Result of AGM

Quilter PLC

18 May 2023

 

18 May 2023

Quilter plc

Result of Annual General Meeting 2023

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 16 and resolution 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and resolution 21 were passed as special resolutions.

The Company notes that more than 20% of the votes cast on resolution 16 ("To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries") were against that resolution. 

The Company has actively engaged with our shareholders on this issue since Listing in 2018 and understand their concerns which reflect a difference in market practice for many of our South African shareholders. The Company will continue to engage with shareholders in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code and will provide an update on these discussions in due course.

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
1.	To receive the 2022 Report and Accounts	1,031,326,981	100.00	25,354	0.00	1,031,352,335	73.45%	3,333,572
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	969,593,126	93.79	64,166,266	6.21	1,033,759,392	73.62%	925,097
3.	To declare a final dividend	1,033,751,201	100.00	40,240	0.00	1,033,791,441	73.63%	895,884
4.	To re-elect Neeta Atkar as a Director	1,033,385,157	99.96	390,927	0.04	1,033,776,084	73.63%	908,405
5.	To re-elect Tim Breedon as a Director	1,033,383,437	99.96	390,864	0.04	1,033,774,301	73.63%	910,248
6.	To re-elect Tazim Essani as a Director	1,032,398,002	99.87	1,378,108	0.13	1,033,776,110	73.63%	908,459
7.	To re-elect Moira Kilcoyne as a Director	1,033,389,678	99.96	385,731	0.04	1,033,775,409	73.63%	909,080
8.	To re-elect Steven Levin as a Director	1,033,396,285	99.96	384,362	0.04	1,033,780,647	73.63%	903,842
9.	To re-elect Ruth Markland as a Director	1,030,937,831	99.89	1,118,347	0.11	1,032,056,178	73.50%	2,628,311
10.	To re-elect Paul Matthews as a Director	1,033,369,766	99.96	404,475	0.04	1,033,774,241	73.63%	910,248
11.	To re-elect George Reid as a Director	1,033,266,257	99.95	509,815	0.05	1,033,776,072	73.63%	906,999
12.	To re-elect Chris Samuel as a Director	1,002,265,930	96.95	31,509,981	3.05	1,033,775,911	73.63%	908,578
13.	To re-elect Mark Satchel as a Director	1,024,478,249	99.10	9,303,795	0.90	1,033,782,044	73.63%	903,863
14.	To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	1,031,995,199	99.83	1,762,784	0.17	1,033,757,983	73.62%	927,924
15.	To authorise the Board Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	1,033,714,076	99.99	53,152	0.01	1,033,767,228	73.62%	918,679
16.	To authorise political donations or expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries	774,783,580	74.95	259,001,404	25.05	1,033,784,984	73.63%	900,923
17.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	1,031,791,429	99.83	1,802,402	0.17	1,033,593,831	73.61%	1,093,494
18.	To authorise the Company to enter into Contingent Purchase Contracts*	1,031,781,655	99.83	1,802,779	0.17	1,033,584,434	73.61%	1,100,055
19.	To amend the Company's Articles of Association in respect of an Odd-lot Offer*	1,033,690,158	99.99	85,074	0.01	1,033,775,232	73.63%	909,257
20.	To authorise the Directors to implement an Odd-lot Offer	1,031,962,516	99.82	1,811,716	0.18	1,033,774,232	73.63%	910,257
21.	To approve a contract to purchase shares in respect of an Odd-lot Offer*	1,031,962,516	99.82	1,812,342	0.18	1,033,774,858	73.63%	909,631

*Special resolution

Notes:

i.    As at 6:30pm on 16 May 2023, 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 1,404,105,498 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 will be submitted to and available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  

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

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Enquiries:

Investor Relations: John-Paul Crutchley	[phone]
Company Secretary: Clare Barrett	[phone]
Camarco   Geoffrey Pelham-Lane	[phone]

About Quilter plc:

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

Quilter oversees £101.9 billion in customer investments (as at 31 March 2023).

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: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning businesses, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the Multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Private Client Advisers.

 

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