinary shares as at 21 September 2023.

The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM are contained in the Notice of Meeting published and sent to shareholders on 14 August 2023. A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information please contact:

Teneo (Tel: [phone], Email: [e-mail])

Tom Murray

Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: [phone], Website: liontrust.co.uk)

John Ions: Chief Executive

Vinay Abrol: Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer

David Boyle: Head of Corporate Development

Singer Capital Markets (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: Tom Salvesen

Corporate Finance: Justin McKeegan

Panmure Gordon (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: David Watkins

Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie

 

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