AGM Results

RNS Number : 5833D
Schroders PLC
27 April 2017
 

Schroders plc ('Schroders')

 

Annual General Meeting ('AGM') 2017 Results

A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the AGM held earlier today.  All resolutions were passed and the results are as follows:

 


Resolution

For (including discretionary)

%

Against

%

Withheld

Votes cast as a percentage of Schroders issued ordinary share capital

1

To receive the Report & Accounts

194,331,625

 

99.64

 

711,118

 

0.36

 

5,066

 

86.29%

2

To declare the Final Dividend

195,042,744

 

100.00

 

0

 

0.00

 

5,066

 

86.29%

3

To approve the Remuneration report

184,444,561

 

94.74

 

10,235,976

 

5.26

 

367,271

 

86.13%

4

To approve the Remuneration policy

181,963,125

 

93.51

 

12,623,229

 

6.49

 

461,454

 

86.09%

5

To elect Ian King

194,995,247

 

99.98

 

38,048

 

0.02

 

14,515

 

86.29%

5*

To elect Ian King

86,671,536

 

99.96

 

38,048

 

0.04

 

14,515

73.67%

6

To elect Rakhi Goss-Custard

194,505,023

 

99.73

 

528,922

 

0.27

 

13,865

 

86.29%

 

6*

To elect Rakhi Goss-Custard

86,181,312

 

99.39

 

528,922

 

0.61

 

13,865

73.67%

7

To re-elect Michael Dobson

187,418,655

 

96.37

 

7,061,144

 

3.63

 

568,008

 

86.04%

8

To re-elect Peter Harrison

194,807,596

 

99.88

 

226,349

 

0.12

 

13,865

 

86.29%

9

To re-elect Richard Keers

194,618,985

 

99.79

 

415,320

 

0.21

 

13,505

 

86.29%

10

To re-elect Lord Howard of Penrith

191,478,877

 

98.18

 

3,555,100

 

1.82

 

13,832

 

86.29%

10*

To re-elect Lord Howard of Penrith

83,155,166

 

95.90

 

3,555,100

 

4.10

 

13,832

73.67%

11

To re-elect Robin Buchanan

194,894,275

 

99.93

 

139,670

 

0.07

 

13,865

 

86.29%

 

11*

To re-elect Robin Buchanan

86,570,564

 

99.84

 

139,670

 

0.16

 

13,865

73.67%

12

To re-elect Rhian Davies

194,869,627

 

99.92

 

164,647

 

0.08

 

13,536

 

86.29%

12*

To re-elect Rhian Davies

86,545,916

 

99.81

 

164,647

 

0.19

 

13,536

73.67%

13

To re-elect Nichola Pease

194,893,938

 

99.93

 

140,367

 

0.07

 

13,505

 

86.29%

13*

To re-elect Nichola Pease

86,570,227

 

99.84

 

140,367

 

0.16

 

13,505

73.67%

14

To re-elect Philip Mallinckrodt

189,810,598

 

97.32

 

5,231,752

 

2.68

 

5,459

 

86.29%

15

To re-elect Bruno Schroder

191,599,569

 

98.25

 

3,413,141

 

1.75

 

35,099

 

86.28%

 

16

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

194,774,881

 

99.89

 

211,413

 

0.11

 

61,515

 

86.27%

 

17

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration

194,956,348

 

99.96

 

85,694

 

0.04

 

5,767

 

86.29%

 

18

To renew the authority to allot shares

194,774,314

 

99.86

 

267,477

 

0.14

 

6,019

 

86.29%

 

19

To renew the authority to purchase own shares

194,842,050

 

99.94

 

121,422

 

0.06

 

84,338

 

86.26%

 

20

Notice of general meetings

191,914,933

 

98.40

 

3,123,490

 

1.60

 

9,386

 

86.29%

 

 

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of Schroders' total issued ordinary share capital as at 11.30am on 25 April 2017, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this announcement is 226,022,400.

 

Resolutions 19 and 20 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 18, 19 and 20 will be filed at Companies House.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, to be passed resolutions 5, 6 and 10 to 13 must be approved by a simple majority of all shareholders and by a simple majority of the independent shareholders. The results of the independent shareholder vote on the applicable Resolutions are set out in 5*, 6* and 10* to 13* above.

 

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

Enquiries:

 

Graham Staples

Company Secretary

Schroders plc

Tel: 020 7658 6000

 

 

 

27 April 2017


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