RIT Capital Partners plc
30 April 2014
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Wednesday 30 April 2014.
All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 5 March 2014 were passed, and prints of the items of special business passed will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism.
The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows:
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FOR/ |
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VOTES |
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RESOLUTION |
DISCRETIONARY |
AGAINST |
WITHHELD |
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ORDINARY BUSINESS: |
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1. |
Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts |
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for the year ended 31 December 2013 |
61,103,794 |
261,267 |
21,588 |
2. |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report |
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for the year ended 31 December 2013 |
60,981,352 |
208,326 |
196,857 |
3. |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
60,813,223 |
503,551 |
69,875 |
4. |
Re-election of Lord Rothschild as a Director |
58,638,849 |
523,778 |
2,222,323 |
5. |
Re-election of John Cornish as a Director |
61,297,844 |
43,022 |
45,783 |
6. |
Re-election of Lord Douro as a Director |
61,273,174 |
65,432 |
48,043 |
7. |
Re-election of Jean Laurent-Bellue as a Director |
59,795,205 |
1,453,172 |
138,272 |
8. |
Re-election of Michael Marks as a Director |
57,612,856 |
3,676,993 |
96,800 |
9. |
Re-election of Lord Myners as a Director |
61,250,240 |
93,474 |
42,935 |
10. |
Election of Mike Power as a Director |
61,194,446 |
46,213 |
145,989 |
11. |
Re-election of Sandra Robertson as a Director |
59,893,241 |
1,446,068 |
47,340 |
12. |
Election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director |
61,184,687 |
74,239 |
127,723 |
13. |
Election of Mike Wilson as a Director |
61,212,739 |
47,037 |
126,873 |
14. |
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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as auditors |
60,992,039 |
367,626 |
26,984 |
15. |
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration |
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of the auditors |
61,296,846 |
63,125 |
26,678 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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16. |
To renew the power to allot equity securities |
61,269,356 |
104,974 |
12,318 |
17. |
To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities |
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for cash. |
61,276,667 |
95,784 |
13,961 |
18. |
To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 |
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per cent. of the Company's issued share capital |
61,310,921 |
41,008 |
34,484 |
19. |
To change the notice period for general meetings |
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other than annual general meetings to 14 days |
58,976,802 |
2,378,365 |
27,045 |
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.