REG - Close Bros Grp PLC - Result of AGM

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19/11/2020 17:10

RNS Number : 9352F
  
Close Brothers Group PLC
  
19 November 2020
  
 

Close Brothers Group plc
 
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 19 November 2020.
 
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll vote; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 22 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 2020 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report


119,194,218


99.77%


276,615


0.23%


119,470,833


79.28%


236,588




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2020


114,999,734


96.44%


4,245,244


3.56%


119,244,978


79.13%


462,443




3.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report


115,808,235


97.12%


3,437,748


2.88%


119,245,983


79.13%


461,438




4.


To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 40p per share for the year ended 31 July 2020


119,705,782


100.00%


1,640


0.00%


119,707,422


79.44%


0




5.


To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director


119,627,088


99.85%


179,482


0.15%


119,806,570


79.50%


4,971




6.


To reappoint Adrian Sainsbury as a director


119,790,578


99.98%


19,354


0.02%


119,809,932


79.51%


1,609




7.


To reappoint Mike Morgan as a director


119,691,311


99.90%


115,259


0.10%


119,806,570


79.50%


4,971




8.


To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director


119,280,088


99.56%


525,982


0.44%


119,806,070


79.50%


5,471




9.


To reappoint Peter Duffy as a director


119,790,445


99.99%


16,125


0.01%


119,806,570


79.50%


4,971




10.


To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director


119,290,755


99.57%


515,046


0.43%


119,805,801


79.50%


5,740




11.


To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director


119,294,571


99.57%


515,361


0.43%


119,809,932


79.51%


1,609




12.


To reappoint Sally Williams as a director


119,801,152


100.00%


3,855


0.00%


119,805,007


79.50%


6,534




13.


To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor


119,695,526


99.99%


10,256


0.01%


119,705,782


79.44%


1,640




14.


To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor


119,701,446


100.00%


4,423


0.00%


119,705,869


79.44%


1,553




15.


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


114,185,618


95.39%


5,519,559


4.61%


119,705,177


79.44%


2,245




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)


118,480,362


98.98%


1,222,064


1.02%


119,702,426


79.43%


4,995








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


119,225,611


99.60%


478,389


0.40%


119,704,000


79.44%


3,422




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


117,981,603


98.56%


1,722,396


1.44%


119,703,999


79.44%


3,422




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


115,046,194


96.11%


4,655,055


3.89%


119,701,249


79.43%


6,172




20.


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


118,937,187


99.38%


743,072


0.62%


119,680,259


79.42%


27,162




21.


To adopt the new Articles of Association


119,755,736


100.00%


3,050


0.00%


119,758,786


79.47%


8,118




22.


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


117,623,095


98.21%


2,142,141


1.79%


119,765,236


79.48%


1,668



 
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 150,692,416 ordinary shares (excluding 1,376,874 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
19 November 2020
020 385 76059

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