Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3693L

Rathbone Brothers PLC

05 May 2010

 



RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESOLUTIONS 

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today (5 May 2010), all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2010) were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 14 to 18 were special resolutions.

Two copies of the resolutions (other than those concerning ordinary business) will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through its Document Viewing Facility.

Details of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are as follows:

Shares in issue at date of meeting:                            43,296,330

Number of votes per share:                                        1

Resolution		For	Against	Vote withheld
1	To adopt the 2009 report and accounts	29,953,880	225,023	42,693
2	To approve the Remuneration report for 2009	29,477,545	89,762	654,289
3	To elect Kate Avery as a director of the Company	29,776,207	402,696	42,693
4	To elect Kathryn Matthews as a director of the Company	29,776,207	402,696	42,693
5	To re-elect Caroline Burton as a director of the Company	29,776,317	402,586	42,693
6	To re-elect Richard Lanyon as a director of the Company	29,772,165	406,738	42,693
7	To re-elect Andrew Morris as a director of the Company	29,549,513	629,390	42,693
8	To re-elect Andy Pomfret a director of the Company	29,771,675	406,738	43,183
9	To re-elect Richard Smeeton as a director of the Company	29,549,513	629,390	42,693
10	To appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors until the next AGM	30,178,703	200	42,693
11	To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors	30,178,703	200	42,693
12	To approve an authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure	29,655,108	522,282	44,206
13	To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares	28,945,356	761,775	514,465
14	To authorise the waiving of pre-emption rights	30,175,466	3,195	42,935
15	To authorise market repurchases of ordinary shares	30,175,815	2,175	43,606
16	To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) with 14 days notice	29,336,031	840,872	44,693
17	To adopt new Articles of Association	29,927,798	24,282	269,516
18	To ratify the treatment of historic dividend payments and to release directors and shareholders from any claim by the Company for repayment	25,846,939	116,354	4,257,943

Richard Loader

Company Secretary

5 May 2010

 

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