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RNS Number : 4015E  Shaftesbury Capital PLC  14 May 2026

14 May 2026

 

SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC (the "Company")

 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to the Company's 2026
Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 14 May 2026 are set out below.

 

 Resolutions                                                                     For:           %        Against:     %       Total votes cast (excluding withheld):  % of issued share capital  Withheld:
 1.     To receive the Accounts and reports of the Directors and the             1,511,519,215  100.00%  6,922        0.00%   1,511,526,137                           77.12%                     12,899,983
 Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2025
 2.   To declare a final cash dividend for the year ended 31 December 2025 of    1,520,325,150  100.00%  30,377       0.00%   1,520,355,527                           77.57%                     4,070,593
 2.10 pence per ordinary share
 3.    To approve the Directors' remuneration report (other than the part        1,468,805,955  97.28%   41,123,064   2.72%   1,509,929,019                           77.04%                     14,497,101
 containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December
 2025
 4.    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                             1,395,114,731  92.40%   114,813,288  7.60%   1,509,928,019                           77.04%                     14,498,101
 5.    To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a Director                               1,470,094,201  97.90%   31,478,157   2.10%   1,501,572,358                           76.61%                     22,853,762
 6.    To re-elect Ian Hawksworth as a Director                                  1,506,626,648  99.78%   3,328,250    0.22%   1,509,954,898                           77.04%                     14,471,222
 7.    To re-elect Situl Jobanputra as a Director                                1,509,163,030  99.95%   791,868      0.05%   1,509,954,898                           77.04%                     14,471,222
 8.    To elect Sian Westerman as a Director                                     1,500,824,209  99.40%   9,126,825    0.60%   1,509,951,034                           77.04%                     14,475,086
 9.    To re-elect Richard Akers as a Director                                   1,479,708,627  98.00%   30,241,553   2.00%   1,509,950,180                           77.04%                     14,475,940
 10. To re-elect Ruth Anderson as a Director                                     Resolution withdrawn(1)
 11. To elect Madeleine Cosgrave as a Director                                   1,479,220,238  97.96%   30,734,152   2.04%   1,509,954,390                           77.04%                     14,471,730
 12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors                        1,378,876,010  90.69%   141,476,161  9.31%   1,520,352,171                           77.57%                     4,073,949
 13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's    1,492,660,457  98.18%   27,695,070   1.82%   1,520,355,527                           77.57%                     4,070,593
 remuneration
 14. To authorise the Company and all companies that are its subsidiaries to     1,402,252,484  92.24%   117,971,233  7.76%   1,520,223,717                           77.56%                     4,202,403
 make political donations not exceeding £20,000 in total
 15. To authorise the Directors to offer newly issued shares instead of cash in  1,472,775,587  97.53%   37,227,352   2.47%   1,510,002,939                           77.04%                     14,423,181
 respect of any dividends declared
 16. To approve the rules of the Share Award Plan and authorise the Directors    1,450,782,371  96.08%   59,168,954   3.92%   1,509,951,325                           77.04%                     14,474,795
 to carry the Share Award Plan into effect
 17. To authorise the Directors to allot the unissued share capital up to a      1,341,696,727  88.85%   168,297,283  11.15%  1,509,994,010                           77.04%                     14,432,110
 specified amount (s.551 of the Companies Act 2006)
 18. Special Resolution: To disapply pre-emption provisions of s.561(1) of the   1,363,982,234  90.33%   146,010,282  9.67%   1,509,992,516                           77.04%                     14,433,604
 Companies Act 2006 up to the extent specified
 19. Special Resolution: To disapply pre-emption provisions of s.561(1) of the   1,301,183,385  86.17%   208,812,837  13.83%  1,509,996,222                           77.04%                     14,429,898
 Companies Act 2006 up to the additional extent specified
 20. Special Resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares     1,519,509,870  99.99%   197,888      0.01%   1,519,707,758                           77.54%                     4,718,362
 21. Special Resolution: To allow general meetings (other than an AGM) to be     1,444,469,397  95.66%   65,534,724   4.34%   1,510,004,121                           77.04%                     14,421,999
 called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

(1) As announced on 22 April 2026, Resolution 10 was withdrawn as Ms Anderson
stepped down as a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at the
conclusion of the 2026 Annual General Meeting.

 

Notes:

1.      Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have
been included in the 'For' total.

2.      A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

3.      The total issued share capital and total number of voting rights
is: 1,959,945,611 ordinary shares. Every shareholder has one vote for every
ordinary share held. This figure includes 128,350,793 ordinary shares held by
a Group entity. The 128,350,793 ordinary shares will not vote whilst they are
held by a group entity. On average 77.15% (1,512,182,838 ordinary shares) of
the total number of voting rights voted. The percentage of shares voted once
the above-mentioned shares have been excluded was approximately 82.56%.

 

In accordance with 6.4.2 of the UK Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions
passed at the Annual General Meeting, other than resolutions concerning
ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Enquiries:

 

Ruth Pavey

Company Secretary

Shaftesbury Capital PLC

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3214 9150

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