Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8896L

Schroders PLC

30 April 2015

 



Schroders plc ('Schroders')

Annual General Meeting ('AGM') 2015

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 eligible Schroders issued ordinary share capital
1	To receive the Report & Accounts	188,804,927	99.98	34,460	0.02	123,994	83.55%
2	To declare the Final Dividend	188,856,972	100.00	69	0.00	106,340	83.56%
3	To approve the Remuneration report	181,259,755	96.87	5,852,814	3.13	1,858,201	82.78%
4	To elect  Peter Harrison	184,285,495	97.58	4,569,357	2.42	108,488	83.56%
5	To re-elect  Andrew Beeson	187,698,199	99.39	1,157,681	0.61	107,460	83.56%
6	To re-elect  Michael Dobson	184,466,668	97.68	4,389,201	2.32	107,471	83.56%
7	To re-elect Richard Keers	184,060,002	97.46	4,795,767	2.54	107,571	83.56%
8	To re-elect  Philip Mallinckrodt	184,285,639	97.58	4,569,730	2.42	107,971	83.56%
9	To re-elect  Massimo Tosato	184,284,276	97.58	4,570,664	2.42	108,400	83.56%
10*	To re-elect  Ashley Almanza	79,260,633	98.42	1,271,036	1.58	107,960	68.42%
10	To re-elect  Ashley Almanza	187,584,344	99.33	1,271,036	0.67	107,960	83.56%
11*	To re-elect  Robin Buchanan	80,201,721	99.59	330,448	0.41	107,460	68.42%
11	To re-elect  Robin Buchanan	188,525,432	99.83	330,448	0.17	107,460	83.56%
12*	To re-elect  Lord Howard of Penrith	80,077,740	99.46	436,074	0.54	125,815	68.41%
12	To re-elect  Lord Howard of Penrith	188,401,451	99.77	436,074	0.23	125,815	83.55%
13*	To re-elect  Nichola Pease	80,200,636	99.59	331,882	0.41	107,111	68.42%
13	To re-elect  Nichola Pease	188,524,347	99.82	331,882	0.18	107,111	83.56%
14	To re-elect  Bruno Schroder	179,650,635	95.31	8,835,448	4.69	477,257	83.39%

15	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	183,332,442	97.11	5,460,683	2.89	177,645	83.53%
16	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.	185,459,271	98.20	3,404,652	1.80	106,847	83.56%
17	To renew the authority to allot shares	188,486,905	99.80	369,988	0.20	106,447	83.56%
18	To renew the authority to purchase own shares	188,824,432	99.98	32,068	0.02	106,840	83.56%
19	Notice of general meetings	182,736,133	96.76	6,128,196	3.24	106,440	83.56%

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 28 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 18 and 19 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 17, 18 and 19 will be filed at Companies House.

Following changes to the Listing Rules which took effect in May 2014, Resolutions 10 to 13 must be approved by a simple majority of all shareholders and by a simple majority of the independent shareholders. The results of the independent shareholder vote on the applicable Resolutions are set out in 10*, 11*, 12* and 13* above.

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]

30 April 2015

 

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