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21/11/2014 16:50

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Close Brothers Group PLC
21 November 2014
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2014 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 20 November 2014.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 17 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 as special resolutions.
The following proxy votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:
Ordinary Resolutions
Total Votes For
%
Total Votes Against
%
Total Votes Cast
% of Issued share capital
Votes Withheld
1.
To receive and adopt the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts
111,637,243
99.94
70,590
0.06
111,707,833
74.95
261,824
2.
To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration (other than the part relating to the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the financial year ended 31 July 2014
98,981,807
89.01
12,220,881
10.99
111,202,688
74.61
766,968
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Report of the Board on Remuneration
98,700,890
92.48
8,021,756
7.52
106,722,646
71.60
5,247,011
4.
To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of32.5pper sharefor the yearended 31 July 2014
111,927,216
100.00
0
0.00
111,927,216
75.10
42,441
5.
To re-appoint Strone Macpherson as a director
111,552,105
99.66
375,677
0.34
111,927,782
75.10
41,875
6.
To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a director
111,472,676
99.59
454,963
0.41
111,927,639
75.10
42,018
7.
To re-appoint Stephen Hodges as a director
111,350,716
99.48
576,923
0.52
111,927,639
75.10
42,018
8.
To re-appoint Jonathan Howell as a director
111,358,645
99.49
568,994
0.51
111,927,639
75.10
42,018
9.
To re-appoint Elizabeth Lee as a director
111,340,574
99.48
587,065
0.52
111,927,639
75.10
42,018
10.
To re-appoint Geoffrey Howe as a director
111,545,277
99.66
381,862
0.34
111,927,139
75.10
42,518
11.
To appoint Oliver Corbett as a director
111,545,153
99.67
371,760
0.33
111,916,913
75.09
52,744
12.
To appoint Lesley Jones as a director
111,543,745
99.67
373,168
0.33
111,916,913
75.09
52,744
13.
To appoint Bridget Macaskill as a director
110,867,430
99.41
654,860
0.59
111,522,290
74.82
447,367
14.
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
108,799,417
97.59
2,691,722
2.41
111,491,139
74.80
478,518
15.
To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors
109,482,584
97.84
2,412,051
2.16
111,894,635
75.07
75,022
16.
To approve and adopt the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan
111,871,541
99.96
47,335
0.04
111,918,876
75.09
50,781
17.
To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)
111,241,386
99.39
680,583
0.61
111,921,969
75.09
47,688

Special Resolutions







18.
That, if resolution 17 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities (within prescribed limits)
111,617,183
99.73
304,051
0.27
111,921,234
75.09
48,423
19.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorized to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)
111,887,957
99.96
39,969
0.04
111,927,926
75.10
41,731
20.
That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
106,950,422
95.55
4,977,483
4.45
111,927,905
75.10
41,751
NOTES: 
1. 'Total Votes For' include votes recorded as at the discretion of the appointed proxy.
2. The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to refrain from voting on any particular resolution. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
3. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company was 149,044,515 ordinary shares (excluding 1,579,778 treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
21 November 2014
020-7655 3100

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