Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6759L

Man Group plc

01 May 2020

 

Result of AGM

Man Group plc (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10.00am on Friday 1 May 2020. All resolutions presented at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below. 

The issued ordinary share capital as at 29 April 2020, the voting record date, was 1,541,794,770 (including treasury shares). The Company held 54,933,706 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the voting record date was 1,486,861,064.

Resolution		FOR		AGAINST		% of ISC voted	Number of votes withheld
		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1	Receive the Annual Report and financial statements	1,043,784,712	100.00%	20,676	0.00%	70.20%	73,425,371
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,031,978,008	92.38%	85,142,424	7.62%	75.13%	110,327
3	Declare a final dividend	1,117,199,373	100.00%	22,573	0.00%	75.14%	8,813
4	Reappoint Dame Katharine Barker as a director	1,116,284,729	99.93%	816,400	0.07%	75.13%	129,630
5	Reappoint Richard Berliand as a director	1,116,348,583	99.93%	752,546	0.07%	75.13%	129,630
6	Reappoint Zoe Cruz as a director	1,116,329,355	99.93%	771,774	0.07%	75.13%	129,630
7	Reappoint John Cryan as a director	1,110,691,913	99.43%	6,406,484	0.57%	75.13%	132,362
8	Reappoint Luke Ellis as a director	1,116,397,021	99.94%	700,831	0.06%	75.13%	132,907
9	Appoint Cecelia Kurzman as a director	1,116,358,811	99.93%	729,858	0.07%	75.13%	142,090
10	Reappoint Mark Jones as a director	1,108,486,415	99.23%	8,614,714	0.77%	75.13%	129,630
11	Reappoint Dev Sanyal as a director	1,116,320,640	99.93%	785,421	0.07%	75.13%	124,698
12	Appoint Lucinda Bell as a director of the Company	1,107,108,005	99.11%	9,989,388	0.89%	75.13%	133,366
13	Appoint Anne Wade as a director	1,116,350,802	99.94%	719,434	0.06%	75.13%	160,523
14	Reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	1,044,594,788	99.98%	227,542	0.02%	70.27%	72,408,429
15	Determine the remuneration of the auditor	1,115,116,666	99.82%	1,991,414	0.18%	75.13%	122,679
16	Authorise political donations and expenditure	1,104,220,350	98.85%	12,863,082	1.15%	75.13%	147,327
17	Authorise the directors to allot shares	904,770,703	80.99%	212,434,220	19.01%	75.14%	25,836
18	Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders*	922,448,335	82.57%	194,746,488	17.43%	75.14%	35,936
19	Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments*	922,473,646	82.57%	194,721,134	17.43%	75.14%	35,979
20	Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	1,042,900,169	93.50%	72,470,005	6.50%	75.02%	1,860,585
21	Amendment to the Articles of Association*	1,116,916,085	99.98%	179,335	0.02%	75.13%	135,339
22	Authorise the directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*	1,061,319,528	95.00%	55,829,579	5.00%	75.13%	81,652

* Special Resolution requiring 75% majority

NOTES: 

1.  The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

2.  Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3.  Resolutions 18 to 22 are special resolutions. 

4.  Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be available on the FCA's Electronic Submission System in due course for inspection. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.

 

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