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16/11/2017 17:05

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Close Brothers Group PLC
16 November 2017
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2017 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 16 November 2017.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll vote; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 as special resolutions.
The following votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:
Ordinary Resolutions
Total Votes For
% For
Total Votes Against
% Against
Total Votes Cast
% of Issued share capital
Votes Withheld
1.
To receive and adopt the 2017 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report
119,207,016
99.93%
78,309
0.07%
119,285,325
78.60%
161,566
2.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2017
115,902,091
99.23%
896,955
0.77%
116,799,046
76.96%
2,647,845
3.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report
115,948,606
97.08%
3,487,263
2.92%
119,435,869
78.70%
11,022
4.
To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 40p per share for the year ended 31 July 2017
119,446,371
100.00%
520
0.00%
119,446,891
78.70%
0
5.
To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director
115,739,711
96.90%
3,702,505
3.10%
119,442,216
78.70%
4,675
6.
To reappoint Preben Prebensen as a director
118,708,694
99.39%
733,522
0.61%
119,442,216
78.70%
4,675
7.
To reappoint Jonathan Howell as a director
118,609,348
99.30%
834,018
0.70%
119,443,366
78.70%
3,525
8.
To reappoint Elizabeth Lee as a director
118,696,664
99.38%
736,230
0.62%
119,432,894
78.69%
13,997
9.
To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director
119,007,115
99.64%
434,801
0.36%
119,441,916
78.70%
4,975
10.
To reappoint Geoffrey Howe as a director
119,001,752
99.64%
428,812
0.36%
119,430,564
78.69%
16,327
11.
To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director
119,016,607
99.64%
426,459
0.36%
119,443,066
78.70%
3,825
12.
To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director
118,657,639
99.35%
775,575
0.65%
119,433,214
78.69%
13,677
13.
To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor
119,399,426
99.97%
37,602
0.03%
119,437,028
78.70%
9,863
14.
To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor
119,413,001
99.97%
31,320
0.03%
119,444,321
78.70%
2,570
15.
If resolution 3 is passed, to approve the updated Close Brothers Omnibus Share Incentive Plan
116,008,935
97.13%
3,422,325
2.87%
119,431,260
78.69%
15,631
16.
To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)
114,459,624
95.83%
4,978,135
4.17%
119,437,759
78.70%
9,132

Special Resolutions







17.
That, if resolution 16 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to 5% of issued share capital
118,911,446
99.56%
525,763
0.44%
119,437,209
78.70%
9,682
18.
That, if resolution 16 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to a further 5% of issued share capital
101,927,202
85.34%
17,510,007
14.66%
119,437,209
78.70%
9,682
19.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)
116,535,832
97.59%
2,883,047
2.41%
119,418,879
78.68%
162,916
20.
That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
116,208,593
97.31%
3,215,420
2.69%
119,424,013
78.69%
22,878
21.
That, subject to Court approval, 307,762,365.31 standing to the credit of the share premium account be cancelled and credited to distributable profits
119,437,872
100.00%
1,728
0.00%
119,439,600
78.70%
7,291
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 151,770,022 ordinary shares (excluding 290,268 treasury shares).
4. The full text of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice of Meeting to be found on the Company website at 
www.closebrothers.com/investor-relations/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting

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