REG - Close Bros Grp PLC - Result of AGM

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16/11/2018 07:00

RNS Number : 5491H
Close Brothers Group PLC
15 November 2018
 


Close Brothers Group plc
 
Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 15 November 2018.
 
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 2018 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report


119,065,339


100.00%


100


0.00%


119,065,439


78.79%


271,481




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2018


117,624,646


98.58%


1,697,527


1.42%


119,322,173


78.96%


14,746




3.


To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 42p per share for the year ended 31 July 2018


119,336,820


100.00%


100


0.00%


119,336,920


78.97%


0




4.


To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director


117,602,509


98.55%


1,727,039


1.45%


119,329,548


78.96%


7,021




5.


To reappoint Preben Prebensen as a director


118,917,943


99.65%


415,160


0.35%


119,333,103


78.96%


3,467




6.


To reappoint Elizabeth Lee as a director


118,912,546


99.65%


418,617


0.35%


119,331,163


78.96%


5,407




7.


To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director


118,863,076


99.61%


468,087


0.39%


119,331,163


78.96%


5,407




8.


To reappoint Geoffrey Howe as a director


118,928,018


99.62%


448,735


0.38%


119,376,753


78.99%


15,774




9.


To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director


118,867,799


99.62%


451,162


0.38%


119,318,961


78.95%


17,609




10.


To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director


118,754,524


99.52%


576,639


0.48%


119,331,163


78.96%


5,407




11.


To appoint Mike Morgan as a director


118,907,628


99.65%


415,260


0.35%


119,322,888


78.96%


13,682




12.


To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor


119,313,661


99.99%


6,029


0.01%


119,319,690


78.96%


16,880




13.


To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor


119,307,241


99.98%


27,601


0.02%


119,334,842


78.97%


2,078




14.


To approve amendments to the Close Brothers Omnibus Share Incentive Plan


115,442,970


96.70%


3,936,289


3.30%


119,379,259


78.99%


13,617




15.


To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)


114,100,643


95.62%


5,230,874


4.38%


119,331,517


78.96%


5,403




16.


To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in relation to the issue of AT1 Securities (within prescribed limits)


118,478,433


99.29%


849,983


0.71%


119,328,416


78.96%


7,253








Special Resolutions
































17.


That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to 5% of issued share capital


118,737,418


99.50%


595,059


0.50%


119,332,477


78.96%


4,093




18.


That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to a further 5% of issued share capital


110,898,373


92.93%


8,431,633


7.07%


119,330,006


78.96%


6,563




19.


That, if resolution 16 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities arising from the issue of any AT1 Securities


117,983,841


98.87%


1,347,365


1.13%


119,331,206


78.96%


5,363




20.


That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)


118,557,587


99.37%


754,431


0.63%


119,312,018


78.95%


24,551




21.


That a general meeting except an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice


115,806,361


97.04%


3,529,747


2.96%


119,336,108


78.97%


812



 
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.   For the purposes of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company was 151,123,475 ordinary shares (excluding 936,815 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
5.   Following the AGM and as announced on 27 June 2018, Mike Morgan has succeeded Jonathan Howell as Group Finance Director.
 
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
Close Brothers Group plc
 
LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91
15 November 2018
020 7655 3100
 




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