REG - Rathbone Brothers - Result of AGM

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07/05/2020 16:45

RNS Number : 3291M
  
Rathbone Brothers PLC
  
07 May 2020
  
 

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')
 
RESULTS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
 
At the forty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 7 May 2020, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 April 2020) were passed on a poll. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were special resolutions.
 
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . A copy has also been made available for inspection through the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
The results of the poll were as follows:
 







Resolution


For


%


Against


%


Votes cast


Votes cast as a % of the voting capital


Withheld




1


To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019


44,196,199


99.99


6,392


0.01 


44,287,991


78.46 


85,400




2


To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2019


39,330,020


88.82


4,952,879


11.18 


44,287,992


78.46 


5,093




3


To declare a final dividend of 45p per share for the year ended 31 December 2019


44,283,741


100.00


935


0.00 


44,287,992


78.46 


3,316




4


To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director


43,639,476


98.55


642,462


1.45 


44,287,991


78.46 


6,053




5


To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director


44,227,579


99.87


59,678


0.13 


44,287,992


78.46 


735




6


To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director


44,209,272


99.84


72,648


0.16 


44,287,992


78.46 


6,072




7


To re-elect Colin Clark as a director


44,174,196


99.76


104,659


0.24 


44,287,992


78.46 


9,137




8


To re-elect James Dean as a director


44,174,196


99.76


104,659


0.24 


44,287,992


78.46 


9,137




9


To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director


44,174,196


99.76


104,659


0.24 


44,287,992


78.46 


9,137




10


To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director


43,595,726


98.46


683,129


1.54 


44,287,992


78.46 


9,137




11


To re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a director


44,132,864


99.68


141,991


0.32 


44,287,992


78.46 


13,137




12


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company


43,896,053


99.15


376,788


0.85 


44,287,992


78.46 


15,151




13


To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors


43,898,337


99.15


374,504


0.85 


44,287,992


78.46 


15,151




14


To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure


43,355,964


98.11


836,313


1.89 


44,287,992


78.46 


95,715




15


To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares


40,256,528


90.94


4,009,909


9.06 


44,287,992


78.46 


21,555




16


To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights


43,832,753


99.04


426,310


0.96 


44,287,992


78.46 


28,929




17


To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment


39,691,569


89.67


4,570,093


10.33 


44,287,991


78.46 


26,329




18


To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares


43,577,447


98.46


683,541


1.54 


44,287,991


78.46 


27,003




19


To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice


43,517,596


98.30


752,755


1.70 


44,287,992


78.46 


17,641



 
 
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 56,449,106 ordinary shares.  A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism. 
 
 
Ali Johnson
Company Secretary
CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
Tel: 020 7399 0326
 
 
 


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