Result of AGM 2020 and Group SFCR publication

RNS Number : 9314M

Quilter PLC

14 May 2020

 

14 May 2020

Quilter plc

Result of Annual General Meeting 2020 and Group Solvency and Financial Condition Report

Quilter plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll are set out below.

	Resolution	Number of votes cast "For" the resolution	% of votes cast "For" the resolution	Number of votes cast "Against" the resolution	% of votes cast "Against" the resolution	Total number of votes cast	% of issued share capital voted	Number of votes Withheld	Total votes Withheld as a % of issued share capital
1.	To receive the 2019 Report and Accounts	1,310,665,825	100.00	10,056	0.00	1,310,675,881	70.02%	1,490,695	0.08%
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	1,256,672,400	95.96	52,862,651	4.04	1,309,535,051	69.96%	2,631,525	0.14%
3.	To declare a final dividend	1,308,182,742	99.71	3,861,292	0.29	1,312,044,034	70.10%	122,542	0.01%
4.	To re-elect Paul Feeney as a Director	1,311,964,016	100.00	24,364	0.00	1,311,988,380	70.09%	179,674	0.01%
5.	To re-elect Rosemary Harris as a Director	1,311,956,470	100.00	26,016	0.00	1,311,982,486	70.09%	185,568	0.01%
6.	To re-elect Glyn Jones as a Director	1,307,999,089	99.70	3,986,351	0.30	1,311,985,440	70.09%	182,614	0.01%
7.	To re-elect Moira Kilcoyne as a Director	1,311,957,499	100.00	21,992	0.00	1,311,979,491	70.09%	187,085	0.01%
8.	To re-elect  Jonathan Little as a Director	1,311,828,940	99.99	156,080	0.01	1,311,985,020	70.09%	183,034	0.01%
9.	To re-elect Ruth Markland as a Director	1,310,236,197	99.87	1,750,080	0.13	1,311,986,277	70.09%	181,777	0.01%
10.	To re-elect Paul Matthews as a Director	1,311,829,846	99.99	147,430	0.01	1,311,977,276	70.09%	187,778	0.01%
11.	To re-elect  George Reid as a Director	1,311,833,140	99.99	147,775	0.01	1,311,980,915	70.09%	187,139	0.01%
12.	To re-elect Mark Satchel as a Director	1,311,776,172	99.98	210,732	0.02	1,311,986,904	70.09%	181,150	0.01%
13.	To appoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as auditor of the Company	1,311,978,010	100.00	28,415	0.00	1,312,006,425	70.09%	161,629	0.01%
14.	To authorise the Board Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	1,311,676,828	99.97	338,664	0.03	1,312,015,492	70.09%	151,084	0.01%
15.	To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries	1,102,970,977	84.45	203,141,636	15.55	1,306,112,613	69.78%	6,053,963	0.32%
16.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	1,285,948,179	98.04	25,748,180	1.96	1,311,696,359	70.08%	467,217	0.02%
17.	To authorise the Company to enter into Contingent Purchase Contracts*	1,304,230,806	99.46	7,121,820	0.54	1,311,352,626	70.06%	813,950	0.04%

*Special resolution

Notes:

i.  As at 6:30pm on 12 May 2020, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,871,776,030 ordinary shares. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.

ii.  Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

iii.  All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at  http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM .

The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website at quilter.com/agm .

Group Solvency and Financial Condition Report Publication

Additionally, the Group wishes to confirm the publication of its Group Solvency and Financial Condition Report ("SFCR") for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2019.   In accordance with the requirements of the Solvency II Regulations, a copy of the SFCR is available for download from the Group's website at www.quilter.com/investor-relations/results-reports-and-events/  

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Enquiries:

Investor Relations: John-Paul Crutchley Keilah Codd	[phone] [phone]
Company Secretary: Patrick Gonsalves	[phone]
Camarco   G eoffrey Pelham-Lane	[phone]
Aprio (South Africa) Julian Gwillim	[phone]

About Quilter plc:

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business in the UK and internationally, helping to create prosperity for the generations of today and tomorrow.

Quilter plc oversees £95.3 billion in investments (as at 31 March 2020).

It has an adviser and customer offering spanning: financial advice; investment platforms; multi-asset investment solutions; and discretionary fund management.

The business is comprised of two segments: Advice and Wealth Management and Wealth Platforms.

Advice and Wealth Management encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, Quilter Private Client Advisers and Quilter Financial Advisers; the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot; and Quilter Investors, the Multi-asset investment solutions business. Wealth Platforms includes the Old Mutual Wealth UK Platform and Quilter International, including AAM Advisory in Singapore.

Since its IPO in June 2018, the Group's businesses have progressively re-branded to Quilter. The UK Platform will be the final business to rebrand; this will follow the safe delivery of the new platform technology. Descriptor for re-branded business units:

Previous	New
Intrinsic	Quilter Financial Planning
Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers	Quilter Private Client Advisers
Quilter Investors	Quilter Investors
Quilter Cheviot	Quilter Cheviot
UK Platform	Quilter Investment Platform
International	Quilter International

 

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