20th Feb 2015 17:02
20 February 2015
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC
Result of 2015 Annual General Meeting
At the Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC Annual General Meeting held on 20 February 2015, the following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a show of hands.
Shareholders holding an aggregate 279,073,596 shares were eligible to vote at the meeting. Valid proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting as follows:
Resolution | Proxy votes for the resolution | 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 the Report of the Directors and Auditors. | 192,202,331 | 99.93% | 131,869 | 0.07% | 192,334,200 | 86,246 |
Resolution 2 | ||||||
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration Report for the 52 weeks ended 28 September 2014. | 190,799,155 | 99.17% | 1,601,001 | 0.83% | 192,400,156 | 20,290 |
Resolution 3 | ||||||
To re-elect as Non-Executive Chairman Mr Simon Miller who retires by annual rotation. | 185,174,497 | 96.25% | 7,211,893 | 3.75% | 192,386,390 | 34,056 |
Resolution 4 | ||||||
To re-elect as a Director Mr David Nicol who retires by annual rotation. | 187,998,693 | 97.70% | 4,417,096 | 2.30% | 192,415,789 | 4,657 |
Resolution 5 | ||||||
To re-elect as a Director Mr Stephen Ford who retires by annual rotation. | 190,231,198 | 99.80% | 384,591 | 0.20% | 190,615,789 | 1,804,657 |
Resolution 6 | ||||||
To re-elect as a Director Mr Andrew Westenberger who retires by annual rotation. | 191,990,341 | 99.78% | 425,448 | 0.22% | 192,415,789 | 4,657 |
Resolution 7 | ||||||
To re-elect as Senior- Independent Director Mrs Angela Knight who retires by annual rotation. | 191,670,931 | 99.63% | 710,212 | 0.37% | 192,381,143 | 39,303 |
Resolution 8 | ||||||
To re-elect as a Non-Executive Director Mr Ian Dewar who retires by annual rotation. | 192,111,819 | 99.85% | 295,883 | 0.15% | 192,407,702 | 12,744 |
Resolution | Proxy votes for the resolution | Proxy votes against the resolution | Total number of shares for which proxy appointments validly made | Proxy votes withheld | ||
No. of Votes | % | % | No. of Votes | |||
Resolution 9 | ||||||
To re-elect as a Non-Executive Director Mr Paul Wilson who retires by annual rotation. | 191,983,183 | 99.78% | 424,612 | 0.22% | 192,407,795 | 12,651 |
Resolution 10 | ||||||
To elect as a Non-Executive Director Mrs Caroline Taylor | 192,065,808 | 99.82% | 341,258 | 0.18% | 192,407,066 | 13,380 |
Resolution 11 | ||||||
To elect as a Non-Executive Director Mrs Kath Cates | 192,110,383 | 99.85% | 292,558 | 0.15% | 192,402,941 | 17,505 |
Resolution 12 | ||||||
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors. | 192,166,936 | 99.97% | 58,193 | 0.03% | 192,225,129 | 195,317 |
Resolution 13 | ||||||
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors. | 192,402,578 | 99.99% | 12,205 | 0.01% | 192,414,783 | 5,663 |
Resolution 14 | ||||||
To approve the payment by the Company of a final dividend of 6.25 pence per ordinary share in respect of the 52 weeks ended 28 September 2014. | 192,417,066 | 99.99% | 1,500 | 0.01% | 192,418,566 | 1,880 |
Resolution 15 | ||||||
To authorise the Directors to allot relevant shares. | 191,115,183 | 99.33% | 1,298,625 | 0.67% | 192,413,808 | 6,638 |
Resolution 16 | ||||||
To disapply pre-emption rights. | 192,234,660 | 99.91% | 173,008 | 0.09% | 192,407,668 | 12,778 |
Resolution 17 | ||||||
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares in the market. | 192,383,093 | 99.98% | 29,034 | 0.02% | 192,412,127 | 8,319 |
Resolution 18 | ||||||
To call a general meeting on 14 days' notice. | 179,933,649 | 93.52% | 12,466,792 | 6.48% | 192,400,441 | 20,004 |
Resolution 19 | ||||||
To authorise political donations and expenditure | 190,922,146 | 99.24% | 1,461,749 | 0.76% | 192,383,895 | 36,551 |
Resolution 20 | ||||||
To amend the Articles of Association. | 191,704,822 | 99.96% | 69,605 | 0.04% | 191,774,427 | 646,019 |
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
2. Resolutions 15 to 20 were special business, Resolutions 16, 17, 18 and 20 were passed as Special Resolutions and Resolutions 15 and 19 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions.
3. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
4. It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll, it merely reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded and a shareholder, having lodged a proxy, is still entitled to attend the Meeting and having heard/participated in the debate vote their shares themselves as they see it.
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 www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information contact:
Louise Meads
Company Secretary
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC
0203 201 1000
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