5th Feb 2021 16:08
5 February 2021
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC (the 'Company')
Result of 2021 Annual General Meeting
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC announces that a poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 5 February 2021. The results of the poll are:
Resolution | Proxy votes for the resolution including discretionary | Proxy votes against the resolution | Total number of shares for which proxy appointments validly made | Proxy votes withheld | ||
No. of Votes | % | No of Votes | % | % | No. of Votes | |
Resolution 1 To receive the Accounts and Reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 30 September 2020 | 223,274,476 | 99.99% | 31,819 | 0.01% |
73.68% | 309,284 |
Resolution 2 To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Auditor to hold office from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company | 223,554,621 | 99.99% | 17,192 | 0.01% |
73.68% | 43,767 |
Resolution 3 | 223,516,848 | 99.97% | 65,774 | 0.03% | 73.68% | 32,958 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor of the Company | ||||||
Resolution 4 | 218,559,929 | 97.76% | 5,010,431 | 2.24% | 73.68% | 45,220 |
To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration | ||||||
Resolution 5 | 222,799,787 | 99.84% | 350,912 | 0.16% | 73.68% | 464,881 |
To elect Toby Strauss as Director | ||||||
Resolution 6 | 222,662,165 | 99.77% | 520,448 | 0.23% | 73.68% | 432,967 |
To elect Robin Beer as Director | ||||||
Resolution 7 To re-elect Siobhan Boylan as a Director | 222,531,884 | 99.72% | 628,518 | 0.28% | 73.68% | 455,178 |
Resolution 8 | 222,264,555 | 99.61% | 861,167 | 0.39% | 73.68% | 489,858 |
To elect Charles Ferry as a Director 3 | ||||||
Resolution 9 | 222,162,209 | 99.57% | 956,958 | 0.43% | 73.68% | 496,413 |
To re-elect Ian Dewar as a Director | ||||||
Resolution 10 | 222,489,752 | 99.70% | 677,640 | 0.30% | 73.68% | 448,188 |
To elect Phillip Monks as a Director | ||||||
Resolution 11 | 217,688,184 | 97.67% | 5,183,047 | 2.33% | 73.68% | 744,349 |
To re-elect Caroline Taylor as a Director | ||||||
Resolution 12 | 222,484,178 | 99.69% | 682,255 | 0.31% | 73.68% | 449,147 |
To re-elect Michael Kellard as a Director | ||||||
Resolution 13 | 223,581,502 | 100.00% | 2,780 | 0.00% | 73.68% | 31,298 |
To approve the payment of a final dividend | ||||||
Resolution 14 | 217,248,715 | 97.42% | 5,744,274 | 2.58% | 73.68% | 622,591 |
To authorise both the Company and Brewin Dolphin Limited to each make political donations and incur political expenditure | ||||||
Resolution 15 | 221,448,041 | 99.24% | 1,695,661 | 0.76% | 73.68% | 471,878 |
To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares | ||||||
Resolution 16 | 221,749,348 | 99.38% | 1,373,346 | 0.62% | 73.68% | 492,886 |
To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights up to 5% | ||||||
Resolution 17 | 220,832,349 | 98.80% | 2,690,171 | 1.20% | 73.68% | 93,059 |
To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights up to a further 5% in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment | ||||||
Resolution 18 | 223,399,580 | 99.94% | 127,365 | 0.06% | 73.68% | 88,634 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | ||||||
Resolution 19 | 219,633,918 | 98.41% | 3,550,104 | 1.59% | 73.68% | 431,558 |
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice | ||||||
Resolution 20 | 223,132,360 | 99.99% | 27,714 | 0.01% | 73.68% | 455,506 |
To adopt new Articles of Association | ||||||
Notes:
1. The above is a summary of the resolutions passed; full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting which can be found on the company's website www.brewin.co.uk/group/investor-relations/shareholder-information/agm
2. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 20 were passed as Special Resolutions.
3. Resolution 8 has been passed but Charles Ferry's appointment to the Board is subject to FCA approval, that has to date not been received. A further announcement will made in due course.
4. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
5. The "vote withheld" totals indicate those members who have abstained on a particular resolution. "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
6. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special resolutions passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting have been submitted to FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information contact:
Tiffany Brill
Company Secretary
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC
020 7248 4400
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