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RNS Number : 4951K  Rathbones Group PLC  05 May 2022

RATHBONES GROUP PLC ('the Company')

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

 

RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

 

At the fifty-first Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury
Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 5 May 2022, all the resolutions proposed
(which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2022) were
passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 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
(http://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 2021            48,949,906  100.00  2,020      0.00   48,951,926  78.58%                                   106,744
 2   To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December    43,603,530  88.89   5,447,775  11.11  49,051,305  78.74%                                   7,365
     2021
 3   To declare a final dividend of 54p per share for the year ended 31 December     49,048,516  99.99   7,052      0.01   49,055,568  78.75%                                   3,102
     2021
 4   To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director                                       48,583,334  99.21   386,582    0.79   48,969,916  78.61%                                   88,754
 5   To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                                         48,946,617  99.78   107,660    0.22   49,054,277  78.75%                                   4,393
 6   To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director                                      48,838,766  99.74   126,362    0.26   48,965,128  78.60%                                   93,542
 7   To re-elect Colin Clark as a director                                           45,523,378  92.96   3,445,373  7.04   48,968,751  78.61%                                   89,919
 8   To elect Iain Cummings as a director                                            48,855,170  99.79   102,444    0.21   48,957,614  78.59%                                   101,056
 9   To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director                                           45,522,486  92.96   3,447,430  7.04   48,969,916  78.61%                                   88,754
 10  To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                                       44,144,575  90.16   4,818,045  9.84   48,962,620  78.60%                                   96,050
 11  To elect Dharmash Mistry as a director                                          48,861,490  99.79   103,179    0.21   48,964,669  78.60%                                   94,001
 12  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company                           48,779,420  99.47   261,539    0.53   49,040,959  78.73%                                   17,711
 13  To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors      48,771,219  99.44   276,416    0.56   49,047,635  78.74%                                   11,035
 14  To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political      46,763,655  95.52   2,194,583  4.48   48,958,238  78.59%                                   100,432
     expenditure
 15  To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares                         44,393,837  90.51   4,653,258  9.49   49,047,095  78.74%                                   11,035
 16  To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                           43,450,633  88.70   5,533,119  11.30  48,983,752  78.63%                                   74,918
 17  To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares  42,386,462  86.53   6,597,153  13.47  48,983,615  78.63%                                   75,055
     issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment
 18  To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares                                48,712,917  99.35   320,800    0.65   49,033,717  78.71%                                   24,953
 19  To adopt an amended set of Articles of Association                              49,029,894  99.97   17,073     0.03   49,046,967  78.74%                                   11,703
 20  To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not     45,144,660  92.04   3,905,575  7.96   49,050,235  78.74%                                   8,435
     less than 14 days' notice

 

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are
expressed as a percentage of 62,292,806 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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