RATHBONES GROUP PLC ('the Company')
LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29
RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
At the fifty-first Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 5 May 2022, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2022) were passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 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 Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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 2021 |
48,949,906 |
100.00 |
2,020 |
0.00 |
48,951,926 |
78.58% |
106,744 |
2 |
To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
43,603,530 |
88.89 |
5,447,775 |
11.11 |
49,051,305 |
78.74% |
7,365 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 54p per share for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
49,048,516 |
99.99 |
7,052 |
0.01 |
49,055,568 |
78.75% |
3,102 |
4 |
To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director |
48,583,334 |
99.21 |
386,582 |
0.79 |
48,969,916 |
78.61% |
88,754 |
5 |
To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director |
48,946,617 |
99.78 |
107,660 |
0.22 |
49,054,277 |
78.75% |
4,393 |
6 |
To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director |
48,838,766 |
99.74 |
126,362 |
0.26 |
48,965,128 |
78.60% |
93,542 |
7 |
To re-elect Colin Clark as a director |
45,523,378 |
92.96 |
3,445,373 |
7.04 |
48,968,751 |
78.61% |
89,919 |
8 |
To elect Iain Cummings as a director |
48,855,170 |
99.79 |
102,444 |
0.21 |
48,957,614 |
78.59% |
101,056 |
9 |
To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director |
45,522,486 |
92.96 |
3,447,430 |
7.04 |
48,969,916 |
78.61% |
88,754 |
10 |
To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director |
44,144,575 |
90.16 |
4,818,045 |
9.84 |
48,962,620 |
78.60% |
96,050 |
11 |
To elect Dharmash Mistry as a director |
48,861,490 |
99.79 |
103,179 |
0.21 |
48,964,669 |
78.60% |
94,001 |
12 |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company |
48,779,420 |
99.47 |
261,539 |
0.53 |
49,040,959 |
78.73% |
17,711 |
13 |
To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors |
48,771,219 |
99.44 |
276,416 |
0.56 |
49,047,635 |
78.74% |
11,035 |
14 |
To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure |
46,763,655 |
95.52 |
2,194,583 |
4.48 |
48,958,238 |
78.59% |
100,432 |
15 |
To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares |
44,393,837 |
90.51 |
4,653,258 |
9.49 |
49,047,095 |
78.74% |
11,035 |
16 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
43,450,633 |
88.70 |
5,533,119 |
11.30 |
48,983,752 |
78.63% |
74,918 |
17 |
To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment |
42,386,462 |
86.53 |
6,597,153 |
13.47 |
48,983,615 |
78.63% |
75,055 |
18 |
To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares |
48,712,917 |
99.35 |
320,800 |
0.65 |
49,033,717 |
78.71% |
24,953 |
19 |
To adopt an amended set of Articles of Association |
49,029,894 |
99.97 |
17,073 |
0.03 |
49,046,967 |
78.74% |
11,703 |
20 |
To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice |
45,144,660 |
92.04 |
3,905,575 |
7.96 |
49,050,235 |
78.74% |
8,435 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 62,292,806 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 Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.
Ali Johnson
Company Secretary
Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
Tel: 07901 118456