Result of AGM
Man Group plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 10.00am on Friday 9 May 2014. All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed by the requisite majority. The full results of the poll are detailed below.
The issued ordinary share capital as at 7 May 2014, the voting record date, was 1,788,564,494
RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAIN |
Receive the reports and financial statements |
1,048,517,963 |
117,485 |
1,884,634 |
Approve the directors' remuneration policy |
968,686,157 |
35,530,721 |
46,303,204 |
Approve the annual report on remuneration |
698,611,562 |
25,124,839 |
326,783,681 |
Declare a final dividend |
1,049,437,210 |
53,490 |
1,030,382 |
Reappoint Jon Aisbitt as a director |
1,033,539,112 |
7,413,165 |
9,567,805 |
Reappoint Phillip Colebatch as a director |
1,043,004,770 |
5,725,996 |
1,789,316 |
Reappoint Andrew Horton as a director |
1,024,831,089 |
23,893,662 |
1,795,331 |
Reappoint Matthew Lester as a director |
1,044,129,973 |
4,594,278 |
1,795,831 |
Reappoint Emmanuel Roman as a director |
1,045,617,988 |
3,114,644 |
1,787,450 |
Reappoint Dev Sanyal as a director |
1,044,212,146 |
4,516,848 |
1,791,088 |
Reappoint Nina Shapiro as a director |
1,044,264,218 |
4,479,852 |
1,776,012 |
Reappoint Jonathan Sorrell as a director |
1,045,613,515 |
3,110,117 |
1,796,450 |
Appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
1,032,185,253 |
6,309,059 |
12,025,770 |
Determine the remuneration of the auditors |
1,033,470,927 |
5,049,583 |
11,999,572 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares |
1,006,623,791 |
42,134,039 |
1,762,252 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders* |
1,022,553,214 |
26,205,838 |
1,761,030 |
Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* |
1,048,484,591 |
304,999 |
1,730,492 |
Authorise the directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice* |
990,603,748 |
58,165,675 |
1,745,658 |
Approve the adoption of the Man Group 2013 Deferred Executive Incentive Plan |
979,737,878 |
23,139,224 |
47,642,980 |
* Special Resolution requiring 75% majority