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RNS Number : 1746V  AJ Bell PLC  29 January 2025

29 January 2025

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2025 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 Meeting, 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                                                                      For                  Against             Total                         Withheld*
                                                                                 No. of votes  %      No. of votes  %     No. of votes  % of ISC voted  No. of votes
 1.   To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial       311,914,304   98.78  3,866,192     1.22  315,780,496   76.66           5,966,079
 year ended 30 September 2024
 2.   To approve the directors' remuneration report                              311,888,937   96.95  9,821,631     3.05  321,710,568   78.10           36,007
 3.   To approve the directors' remuneration policy                              302,875,158   95.70  13,618,790    4.30  316,493,948   76.83           5,252,627
 4.   To approve amendments to the rules of the AJ Bell plc Executive            309,436,073   96.19  12,248,138    3.81  321,684,211   78.09           62,364
 Incentive Plan
 5.   To approve amendments to the rules of the AJ Bell plc Senior Manager       317,420,837   98.67  4,262,643     1.33  321,683,480   78.09           63,095
 Incentive Plan
 6.   To declare a final dividend for the financial year ended 30 September      321,658,770   99.98  75,956        0.02  321,734,726   78.11           11,849
 2024 of 8.25 pence per ordinary share payable on 7 February 2025
 7.   To re-elect Fiona Clutterbuck as a director                                312,529,555   98.29  5,444,339     1.71  317,973,894   77.19           3,772,679
 8.   To re-elect Michael Summersgill as a director                              320,524,006   99.63  1,189,072     0.37  321,713,078   78.10           33,497
 9.   To re-elect Peter Birch as a director                                      320,485,447   99.62  1,227,531     0.38  321,712,978   78.10           33,597
 10. To re-elect Evelyn Bourke as a director                                     312,155,994   97.03  9,556,982     2.97  321,712,976   78.10           33,597
 11. To re-elect Eamonn Flanagan as a director                                   317,209,193   98.60  4,503,783     1.40  321,712,976   78.10           33,597
 12. To re-elect Fiona Fry as a director                                         320,525,749   99.63  1,187,229     0.37  321,712,978   78.10           33,597
 13. To re-elect Margaret Hassall as a director                                  317,214,612   98.60  4,498,364     1.40  321,712,976   78.10           33,597
 14. To re-elect Les Platts as a director                                        320,515,125   99.63  1,202,134     0.37  321,717,259   78.10           29,316
 15. To re-elect Julie Chakraverty as a director                                 320,533,631   99.63  1,180,344     0.37  321,713,975   78.10           32,600
 16. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company            317,841,299   98.80  3,875,981     1.20  321,717,280   78.10           29,295
 17. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors'    321,577,637   99.96  141,319       0.04  321,718,956   78.10           27,619
 remuneration
 18. That the directors are authorised to allot shares in the company or grant   320,070,484   99.49  1,649,603     0.51  321,720,087   78.10           26,488
 rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the company
 19. To disapply pre-emption rights and authorise the directors to allot equity  320,871,982   99.74  847,744       0.26  321,719,726   78.10           26,849
 securities for cash up to an aggregate number of 41,313,448 ordinary shares**
 20. That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of its own shares   317,805,157   98.79  3,902,673     1.21  321,707,830   78.10           38,745
 up to an aggregate number of 41,313,448 ordinary shares**
 21. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be        313,592,658   97.48  8,122,999     2.52  321,715,657   78.10           30,918
 called on not less 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 UKLR 6.4.2, 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

Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director & Company
Secretary
+44 (0) 770 139 0708

Mark Coxhead, Head of Investor
Relations

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