4th May 2023 14:19
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Phoenix Group Holdings plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
4 May 2023
Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 4 May 2023 at 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 21 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 22 to 25 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:
| Description of Resolution | Votes For | % of Votes cast | Votes Against | % of Votes cast | Total | % of issued share capital | Votes Withheld* |
1.
| To receive the Company's Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022. | 773,212,834 | 99.99 | 41,567 | 0.01 | 773,254,401 | 77.29 | 388,468 |
2.
| To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report. | 767,333,037 | 99.20 | 6,157,257 | 0.80 | 773,490,294 | 77.31 | 152,575 |
3.
| To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration policy. | 764,184,513 | 98.81 | 9,241,995 | 1.19 | 773,426,508 | 77.30 | 216,361 |
4. | To declare and approve a final dividend of 26.0 pence per ordinary share. | 770,712,432 | 99.63 | 2,829,123 | 0.37 | 773,541,555 | 77.32 | 106,529 |
5. | To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a Director of the Company. | 764,577,355 | 98.86 | 8,853,680 | 1.14 | 773,431,035 | 77.30 | 217,049 |
6. | To re-elect Andy Briggs as a Director of the Company. | 773,306,638 | 98.98 | 149,514 | 0.02 | 773,456,152 | 77.31 | 191,932 |
7. | To elect Stephanie Bruce as a Director of the Company. | 773,062,283 | 99.95 | 364,313 | 0.05 | 773,426,596 | 77.30 | 221,488 |
8. | To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company. | 773,206,601 | 99.97 | 232,441 | 0.03 | 773,439,042 | 77.30 | 209,042 |
9. | To elect Mark Gregory as a Director of the Company. | 773,248,251 | 99.99 | 96,350 | 0.01 | 773,344,601 | 77.30 | 303,483 |
10. | To re-elect Hiroyuki Iioka as a Director of the Company. | 773,067,087 | 99.96 | 347,618 | 0.04 | 773,414,705 | 77.30 | 233,379 |
11. | To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director of the Company. | 773,351,149 | 99.99 | 84,918 | 0.01 | 773,436,067 | 77.30 | 212,017 |
12. | To re-elect John Pollock as a Director of the Company. | 773,311,115 | 99.98 | 120,591 | 0.02 | 773,431,706 | 77.30 | 216,378 |
13. | To re-elect Belinda Richards as a Director of the Company. | 773,225,313 | 99.97 | 210,806 | 0.03 | 773,436,119 | 77.30 | 211,965 |
14. | To elect Maggie Semple as a Director of the Company. | 773,233,249 | 99.98 | 184,577 | 0.02 | 773,417,826 | 77.30 | 225,043 |
15. | To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a Director of the Company. | 772,691,394 | 99.93 | 559,190 | 0.07 | 773,250,584 | 77.29 | 392,285 |
16. | To re-elect Kory Sorenson as a Director of the Company. | 772,926,157 | 99.94 | 488,310 | 0.06 | 773,414,467 | 77.30 | 228,402 |
17. | To re-elect Rakesh Thakrar as a Director of the Company. | 772,935,086 | 99.93 | 510,877 | 0.07 | 773,445,963 | 77.31 | 202,121 |
18. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Auditor until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid. | 772,117,941 | 99.82 | 1,358,009 | 0.18 | 773,475,950 | 77.31 | 172,134 |
19. | To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration. | 772,452,269 | 99.87 | 1,038,546 | 0.13 | 773,490,815 | 77.31 | 157,269 |
20. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure. | 767,384,321 | 99.60 | 3,096,761 | 0.40 | 770,481,082 | 77.01 | 3,165,852 |
21. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 760,615,063 | 98.69 | 10,133,024 | 1.31 | 770,748,087 | 77.04 | 2,899,997 |
22. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution). | 765,916,344 | 99.38 | 4,787,209 | 0.62 | 770,703,553 | 77.03 | 2,944,531 |
23. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (Special Resolution). | 762,009,130 | 98.54 | 11,271,223 | 1.46 | 773,280,353 | 77.29 | 367,731 |
24. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special Resolution). | 773,176,730 | 99.98 | 181,713 | 0.02 | 773,358,443 | 77.30 | 284,426 |
25. | To authorise a 14 day notice period for general meetings (Special Resolution). | 755,168,147 | 97.63 | 18,359,823 | 2.37 | 773,527,970 | 77.31 | 120,114 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital was 1,000,505,190 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Media Douglas Campbell Teneo +44 (0)7753 136628 Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Phoenix Group +44 (0) 204 559 3031 | Investors Claire Hawkins, Corporate Affairs Director, Phoenix Group +44 (0) 204 559 3161 Andrew Downey, Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group +44 (0) 204 559 3145 |
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