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RNS Number : 0210E  Chesnara PLC  12 May 2026

 LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

 

12(th) May 2026

 

CHESNARA plc
("Chesnara" or "the Company")

 

 

RESULT OF THE CHESNARA PLC 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

 

Chesnara plc (CSN.L) announces that the resolutions put to its Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") held on 12(th) May 2026 were duly passed.

 

The results of the AGM, including the total number of votes received for each
resolution, were as follows:

 

 

 No.  Resolution                                                                      Votes        %       Votes 'against'  %       Total votes validly cast  Votes 'withheld'

                                                                                      'for'
 1    To receive and adopt the audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025   122,260,763  99.99%  12,867           0.01%   122,273,630               139,370

 2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December    122,098,252  99.82%  217,763          0.18%   122,316,015               96,985
      2025
 3    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                   107,012,349  96.54%  3,829,594        3.46%   110,841,943               11,571,057
 4    To declare a final dividend of 14.80 pence per ordinary share for the year      122,397,963  99.99%  7,749            0.01%   122,405,712               7,288
      ended 31 December 2025
 5    To re-appoint Steve Murray as a director                                        122,259,261  99.96%  47,910           0.04%   122,307,171               105,829
 6    To re-appoint Carol Hagh as a director                                          121,066,065  98.98%  1,251,970        1.02%   122,318,035               94,965
 7    To re-appoint Gail Tucker as a director                                         121,010,131  98.94%  1,291,354        1.06%   122,301,485               111,515
 8    To re-appoint Luke Savage as a director                                         120,905,873  98.85%  1,410,272        1.15%   122,316,145               96,855
 9    To re-appoint Eamonn Flanagan as a director                                     122,139,028  99.86%  177,117          0.14%   122,316,145               96,855
 10   To re-appoint Tom Howard as a director                                          122,246,792  99.94%  69,353           0.06%   122,316,145               96,855
 11   To appoint Sam Tymms as a director                                              122,185,248  99.92%  102,883          0.08%   122,288,131               124,869
 12   To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor                                           121,859,348  99.58%  513,074          0.42%   122,372,422               40,578
 13   To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration              122,067,088  99.75%  310,793          0.25%   122,377,881               35,119
 14   To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur limited   121,281,460  99.12%  1,080,771        0.88%   122,362,231               50,769
      political expenditure
 15   To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount             121,399,225  99.20%  982,392          0.80%   122,381,617               31,383
 16   Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights  110,413,593  90.24%  11,938,347       9.76%   122,351,940               61,060
      (general corporate purposes)
 17   Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights  108,833,019  88.95%  13,518,921       11.05%  122,351,940               61,060
      (acquisition or other capital investment)
 18   Special resolution - To give the Company limited authority to purchase its own  122,296,183  99.94%  71,850           0.06%   122,368,033               44,967
      shares
 19   To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in relation to an issue of  122,212,144  99.89%  129,172          0.11%   122,341,316               71,684
      Restricted Tier 1 Instrument up to a specified amount
 20   Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights  121,934,025  99.66%  409,980          0.34%   122,344,005               68,995
      in relation to the issue of Restricted Tier 1 Instruments
 21   Special resolution - To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not   120,891,681  98.78%  1,492,919        1.22%   122,384,600               28,400
      less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

The Board is pleased that all resolutions passed with a significant majority.

 

Other Matters

 

The Company's issued share capital on 12(th) May 2026 consisted of 230,974,321
ordinary shares of 5p each with no shares held in Treasury. Each share carries
one voting right and therefore the number of voting rights is 230,974,321.

 

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the
calculation of the votes for and against each resolution or the total votes
validly cast.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual
General Meeting available on the Company's website, www.chesnara.co.uk
(http://www.chesnara.co.uk) . In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, full
details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the
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:

 

Investor Enquiries

Sam Perowne

Head of Strategic Development & Investor Relations

Chesnara plc

E - sam.perowne@chesnara.co.uk (mailto:sam.perowne@chesnara.co.uk)

 

Media Enquiries

Misha Bayliss - +44 20 7427 5465

Oscar Burnett - +44 20 7427 5435

Teneo

E - chesnara@teneo.com (mailto:chesnara@teneo.com)

 

 

Notes to Editors

Chesnara plc (CSN.L) is a FTSE 250 European life, pensions and investment
company with specialist expertise in consolidation. We now administer c1.4m
policies across the Group's business units of Countrywide Assured and Chesnara
Life (formerly HSBC Life (UK) Ltd) in the UK, Scildon in the Netherlands and
Movestic in Sweden. Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary
responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and
savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and
compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by
writing focused, profitable new business in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands
and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or
portfolios. Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara
to increase its dividend for 21 years in succession.

 

Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk
(http://www.chesnara.co.uk/) ).

 

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