REG - Close Bros Grp PLC - Result of AGM

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21/11/2019 15:50

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Close Brothers Group PLC
21 November 2019
 


Close Brothers Group plc
 
Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 21 November 2019.
 
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll vote; resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 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 2019 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report


123,640,497


100.00%


126


0.00%


123,640,623


81.81%


266,602




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2019


120,589,202


98.96%


1,264,588


1.04%


121,853,790


80.63%


2,053,435




3.


To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 44p per share for the year ended 31 July 2019


123,906,215


100.00%


0


0.00%


123,906,215


81.99%


1,010




4.


To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director


120,755,770


98.74%


1,541,127


1.26%


122,296,897


80.92%


1,610,328




5.


To reappoint Preben Prebensen as a director


121,964,984


99.70%


362,470


0.30%


122,327,454


80.94%


1,579,771




6.


To reappoint Mike Morgan as a director


123,394,719


99.59%


507,556


0.41%


123,902,275


81.98%


4,950




7.


To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director


123,418,208


99.61%


482,357


0.39%


123,900,565


81.98%


6,660




8.


To reappoint Peter Duffy as a director


123,868,094


99.98%


29,971


0.02%


123,898,065


81.98%


9,160




9.


To reappoint Geoffrey Howe as a director


123,425,772


99.62%


476,975


0.38%


123,902,747


81.99%


4,478




10.


To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director


123,428,704


99.62%


472,333


0.38%


123,901,037


81.98%


6,188




11.


To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director


121,451,523


99.28%


877,402


0.72%


122,328,925


80.94%


1,578,300




12.


To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor


123,887,876


99.99%


11,334


0.01%


123,899,210


81.98%


8,015




13.


To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor


123,872,996


99.98%


30,307


0.02%


123,903,303


81.99%


3,922




14.


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


118,837,476


95.92%


5,056,732


4.08%


123,894,208


81.98%


13,017




15.


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)


122,266,893


98.69%


1,624,410


1.31%


123,891,303


81.98%


15,172








Special Resolutions
































16.


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


122,969,524


99.26%


921,504


0.74%


123,891,028


81.98%


16,197




17.


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


113,615,531


91.71%


10,276,380


8.29%


123,891,911


81.98%


15,314




18.


That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities arising from the issue of any AT1 Securities


119,100,325


96.13%


4,792,885


3.87%


123,893,210


81.98%


14,015




19.


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


123,149,807


99.41%


726,842


0.59%


123,876,649


81.97%


30,576




20.


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


120,737,239


97.44%


3,168,849


2.56%


123,906,088


81.99%


1,137



 
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 151,128,451 ordinary shares (excluding 931,839 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
 
 
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
Close Brothers Group plc
 
LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91
21 November 2019
020 385 76059
 




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