REG - Rathbone Brothers - Result of AGM

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06/05/2021 16:10

RNS Number : 8317X
  
Rathbone Brothers PLC
  
06 May 2021
  
 

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')
 
RESULTS OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
 
At the fiftieth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 6 May 2021, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 6 April 2021) were passed on a poll. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 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 2020


44,536,870


100.00


83


0.00


44,536,953


76.21%


117,843




2


To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2020


44,313,656


99.96


17,439


0.04


44,331,095


75.86%


323,701




3


To approve the directors' remuneration policy


39,752,472


89.68


4,576,369


10.32


44,328,841


75.86%


325,955




4


To approve the Rathbone Brothers Plc Executive Share Performance Plan ('ESPP')


40,308,825


90.93


4,020,316


9.07


44,329,141


75.86%


325,655




5


To declare a final dividend of 47p per share for the year ended 31 December 2020


44,635,079


99.98


7,417


0.02


44,642,496


76.39%


12,300




6


To elect Clive Bannister as a director


44,633,607


99.99


3,392


0.01


44,636,999


76.38%


17,797




7


To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director


44,638,380


99.99


3,643


0.01


44,642,023


76.39%


12,773




8


To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director


44,615,050


99.95


22,538


0.05


44,637,588


76.38%


17,208




9


To re-elect Colin Clark as a director


41,333,009


92.62


3,292,237


7.38


44,625,246


76.36%


29,550




10


To re-elect James Dean as a director


44,489,668


99.81


83,923


0.19


44,573,591


76.28%


81,205




11


To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director


41,331,154


92.62


3,292,154


7.38


44,623,308


76.36%


31,488




12


To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director


40,663,645


91.13


3,959,663


8.87


44,623,308


76.36%


31,488




13


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company


44,326,688


99.30


311,447


0.70


44,638,135


76.39%


16,661




14


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


44,314,504


99.27


323,630


0.73


44,638,134


76.39%


16,662




15


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


43,783,614


98.11


842,747


1.89


44,626,361


76.37%


28,435




16


To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares


41,241,323


92.39


3,398,945


7.61


44,640,268


76.39%


14,528




17


To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights


44,512,211


99.74


114,969


0.26


44,627,180


76.37%


27,616




18


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


40,205,521


90.10


4,420,145


9.90


44,625,666


76.36%


29,130




19


To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares


44,291,600


99.25


333,996


0.75


44,625,596


76.36%


29,200




20


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


40,581,268


90.91


4,059,415


9.09


44,640,683


76.39%


14,113



 
 
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 58,437,697 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
Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com 
Tel: 07901 118456
 
 

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