9th May 2019 16:02
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')
RESULTS OF THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
At the forty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 9 May 2019, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 April 2019) were passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 were special resolutions.
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . A copy has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Votes cast | Votes cast as a % of the voting capital | Withheld | |
1 | To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 | 45,845,945 | 99.99 | 3,444 | 0.01 | 45,849,389 | 82.87% | 91,840 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2018 | 38,445,773 | 84.33 | 7,146,545 | 15.67 | 45,592,318 | 82.41% | 348,910 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 42p per share for the year ended 31 December 2018 | 45,929,030 | 99.99 | 3,444 | 0.01 | 45,932,474 | 83.02% | 8,755 |
4 | To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director | 45,722,373 | 99.67 | 152,335 | 0.33 | 45,874,708 | 82.92% | 66,496 |
5 | To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director | 45,861,947 | 99.86 | 64,413 | 0.14 | 45,926,360 | 83.01% | 14,844 |
6 | To elect Colin Clark as a director | 45,767,354 | 99.85 | 68,356 | 0.15 | 45,835,710 | 82.85% | 105,494 |
7 | To re-elect James Dean as a director | 44,496,952 | 97.08 | 1,338,008 | 2.92 | 45,834,960 | 82.85% | 106,244 |
8 | To elect Terri Duhon as a director | 45,767,354 | 99.85 | 68,795 | 0.15 | 45,836,149 | 82.85% | 105,055 |
9 | To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director | 45,158,421 | 98.48 | 696,078 | 1.52 | 45,854,499 | 82.88% | 86,705 |
10 | To elect Jennifer Mathias as a director | 45,712,226 | 99.69 | 143,112 | 0.31 | 45,855,338 | 82.89% | 85,866 |
11 | To re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a director | 45,677,700 | 99.69 | 141,189 | 0.31 | 45,818,889 | 82.82% | 122,315 |
12 | To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company | 45,540,251 | 99.19 | 373,907 | 0.81 | 45,914,158 | 82.99% | 27,071 |
13 | To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors | 45,396,128 | 99.00 | 456,631 | 1.00 | 45,852,759 | 82.88% | 88,470 |
14 | To adopt the Rathbone Brothers Savings Related Option Plan 2019 | 45,800,960 | 99.74 | 120,615 | 0.26 | 45,921,575 | 83.01% | 19,654 |
15 | To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 45,068,867 | 99.54 | 208,762 | 0.46 | 45,277,629 | 81.84% | 663,575 |
16 | To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares | 44,316,612 | 96.66 | 1,529,908 | 3.34 | 45,846,520 | 82.87% | 94,709 |
17 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 45,717,734 | 99.77 | 107,052 | 0.23 | 45,824,786 | 82.83% | 116,443 |
18 | To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 42,145,896 | 91.97 | 3,680,112 | 8.03 | 45,826,008 | 82.83% | 115,220 |
19 | To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares | 45,224,754 | 98.53 | 674,715 | 1.47 | 45,899,469 | 82.97% | 41,759 |
20 | To adopt an amended set of Articles of Association | 45,482,937 | 100.00 | 1,039 | 0.00 | 45,483,976 | 82.21% | 457,253 |
21 | To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice | 45,176,674 | 98.52 | 677,204 | 1.48 | 45,853,878 | 82.88% | 87,351 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 55,323,758 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
Ali Johnson
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7399 0326
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