Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0952G

Schroders PLC

01 May 2014

 



Schroders plc ('Schroders')

Annual General Meeting ('AGM') 2014

A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the AGM held earlier today.  All resolutions were passed and the results are as follows:

	Resolution	For (including discretionary)	%	Against	%	Withheld	Votes cast as a percentage of Schroders issued ordinary share capital
1	To receive the Report & Accounts	180,871,489	100.00	551	0.00	134,758	80.02
2	To declare the Final Dividend	180,902,694	100.00	0	0.00	105,005	80.04
3	To approve the Remuneration report	166,327,065	94.24	10,170,892	5.76	4,509,741	78.09
4	To approve the Remuneration Policy	165,335,404	92.19	14,014,099	7.81	1,658,194	79.35
5	To elect  Richard Keers	180,349,346	99.70	544,039	0.30	113,959	80.03
6	To re-elect  Andrew Beeson	179,887,208	99.45	1,000,764	0.55	119,611	80.03
7	To re-elect  Ashley Almanza	179,921,204	99.62	692,335	0.38	394,045	79.91
8	To re-elect  Luc Bertrand	180,605,548	99.84	282,545	0.16	119,251	80.03
9	To re-elect  Robin Buchanan	180,241,728	99.64	651,537	0.36	114,319	80.03
10	To re-elect  Michael Dobson	180,715,691	99.90	177,737	0.10	114,271	80.03
11	To re-elect  Lord Howard of Penrith	180,513,109	99.79	380,128	0.21	114,319	80.03
12	To re-elect  Philip Mallinckrodt	180,542,933	99.81	350,252	0.19	114,399	80.03
13	To re-elect  Nichola Pease	180,584,386	99.83	308,817	0.17	114,319	80.03
14	To re-elect  Bruno Schroder	175,931,448	97.27	4,928,677	2.73	147,574	80.02
15	To re-elect  Massimo Tosato	180,709,345	99.90	178,676	0.10	119,563	80.03
16	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	174,818,821	97.64	4,224,379	2.36	1,964,498	79.21
17	To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration.	176,778,676	97.72	4,123,517	2.28	105,505	80.04
18	To renew the authority to allot shares	180,696,273	99.89	200,879	0.11	110,547	80.04
19	To renew the authority to purchase own shares	180,886,427	99.99	15,617	0.01	105,655	80.04
20	Notice of general meetings	175,065,209	96.77	5,836,104	3.23	105,425	80.04

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of Schroders' total issued ordinary share capital as at 11.30am on 29 April 2014, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 226,022,400.

Resolutions 19 and 20 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 18, 19 and 20 will be filed at Companies House.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

Graham Staples

Company Secretary

Schroders plc

Tel: [phone]

1 May 2014

 

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