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19/11/2015 17:45

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Close Brothers Group PLC
19 November 2015
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 19 November 2015.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 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 2015 Annual Report and Accounts
114,913,788
99.90
116,915
0.10
115,030,703
76.94
103,839
2.
To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 July 2015
99,424,103
93.16
7,296,430
6.84
106,720,533
71.38
8,414,009
3.
To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 35.5p per share for the year ended 31 July 2015
115,095,942
100.00
0
0.00
115,095,942
76.98
38,600
4.
To re-appoint Strone Macpherson as a director
114,701,342
99.66
391,510
0.34
115,092,852
76.98
41,690
5.
To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a director
114,780,219
99.73
312,333
0.27
115,092,552
76.98
41,990
6.
To re-appoint Stephen Hodges as a director
114,774,041
99.72
317,511
0.28
115,091,552
76.98
42,990
7.
To re-appoint Jonathan Howell as a director
114,780,419
99.73
311,133
0.27
115,091,552
76.98
42,990
8.
To re-appoint Elizabeth Lee as a director
114,777,019
99.73
314,833
0.27
115,091,852
76.98
42,690
9.
To re-appoint Oliver Corbett as a director
114,761,915
99.71
329,263
0.29
115,091,178
76.98
43,364
10.
To re-appoint Geoffrey Howe as a director
114,753,817
99.71
336,411
0.29
115,090,228
76.98
44,314
11.
To re-appoint Lesley Jones as a director
114,752,691
99.71
337,711
0.29
115,090,402
76.98
44,140
12.
To re-appoint Bridget Macaskill as a director
114,588,970
99.56
503,382
0.44
115,092,352
76.98
42,190
13.
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
113,894,093
98.96
1,197,932
1.04
115,092,025
76.98
42,488
14.
To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors
114,962,128
99.89
128,224
0.11
115,090,352
76.98
44,190
15.
To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)
114,509,345
99.60
456,823
0.40
114,966,168
76.90
168,374

Special Resolutions







16.
That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities (within prescribed limits)
104,330,765
98.58
1,507,347
1.42
105,838,112
70.79
9,296,430
17.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)
115,065,408
99.98
18,781
0.02
115,084,189
76.98
50,353
18
.
That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
110,529,169
96.03
4,565,853
3.97
115,095,022
76.98
39,520
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 149,507,629 ordinary shares (excluding 1,127,208 treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
19 November 2015
020-7655 3100

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