Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5696D

RIT Capital Partners PLC

27 April 2017

 

RIT Capital Partners plc

27 April 2017

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Thursday 27 April 2017.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 27 March 2017 were passed, and prints of the items of special business passed will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism.

The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows:

RESOLUTION		FOR/ DISCRETIONARY	AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1.	Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016	58,745,335	286,523	1,286
2.	Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2016	58,029,286	916,184	87,672
3.	Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy	55,264,637	3,678,080	89,878
4.	Re-election of Lord Rothschild as a Director	51,822,076	939,399	6,271,668
5.	Re-election of John Cornish as a Director	58,159,412	831,906	41,826
6.	Re-election of Jean Laurent-Bellue as a Director	58,066,315	925,003	41,826
7.	Re-election of Michael Marks as a Director	42,678,173	10,204,322	6,150,649
8.	Re-election of Mike Power as a Director	58,952,800	19,288	61,057
9.	Re-election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director	58,126,184	899,916	7,044
10.	Election of Amy Stirling as a Director	59,004,020	1,974	27,151
11.	Re-election of The Duke of Wellington as a Director	58,403,383	586,749	43,012
12.	Re-election of Mike Wilson as a Director	58,967,214	24,381	41,550
13.	Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	58,644,231	302,870	86,043
14.	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	58,958,651	55,253	19,241
SPECIAL BUSINESS:
15.	To renew the power to allot equity securities	58,987,917	31,318	13,910
16.	To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash.	58,965,052	49,319	18,774
17.	To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital	58,999,380	24,738	9,027
18.	To renew the Share Appreciation Rights Plan	55,184,757	3,229,925	618,462
19.	To change the notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings to 14 days	58,335,849	687,365	9,930

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

Proxy votes in favour of the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting to be cast at his discretion represented between 0.20% and 0.24% of all votes cast on the above resolutions.

 

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