Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4951K

Rathbones Group PLC

05 May 2022

 

RATHBONES GROUP PLC ('the Company')

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the fifty-first Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 5 May 2022, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2022) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 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 www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings  A copy has also been made available for inspection through the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

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 2021	48,949,906	100.00	2,020	0.00	48,951,926	78.58%	106,744
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021	43,603,530	88.89	5,447,775	11.11	49,051,305	78.74%	7,365
3	To declare a final dividend of 54p per share for the year ended 31 December 2021	49,048,516	99.99	7,052	0.01	49,055,568	78.75%	3,102
4	To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director	48,583,334	99.21	386,582	0.79	48,969,916	78.61%	88,754
5	To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director	48,946,617	99.78	107,660	0.22	49,054,277	78.75%	4,393
6	To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director	48,838,766	99.74	126,362	0.26	48,965,128	78.60%	93,542
7	To re-elect Colin Clark as a director	45,523,378	92.96	3,445,373	7.04	48,968,751	78.61%	89,919
8	To elect Iain Cummings as a director	48,855,170	99.79	102,444	0.21	48,957,614	78.59%	101,056
9	To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director	45,522,486	92.96	3,447,430	7.04	48,969,916	78.61%	88,754
10	To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director	44,144,575	90.16	4,818,045	9.84	48,962,620	78.60%	96,050
11	To elect Dharmash Mistry as a director	48,861,490	99.79	103,179	0.21	48,964,669	78.60%	94,001
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company	48,779,420	99.47	261,539	0.53	49,040,959	78.73%	17,711
13	To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors	48,771,219	99.44	276,416	0.56	49,047,635	78.74%	11,035
14	To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	46,763,655	95.52	2,194,583	4.48	48,958,238	78.59%	100,432
15	To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares	44,393,837	90.51	4,653,258	9.49	49,047,095	78.74%	11,035
16	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	43,450,633	88.70	5,533,119	11.30	48,983,752	78.63%	74,918
17	To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment	42,386,462	86.53	6,597,153	13.47	48,983,615	78.63%	75,055
18	To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares	48,712,917	99.35	320,800	0.65	49,033,717	78.71%	24,953
19	To adopt an amended set of Articles of Association	49,029,894	99.97	17,073	0.03	49,046,967	78.74%	11,703
20	To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice	45,144,660	92.04	3,905,575	7.96	49,050,235	78.74%	8,435

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 62,292,806 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 Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

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