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RNS Number : 9077H  Rathbones Group PLC  08 May 2025

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

 

RESULTS OF THE 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

At the fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting('AGM') of the Company, held at 30
Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QN on Thursday 8 May 2025, all the resolutions
proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2025)
were passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 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 UKLR 6.4.2R, 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 2024            74,893,301  100.00  3,604      0.00  74,896,905  81.35%                                   339,286
 2   To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December    73,280,156  97.84   1,615,488  2.16  74,895,644  81.35%                                   340,547
     2024
 3   To declare a final dividend of 63p per share for the year ended 31 December     75,223,234  100.00  3,404      0.00  75,226,638  81.71%                                   9,553
     2024
 4   To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director                                       73,448,268  97.64   1,777,256  2.36  75,225,524  81.71%                                   10,666
 5   To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                                         74,809,488  99.45   411,172    0.55  75,220,660  81.71%                                   15,531
 6   To re-elect Iain Hooley as a director                                           74,908,368  99.58   312,568    0.42  75,220,936  81.71%                                   15,255
 7   To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director                                         74,495,632  99.04   725,003    0.96  75,220,635  81.71%                                   15,555
 8   To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director                                           72,156,329  95.92   3,068,295  4.08  75,224,624  81.71%                                   11,566
 9   To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                                       70,599,261  93.87   4,607,536  6.13  75,206,797  81.69%                                   29,392
 10  To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director                                       73,589,588  97.83   1,633,047  2.17  75,222,635  81.71%                                   13,555
 11  To re-elect Henrietta Baldock as a director                                     70,935,633  94.30   4,284,403  5.70  75,220,036  81.71%                                   16,155
 12  To re-elect Ruth Leas as a director                                             70,877,440  94.23   4,342,596  5.77  75,220,036  81.71%                                   16,155
 13  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company                           74,682,371  99.69   230,029    0.31  74,912,400  81.37%                                   323,791
 14  To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors      75,036,642  99.75   189,996    0.25  75,226,638  81.71%                                   9,553
 15  To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political      72,710,391  96.75   2,444,322  3.25  75,154,713  81.63%                                   81,478
     expenditure
 16  To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares                         71,038,103  94.44   4,181,595  5.56  75,219,698  81.71%                                   16,492
 17  To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                           73,694,800  97.99   1,510,542  2.01  75,205,342  81.69%                                   30,849
 18  To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares  71,037,726  94.46   4,167,616  5.54  75,205,342  81.69%                                   30,849
     issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment
 19  To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares                                75,208,384  99.99   5,065      0.01  75,213,449  81.70%                                   22,802
 20  That the share premium account of the company be cancelled                      75,104,220  99.87   96,236     0.13  75,200,456  81.68%                                   35,735
 21  To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not     72,238,255  96.04   2,981,494  3.96  75,219,749  81.71%                                   16,442
     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 92,061,919 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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