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RNS Number : 8417N  Rathbones Group PLC  09 May 2024

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

 

RESULTS OF THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

 

At the fifty-third Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at 8 Finsbury
Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 9 May 2024, all the resolutions proposed
(which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 8 April 2024) were passed
on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 18 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 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
(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 2023            76,490,796  99.99  4,702      0.01  76,495,498  84.31%                                   204,270
 2   To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December    70,556,860  92.07  6,079,542  7.93  76,636,402  84.46%                                   63,366
     2023
 3   To approve the directors' remuneration policy                                   71,867,181  93.78  4,767,961  6.22  76,635,142  84.46%                                   63,367
 4   To approve the Rathbones Group Plc Performance Share Plan ('Plan')              73,357,345  95.72  3,280,775  4.28  76,638,120  84.46%                                   61,648
 5   To declare a final dividend of 24p per share for the year ended 31 December     76,394,449  99.63  281,394    0.37  76,675,843  84.51%                                   22,221
     2023
 6   To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director                                       73,335,926  95.64  3,343,778  4.36  76,679,704  84.51%                                   20,064
 7   To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                                         73,545,871  95.96  3,096,568  4.04  76,642,439  84.47%                                   57,329
 8   To elect Iain Hooley as a director                                              76,557,247  99.85  113,822    0.15  76,671,069  84.50%                                   28,699
 9   To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director                                         76,302,840  99.51  372,693    0.49  76,675,533  84.51%                                   24,235
 10  To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director                                           76,289,831  99.50  381,111    0.50  76,670,942  84.50%                                   28,826
 11  To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                                       75,772,115  98.82  903,417    1.18  76,675,532  84.51%                                   24,236
 12  To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director                                       73,447,543  95.78  3,232,289  4.22  76,679,832  84.51%                                   19,936
 13  To elect Henrietta Baldock as a director                                        76,311,762  99.53  357,182    0.47  76,668,944  84.50%                                   30,824
 14  To elect Ruth Leas as a director                                                76,311,724  99.53  358,433    0.47  76,670,157  84.50%                                   28,352
 15  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company                           76,670,055  99.99  7,468      0.01  76,677,523  84.51%                                   22,245
 16  To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors      76,662,744  99.98  14,803     0.02  76,677,547  84.51%                                   22,221
 17  To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political      74,113,272  96.66  2,559,144  3.34  76,672,416  84.50%                                   27,352
     expenditure
 18  To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares                         72,021,603  93.93  4,655,816  6.07  76,677,419  84.51%                                   22,349
 19  To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                           72,411,346  94.44  4,263,057  5.56  76,674,403  84.50%                                   25,365
 20  To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares  72,100,344  94.04  4,573,450  5.96  76,673,794  84.50%                                   25,974
     issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment
 21  To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares                                76,352,506  99.59  316,673    0.41  76,669,179  84.50%                                   30,589
 22  To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not     73,585,917  95.97  3,090,225  4.03  76,676,142  84.51%                                   23,626
     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 90,734,875 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

Group Company Secretary

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

Tel: 07901 118456

 

 

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