RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')
RESULTS OF THE 2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
At the forty-fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5FB on Thursday 14 May 2015, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 8 April 2015) were passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 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 http://www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/governance. A copy has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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 2014 | 37,221,698 | 99.94 | 22,581 | 0.06 | 37,244,279 | 77.71 | 96,468 |
2 | To approve the rules of the Rathbone Brothers Plc Executive Incentive Plan(EIP) | 34,949,953 | 96.46 | 1,281,079 | 3.54 | 36,231,032 | 75.59 | 1,109,715 |
3 | To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 34,820,978 | 96.81 | 1,146,663 | 3.19 | 35,967,641 | 75.04 | 1,373,106 |
4 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2014 | 36,304,003 | 98.10 | 702,754 | 1.90 | 37,006,757 | 77.21 | 333,990 |
5 | To declare a final dividend of 33p per share for the year ended 31 December 2014 | 37,248,606 | 100.00 | 1,225 | 0.00 | 37,249,831 | 77.72 | 90,916 |
6 | To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director | 37,231,695 | 99.96 | 15,357 | 0.04 | 37,247,052 | 77.71 | 93,695 |
7 | To re-elect Philip Howell as a director | 37,096,885 | 99.59 | 152,221 | 0.41 | 37,249,106 | 77.72 | 91,641 |
8 | To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director | 37,247,452 | 100.00 | 1,654 | 0.00 | 37,249,106 | 77.72 | 91,641 |
9 | To re-elect Paul Chavasse as a director | 37,244,266 | 100.00 | 1,431 | 0.00 | 37,245,697 | 77.71 | 95,050 |
10 | To re-elect David Harrel as a director | 37,115,756 | 99.68 | 118,941 | 0.32 | 37,234,697 | 77.69 | 106,050 |
11 | To re-elect James Dean as a director | 37,233,266 | 100.00 | 1,431 | 0.00 | 37,234,697 | 77.69 | 106,050 |
12 | To elect Sarah Gentleman as a director | 37,244,766 | 100.00 | 931 | 0.00 | 37,245,697 | 77.71 | 95,050 |
13 | To re-elect Kathryn Matthews as a director | 36,364,196 | 99.98 | 7,010 | 0.02 | 36,371,206 | 75.88 | 969,541 |
14 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 36,930,827 | 99.33 | 250,370 | 0.67 | 37,181,197 | 77.57 | 159,550 |
15 | To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors | 37,243,842 | 99.99 | 2,624 | 0.01 | 37,246,466 | 77.71 | 94,281 |
16 | To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 36,569,564 | 98.23 | 657,301 | 1.77 | 37,226,865 | 77.67 | 113,882 |
17 | To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares | 35,480,450 | 95.43 | 1,697,341 | 4.57 | 37,177,791 | 77.57 | 162,956 |
18 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 36,613,597 | 98.62 | 513,194 | 1.38 | 37,126,791 | 77.46 | 213,956 |
19 | To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 34,663,734 | 93.37 | 2,463,057 | 6.63 | 37,126,791 | 77.46 | 213,956 |
20 | To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares | 37,242,936 | 99.98 | 5,670 | 0.02 | 37,248,606 | 77.71 | 92,141 |
21 | To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) or not less than 14 days' notice | 36,840,019 | 98.90 | 408, 587 | 1.10 | 37,248,606 | 77.71 | 92,141 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 47,929,868 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 National Storage Mechanism.
Richard Loader
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7399 0000