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RNS Number : 4629Y  Rathbones Group PLC  04 May 2023

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

 

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

 

At the fifty-second Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at 8 Finsbury
Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 4 May 2023, all the resolutions proposed
(which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 March 2023) were
passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were
special resolutions.

 

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting, a copy
of which is on the Company's at
www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings
(http://www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings)
. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as
special business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the
National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

The results of the poll are 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 2022            48,650,756  99.98  8,189      0.02   48,658,945  76.71%                                   419,279
 2   To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December    42,929,247  87.99  5,860,651  12.01  48,789,898  76.92%                                   288,326
     2022
 3   To declare a final dividend of 56p per share for the year ended 31 December     48,417,321  99.19  393,987    0.81   48,811,308  76.95%                                   266,916
     2022
 4   To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director                                       48,235,540  98.84  564,175    1.16   48,799,715  76.93%                                   278,509
 5   To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                                         48,795,319  99.98  8,346      0.02   48,803,665  76.94%                                   274,559
 6   To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director                                      48,670,790  99.91  43,942     0.09   48,714,732  76.80%                                   363,492
 7   To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director                                         45,676,599  93.76  3,038,133  6.24   48,714,732  76.80%                                   363,492
 8   To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director                                           45,667,855  93.75  3,046,842  6.25   48,714,697  76.80%                                   363,527
 9   To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                                       44,252,915  90.84  4,462,917  9.16   48,715,832  76.80%                                   362,392
 10  To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director                                       45,676,356  93.76  3,037,976  6.24   48,714,332  76.80%                                   363,892
 11  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company                           48,798,508  99.98  8,801      0.02   48,807,309  76.94%                                   270,915
 12  To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors      48,802,590  99.98  8,826      0.02   48,811,416  76.95%                                   266,808
 13  To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political      46,493,749  95.40  2,242,866  4.60   48,736,615  76.83%                                   341,609
     expenditure
 14  To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares                         44,130,121  90.41  4,680,720  9.59   48,810,841  76.95%                                   267,383
 15  To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                           46,570,920  95.53  2,176,931  4.47   48,747,851  76.85%                                   330,373
 16  To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares  42,786,946  87.77  5,961,243  12.23  48,748,189  76.85%                                   330,035
     issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment
 17  To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares                                48,480,880  99.34  321,094    0.66   48,801,974  76.93%                                   276,250
 18  To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not     45,454,599  93.12  3,356,145  6.88   48,810,744  76.95%                                   267,480
     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 63,433,381 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is
not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a
resolution.

 

 

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
(mailto:CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com)

Tel: 07901 118456

 

 

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