REG - AJ Bell PLC - Result of AGM

AJ BellAnnouncement

30/01/2024 15:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20240130:nRSd4096Ba&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 4096B  AJ Bell PLC  30 January 2024

30 January 2024

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2024 Annual General Meeting
("AGM"), held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The full text of
each resolution can be found in the Notice of AGM, which is available for
inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and also on the Company's website
at ajbell.co.uk/group/investor-relations/agm.

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

         Resolution                                                                     Votes For    %      Votes Against  %     Votes Total  % of ISC Voted  Votes Withheld*
 1.      To receive and adopt the annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023  343,140,404  99.99  34,041         0.01  343,174,445  83.09           6,709,804
 2.      To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September  327,282,166  96.13  13,165,554     3.87  340,447,720  82.43           9,436,529
         2023
 3.      To declare a final dividend of 7.25p for the year ended 30 September 2023      348,088,145  99.99  33,741         0.01  348,121,886  84.29           1,762,363
 4.      To re-elect F Clutterbuck as a director                                        344,904,062  99.08  3,216,827      0.92  348,120,889  84.29           1,763,360
 5.      To re-elect M Summersgill as a director                                        346,079,314  99.41  2,041,575      0.59  348,120,889  84.29           1,763,360
 6.      To re-elect P Birch as a director                                              342,815,582  99.40  2,062,635      0.60  344,878,217  83.50           5,006,032
 7.      To re-elect R Stott as a director                                              346,077,138  99.41  2,042,251      0.59  348,119,389  84.29           1,764,860
 8.      To re-elect E Bourke as a director                                             342,032,815  98.25  6,088,071      1.75  348,120,886  84.29           1,763,362
 9.      To re-elect E Flanagan as a director                                           343,837,991  98.77  4,282,895      1.23  348,120,886  84.29           1,763,362
 10.     To re-elect F Fry as a director                                                347,175,555  99.73  945,334        0.27  348,120,889  84.29           1,763,360
 11.     To re-elect M Hassall as a director                                            344,270,102  98.89  3,850,784      1.11  348,120,886  84.29           1,763,362
 12.     To re-elect L Platts as a director                                             345,202,578  99.16  2,916,811      0.84  348,119,389  84.29           1,764,060
 13.     To re-elect S Turner as a director                                             346,650,193  99.58  1,469,196      0.42  348,119,389  84.29           1,764,860
 14.     To re-appoint BDO as auditor                                                   348,014,143  99.99  39,683         0.01  348,053,826  84.27           1,830,423
 15      To authorise the audit committee to fix the auditors' remuneration             348,018,833  99.99  34,993         0.01  348,053,826  84.27           1,830,423
 16      To authorise the allotment of shares                                           347,528,953  99.83  592,392        0.17  348,121,345  84.29           1,762,904
 17. **  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares            348,053,429  99.98  56,452         0.02  348,109,881  84.29           1,774,368
 18. **  To make market purchases of Ordinary Shares of the Company                     343,759,449  99.03  3,353,480      0.97  347,112,929  84.04           2,771,320
 19. **  To permit the calling of a general  meeting (other than an AGM) on not less    341,476,646  98.09  6,644,557      1.91  348,121,203  84.29           1,763,046
         than 14 clear days' notice

 

* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

** Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of this document has been submitted to the
FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

For further information, please contact:

AJ Bell plc

Olubunmi Likinyo, Company
Secretary
+44 (0) 784 242 5845

Shaun Yates, Investor Relations
Director
+44 (0) 752 223 5898

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  RAGFLFESLSIIVIS