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RNS Number : 4699Y  Phoenix Group Holdings PLC  04 May 2023

LEI: 2138001P49OLAEU33T68

 

Phoenix Group Holdings plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

4 May 2023

 

Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on
the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 4 May 2023 at 20
Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 21 (ordinary
resolutions) and resolutions 22 to 25 (special resolutions) were all passed by
the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:

 

             Description of Resolution                                                       Votes        % of Votes cast  Votes Against  % of         Total        % of issued share capital  Votes

                                                                                             For                                          Votes cast                                           Withheld*
 1.          To receive the Company's Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31       773,212,834  99.99            41,567         0.01         773,254,401  77.29                      388,468

           December 2022.

 2.          To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report.                      767,333,037  99.20            6,157,257      0.80         773,490,294  77.31                      152,575

 3.          To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration policy.                      764,184,513  98.81            9,241,995      1.19         773,426,508  77.30                      216,361

 4.          To declare and approve a final dividend of 26.0 pence per ordinary share.       770,712,432  99.63            2,829,123      0.37         773,541,555  77.32                      106,529
 5.          To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a Director of the Company.                      764,577,355  98.86            8,853,680      1.14         773,431,035  77.30                      217,049
 6.          To re-elect Andy Briggs as a Director of the Company.                           773,306,638  98.98            149,514        0.02         773,456,152  77.31                      191,932
 7.          To elect Stephanie Bruce as a Director of the Company.                          773,062,283  99.95            364,313        0.05         773,426,596  77.30                      221,488
 8.          To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company.                           773,206,601  99.97            232,441        0.03         773,439,042  77.30                      209,042
 9.          To elect Mark Gregory as a Director of the Company.                             773,248,251  99.99            96,350         0.01         773,344,601  77.30                      303,483
 10.         To re-elect Hiroyuki Iioka as a Director of the Company.                        773,067,087  99.96            347,618        0.04         773,414,705  77.30                      233,379
 11.         To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director of the Company.                          773,351,149  99.99            84,918         0.01         773,436,067  77.30                      212,017
 12.         To re-elect John Pollock as a Director of the Company.                          773,311,115  99.98            120,591        0.02         773,431,706  77.30                      216,378
 13.         To re-elect Belinda Richards as a Director of the Company.                      773,225,313  99.97            210,806        0.03         773,436,119  77.30                      211,965
 14.         To elect Maggie Semple as a Director of the Company.                            773,233,249  99.98            184,577        0.02         773,417,826  77.30                      225,043
 15.         To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a Director of the Company.                        772,691,394  99.93            559,190        0.07         773,250,584  77.29                      392,285
 16.         To re-elect Kory Sorenson as a Director of the Company.                         772,926,157  99.94            488,310        0.06         773,414,467  77.30                      228,402
 17.         To re-elect Rakesh Thakrar as a Director of the Company.                        772,935,086  99.93            510,877        0.07         773,445,963  77.31                      202,121
 18.         To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Auditor until the              772,117,941  99.82            1,358,009      0.18         773,475,950  77.31                      172,134
             conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are
             laid.
 19.         To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.                 772,452,269  99.87            1,038,546      0.13         773,490,815  77.31                      157,269
 20.         To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and   767,384,321  99.60            3,096,761      0.40         770,481,082  77.01                      3,165,852
             to incur political expenditure.
 21.         To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                     760,615,063  98.69            10,133,024     1.31         770,748,087  77.04                      2,899,997
 22.         To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (Special              765,916,344  99.38            4,787,209      0.62         770,703,553  77.03                      2,944,531
             Resolution).
 23.         To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition    762,009,130  98.54            11,271,223     1.46         773,280,353  77.29                      367,731
             or other capital investment (Special Resolution).
 24.         To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special    773,176,730  99.98            181,713        0.02         773,358,443  77.30                      284,426
             Resolution).
 25.         To authorise a 14 day notice period for general meetings (Special Resolution).  755,168,147  97.63            18,359,823     2.37         773,527,970  77.31                      120,114

 

 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

 

As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital was
1,000,505,190 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.

 

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, a
copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available
via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 Media                                                             Investors
 Douglas Campbell                                                  Claire Hawkins, Corporate Affairs Director, Phoenix Group

                                                                 +44 (0) 204 559 3161
 Teneo

                                                                 Andrew Downey, Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group
 +44 (0)7753 136628

                                                                 +44 (0) 204 559 3145
 Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Phoenix Group

 +44 (0) 204 559 3031

 

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