21st Nov 2013 15:22
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 21 November 2013.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 as special resolutions.
The following proxy votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:
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Ordinary Resolutions | Total Votes For | % | Total Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | % of Issued share capital | Votes Withheld |
1. | To receive the 2013 Annual Report and Accounts | 110,121,297 | 99.97 | 37,543 | 0.03 | 110,158,840 | 74.29 | 1,155,582 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2013 | 93,642,284 | 91.50 | 8,700,586 | 8.50 | 102,342,870 | 69.02 | 8,971,552 |
3. | To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 29.5p per share for the year ended 31 July 2013 | 111,275,460 | 99.99 | 362 | 0.01 | 111,275,822 | 75.04 | 38,600 |
4. | To re-elect Strone Macpherson as a director | 109,655,470 | 98.55 | 1,617,310 | 1.45 | 111,272,780 | 75.04 | 41,642 |
5. | To re-elect Preben Prebensen as a director | 110,561,878 | 99.36 | 709,892 | 0.64 | 111,271,770 | 75.04 | 42,652 |
6. | To re-elect Stephen Hodges as a director | 110,562,888 | 99.36 | 709,892 | 0.64 | 111,272,780 | 75.04 | 41,642 |
7. | To re-elect Jonathan Howell as a director | 110,562,288 | 99.36 | 710,292 | 0.64 | 111,272,580 | 75.04 | 41,842 |
8. | To re-elect Elizabeth Lee as a director | 110,560,228 | 99.36 | 710,292 | 0.64 | 111,270,520 | 75.04 | 43,902 |
9. | To re-elect Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a director | 109,137,544 | 99.37 | 693,612 | 0.63 | 109,831,156 | 74.07 | 1,483,266 |
10. | To re-elect Ray Greenshields as a director | 110,569,281 | 99.37 | 701,289 | 0.63 | 111,270,570 | 75.04 | 43,852 |
11. | To re-elect Geoffrey Howe as a director | 110,573,159 | 99.37 | 696,661 | 0.63 | 111,269,820 | 75.04 | 44,602 |
12. | To re-elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page as a director | 108,441,401 | 98.62 | 1,522,719 | 1.38 | 109,964,120 | 74.16 | 1,350,302 |
13. | To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors | 110,045,364 | 99.61 | 433,464 | 0.39 | 110,478,828 | 74.50 | 835,594 |
14. | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 110,806,771 | 99.58 | 466,961 | 0.42 | 111,273,732 | 75.04 | 40,690 |
15. | To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits) | 110,445,874 | 99.26 | 825,253 | 0.74 | 111,271,127 | 75.04 | 43,295 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
16. | That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities (within prescribed limits) | 111,237,250 | 99.97 | 32,317 | 0.03 | 111,269,567 | 75.04 | 44,855 |
17. | That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits) | 111,256,683 | 99.99 | 13,750 | 0.01 | 111,270,433 | 75.04 | 43,989 |
18. | That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 106,354,174 | 95.58 | 4,920,518 | 4.42 | 111,274,692 | 75.04 | 39,730 |
NOTES:
1. 'Total Votes For' include votes recorded as at the discretion of the appointed proxy.
2. The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to refrain from voting on any particular resolution. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
3. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company was 148,285,958 ordinary shares (excluding 2,322,454 treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
21 November 2013
020-7655 3100
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