22 April 2021
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC (LEI: P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667)
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - (ALL RESOLUTIONS PASSED)
AND COMMITTEE CHANGES
The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc ('Company') was held on Thursday 22 April 2021.
All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 March 2021 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 follow:
RESOLUTION |
FOR/ DISCRETIONARY |
AGAINST |
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
ORDINARY BUSINESS: |
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1. |
Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 |
72,904,626 |
26,758 |
7,766 |
2. |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 |
72,158,731 |
312,122 |
468,297 |
3. |
Re-election of Sir James Leigh-Pemberton as a Director |
54,696,837 |
3,157,302 |
15,085,011 |
4. |
Re-election of Philippe Costeletos as a Director |
70,438,658 |
2,454,538 |
45,954 |
5. |
Re-election of Maggie Fanari as a Director |
72,879,193 |
11,866 |
48,091 |
6. |
Re-election of Maxim Parr as a Director |
72,854,811 |
18,616 |
65,723 |
7. |
Re-election of André Perold as a Director |
72,849,689 |
22,959 |
66,502 |
8. |
Re-election of Mike Power as a Director |
72,851,717 |
19,129 |
68,304 |
9. |
Re-election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director |
72,479,191 |
24,440 |
433,969 |
10. |
Re-election of Jeremy Sillem as a Director |
63,601,972 |
8,882,566 |
454,612 |
11. |
Re-election of Jonathan Sorrell as a Director |
72,846,048 |
24,638 |
68,064 |
12. |
Re-election of Amy Stirling as a Director |
72,882,655 |
8,010 |
48,085 |
13. |
Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors |
72,828,864 |
64,981 |
44,905 |
14. |
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors |
72,885,885 |
12,124 |
40,741 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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15. |
To renew the power to allot equity securities |
72,760,092 |
168,317 |
10,341 |
16. |
To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash |
72,844,355 |
72,534 |
21,861 |
17. |
To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital |
72,869,928 |
58,380 |
10,442 |
18. |
To change the notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings to 14 days |
72,610,386 |
310,093 |
18,271 |
Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.
Composition of Board Committees
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Company announces the following changes to the composition of its Board Committees with immediate effect:
· Sir James Leigh-Pemberton has been appointed to the Conflicts Committee; and
· Maxim Parr has been appointed to the Remuneration Committee.