Result of AGM

RIT Capital Partners PLC

26 April 2023

 

26 April 2023

RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC (LEI: P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667) 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - (ALL RESOLUTIONS PASSED)

AND COMPOSITION OF BOARD COMMITTEES

The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc ('Company') was held on Wednesday 26 April 2023.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 27 March 2023 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 follow:

RESOLUTION		FOR/ DISCRETIONARY	AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1.	Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022	71,269,107	18,981	40,693
2.	Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022	71,100,118	159,223	67,172
3.	Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy	71,085,685	160,895	82,201
4.	Re-election of Sir James Leigh-Pemberton as a Director	70,260,723	1,013,279	54,779
5.	Re-election of Philippe Costeletos as a Director	70,403,543	862,723	62,515
6.	Re-election of Maggie Fanari as a Director	69,831,141	1,452,972	44,668
7.	Re-election of Maxim Parr as a Director	71,170,057	95,164	62,642
8.	Re-election of André Perold as a Director	71,168,567	96,165	64,049
9.	Re-election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director	71,133,071	156,582	39,128
10.	Election of Vikas Karlekar as a Director	71,172,597	87,554	68,630
11.	Election of Cecilia McAnulty as a Director	71,199,143	81,181	42,818
12.	Election of Jutta af Rosenborg as a Director	71,198,727	79,717	50,337
13.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	71,217,042	66,837	44,902
14.	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	71,262,883	23,362	42,536
SPECIAL BUSINESS:
15.	To renew the power to allot equity securities	71,213,222	73,336	42,223
16.	To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash	70,643,983	640,910	43,888
17.	To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital	70,707,798	589,731	31,252
18.	To change the notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings to 14 days	71,065,118	237,512	26,181

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. 

Composition of Board Committees

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Company announces the following changes to the composition of its Board Committees, with immediate effect:

Vikas Karlekar has been appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee; and

Cecilia McAnulty has been appointed to the Valuation Committee.

 

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