Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5687Y

Rathbone Brothers PLC

09 May 2019

 

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')

RESULTS OF THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the forty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 9 May 2019, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 April 2019) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 were special resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . A copy has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The results of the poll were as follows:

	Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Votes cast	Votes cast as a % of the voting capital	Withheld
1	To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018	45,845,945	99.99	3,444	0.01	45,849,389	82.87%	91,840
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2018	38,445,773	84.33	7,146,545	15.67	45,592,318	82.41%	348,910
3	To declare a final dividend of 42p per share for the year ended 31 December 2018	45,929,030	99.99	3,444	0.01	45,932,474	83.02%	8,755
4	To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director	45,722,373	99.67	152,335	0.33	45,874,708	82.92%	66,496
5	To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director	45,861,947	99.86	64,413	0.14	45,926,360	83.01%	14,844
6	To elect Colin Clark as a director	45,767,354	99.85	68,356	0.15	45,835,710	82.85%	105,494
7	To re-elect James Dean as a director	44,496,952	97.08	1,338,008	2.92	45,834,960	82.85%	106,244
8	To elect Terri Duhon as a director	45,767,354	99.85	68,795	0.15	45,836,149	82.85%	105,055
9	To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director	45,158,421	98.48	696,078	1.52	45,854,499	82.88%	86,705
10	To elect Jennifer Mathias as a director	45,712,226	99.69	143,112	0.31	45,855,338	82.89%	85,866
11	To re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a director	45,677,700	99.69	141,189	0.31	45,818,889	82.82%	122,315
12	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company	45,540,251	99.19	373,907	0.81	45,914,158	82.99%	27,071
13	To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors	45,396,128	99.00	456,631	1.00	45,852,759	82.88%	88,470
14	To adopt the Rathbone Brothers Savings Related Option Plan 2019	45,800,960	99.74	120,615	0.26	45,921,575	83.01%	19,654
15	To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	45,068,867	99.54	208,762	0.46	45,277,629	81.84%	663,575
16	To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares	44,316,612	96.66	1,529,908	3.34	45,846,520	82.87%	94,709
17	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	45,717,734	99.77	107,052	0.23	45,824,786	82.83%	116,443
18	To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment	42,145,896	91.97	3,680,112	8.03	45,826,008	82.83%	115,220
19	To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares	45,224,754	98.53	674,715	1.47	45,899,469	82.97%	41,759
20	To adopt an amended set of Articles of Association	45,482,937	100.00	1,039	0.00	45,483,976	82.21%	457,253
21	To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice	45,176,674	98.52	677,204	1.48	45,853,878	82.88%	87,351

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 55,323,758 ordinary shares.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

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