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Close Brothers Group PLC
17 November 2016
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 17 November 2016.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 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 2016 Annual Report and Accounts and the Directors' and Auditor's Reports
118,133,507
99.77
271,872
0.23
118,405,379
79.20
29,527
2.
To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 July 2016
104,649,524
93.94
6,747,162
6.06
111,396,686
74.51
7,038,220
3.
To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 38.0p per share for the year ended 31 July 2016
118,432,806
99.99
100
0.01
118,432,906
79.22
2,000
4.
To re-appoint Strone Macpherson as a director
117,489,634
99.20
941,897
0.80
118,431,531
79.21
3,375
5.
To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a director
117,659,010
99.35
771,511
0.65
118,430,521
79.21
4,385
6.
To re-appoint Jonathan Howell as a director
117,656,182
99.35
771,711
0.65
118,427,893
79.21
7,013
7.
To re-appoint Elizabeth Lee as a director
117,643,769
99.34
784,264
0.66
118,428,033
79.21
6,873
8.
To re-appoint Oliver Corbett as a director
117,926,256
99.58
495,073
0.42
118,421,329
79.21
13,577
9.
To re-appoint Geoffrey Howe as a director
117,991,508
99.63
437,173
0.37
118,428,681
79.21
6,225
10.
To re-appoint Lesley Jones as a director
117,965,829
99.61
459,278
0.39
118,425,107
79.21
9,799
11.
To re-appoint Bridget Macaskill as a director
118,004,594
99.64
425,439
0.36
118,430,033
79.21
4,873
12.
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
115,160,732
99.27
849,942
0.73
116,010,674
77.60
2,424,232
13.
To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors
118,224,873
99.82
208,033
0.18
118,432,906
79.22
2,000
14.
To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)
116,775,671
98.60
1,654,710
1.40
118,430,381
79.21
4,525










Special Resolutions







15.
That, if resolution 14 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to 5% of issued share capital
117,870,092
99.53
558,619
0.47
118,428,711
79.21
6,195
16.
That, if resolution 14 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to a further 5% of issued share capital for financing an acquisition or capital investment 
105,524,467
89.11
12,901,604
10.89
118,426,071
79.21
8,835
17.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)
115,733,178
97.72
2,699,153
2.28
118,432,331
79.21
2,575
18
.
That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
114,017,835
96.27
4,415,309
3.73
118,433,144
79.22
1,761
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 149,972,890 ordinary shares (excluding 670,838 treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
17 November 2016
020-7655 3100

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