Schroders plc ('Schroders')
Annual General Meeting ('AGM') 2014
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 |
180,871,489 |
100.00 |
551 |
0.00 |
134,758 |
80.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
To declare the Final Dividend |
180,902,694 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
105,005 |
80.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
To approve the Remuneration report |
166,327,065 |
94.24 |
10,170,892 |
5.76 |
4,509,741 |
78.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
To approve the Remuneration Policy |
165,335,404 |
92.19 |
14,014,099 |
7.81 |
1,658,194 |
79.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
To elect Richard Keers |
180,349,346 |
99.70 |
544,039 |
0.30 |
113,959 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
To re-elect Andrew Beeson |
179,887,208 |
99.45 |
1,000,764 |
0.55 |
119,611 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
To re-elect Ashley Almanza |
179,921,204 |
99.62 |
692,335 |
0.38 |
394,045 |
79.91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
To re-elect Luc Bertrand |
180,605,548 |
99.84 |
282,545 |
0.16 |
119,251 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
To re-elect Robin Buchanan |
180,241,728 |
99.64 |
651,537 |
0.36 |
114,319 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
To re-elect Michael Dobson |
180,715,691 |
99.90 |
177,737 |
0.10 |
114,271 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
To re-elect Lord Howard of Penrith |
180,513,109 |
99.79 |
380,128 |
0.21 |
114,319 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
To re-elect Philip Mallinckrodt |
180,542,933 |
99.81 |
350,252 |
0.19 |
114,399 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
To re-elect Nichola Pease |
180,584,386 |
99.83 |
308,817 |
0.17 |
114,319 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
To re-elect Bruno Schroder |
175,931,448 |
97.27 |
4,928,677 |
2.73 |
147,574 |
80.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
To re-elect Massimo Tosato |
180,709,345 |
99.90 |
178,676 |
0.10 |
119,563 |
80.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
174,818,821 |
97.64 |
4,224,379 |
2.36 |
1,964,498 |
79.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. |
176,778,676 |
97.72 |
4,123,517 |
2.28 |
105,505 |
80.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
To renew the authority to allot shares |
180,696,273 |
99.89 |
200,879 |
0.11 |
110,547 |
80.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
To renew the authority to purchase own shares |
180,886,427 |
99.99 |
15,617 |
0.01 |
105,655 |
80.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
Notice of general meetings |
175,065,209 |
96.77 |
5,836,104 |
3.23 |
105,425 |
80.04 |
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 29 April 2014, 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 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
1 May 2014