13th Nov 2008 13:23
Results of Annual General Meeting
Close Brothers Group plc advises that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 7, 8, 9 and 10 concerned special business and so are reported in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18.
The following proxy votes were cast:-
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Ordinary resolutions |
In Favour |
Chairman's Discretion |
Against |
Votes Withheld |
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Votes cast |
% |
Votes cast |
% |
Votes cast |
% |
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1. |
To receive and adopt the directors' report and financial statements. |
99,198,210 |
99.80 |
29,791 |
0.03 |
171,804 |
0.17 |
126,467 |
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2. |
To approve the directors' remuneration report. |
88,281,991 |
90.08 |
27,799 |
0.03 |
9,694,259 |
9.89 |
1,522,222 |
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3. |
To declare a final dividend. |
99,472,011 |
99.96 |
31,528 |
0.03 |
3,500 |
0.01 |
19,233 |
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4. |
(a) To re-elect Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a director of the company. |
97,333,134 |
98.70 |
30,573 |
0.03 |
1,256,747 |
1.27 |
905,818 |
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(b) To re-elect Jamie Cayzer-Colvin as a director of the company. |
96,880,933 |
97.37 |
33,269 |
0.03 |
2,589,592 |
2.60 |
22,478 |
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(c) To re-elect Jonathan Howell as a director of the company. |
97,731,035 |
98.22 |
34,273 |
0.03 |
1,738,486 |
1.75 |
22,478 |
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(d) To re-elect Colin Keogh as a director of the company. |
97,508,115 |
97.99 |
35,373 |
0.04 |
1,956,946 |
1.97 |
25,838 |
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5. |
To re-appoint the auditors. |
99,302,469 |
99.80 |
29,903 |
0.03 |
172,489 |
0.17 |
21,411 |
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6. |
To authorise the directors of the company to agree the auditors' remuneration. |
99,081,980 |
99.58 |
250,811 |
0.25 |
172,508 |
0.17 |
20,973 |
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Special resolution |
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7. |
To authorise the company to make market purchases as specified in the notice of Annual General Meeting. |
99,395,169 |
99.89 |
30,980 |
0.03 |
75,316 |
0.08 |
24,807 |
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Ordinary resolution |
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8. |
To renew the authority conferred by Article 7.1 of the Articles of Association and that the section 80 amount be £12,000,000. |
99,365,056 |
99.87 |
31,903 |
0.03 |
103,493 |
0.10 |
25,820 |
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Special resolution |
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9. |
To renew the power conferred by Article 7.2 of the Articles of Association and that the section 89 amount be £1,800,000. |
99,451,236 |
99.96 |
32,221 |
0.03 |
14,899 |
0.01 |
27,888 |
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Special resolution |
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10. |
To adopt new Articles of Association. |
99,192,720 |
99.85 |
33,303 |
0.03 |
115,096 |
0.12 |
185,153 |
NOTES:
The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to instruct their proxy not to vote on any particular resolution,
however it should be noted that a vote withheld in this way is not a 'vote' in law and therefore was not included in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'In Favour' and 'Against' a resolution.
The current issued share capital of the company is 143,942,238 ordinary shares (excluding 5,530,928 treasury shares).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 two copies of resolutions 7, 8, 9 and 10 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Tel 020 7066 1000
Simon Watson
Deputy Company Secretary
13 November 2008
020 7655 3100
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