8th May 2025 11:18
RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")
LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29
RESULTS OF THE 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting('AGM') of the Company, held at 30 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QN on Thursday 8 May 2025, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2025) 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 Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings. In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The results of the poll are 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 2024 | 74,893,301 | 100.00 | 3,604 | 0.00 | 74,896,905 | 81.35% | 339,286 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 73,280,156 | 97.84 | 1,615,488 | 2.16 | 74,895,644 | 81.35% | 340,547 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 63p per share for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 75,223,234 | 100.00 | 3,404 | 0.00 | 75,226,638 | 81.71% | 9,553 |
4 | To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director | 73,448,268 | 97.64 | 1,777,256 | 2.36 | 75,225,524 | 81.71% | 10,666 |
5 | To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director | 74,809,488 | 99.45 | 411,172 | 0.55 | 75,220,660 | 81.71% | 15,531 |
6 | To re-elect Iain Hooley as a director | 74,908,368 | 99.58 | 312,568 | 0.42 | 75,220,936 | 81.71% | 15,255 |
7 | To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director | 74,495,632 | 99.04 | 725,003 | 0.96 | 75,220,635 | 81.71% | 15,555 |
8 | To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director | 72,156,329 | 95.92 | 3,068,295 | 4.08 | 75,224,624 | 81.71% | 11,566 |
9 | To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director | 70,599,261 | 93.87 | 4,607,536 | 6.13 | 75,206,797 | 81.69% | 29,392 |
10 | To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director | 73,589,588 | 97.83 | 1,633,047 | 2.17 | 75,222,635 | 81.71% | 13,555 |
11 | To re-elect Henrietta Baldock as a director | 70,935,633 | 94.30 | 4,284,403 | 5.70 | 75,220,036 | 81.71% | 16,155 |
12 | To re-elect Ruth Leas as a director | 70,877,440 | 94.23 | 4,342,596 | 5.77 | 75,220,036 | 81.71% | 16,155 |
13 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company | 74,682,371 | 99.69 | 230,029 | 0.31 | 74,912,400 | 81.37% | 323,791 |
14 | To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors | 75,036,642 | 99.75 | 189,996 | 0.25 | 75,226,638 | 81.71% | 9,553 |
15 | To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 72,710,391 | 96.75 | 2,444,322 | 3.25 | 75,154,713 | 81.63% | 81,478 |
16 | To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares | 71,038,103 | 94.44 | 4,181,595 | 5.56 | 75,219,698 | 81.71% | 16,492 |
17 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 73,694,800 | 97.99 | 1,510,542 | 2.01 | 75,205,342 | 81.69% | 30,849 |
18 | To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 71,037,726 | 94.46 | 4,167,616 | 5.54 | 75,205,342 | 81.69% | 30,849 |
19 | To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares | 75,208,384 | 99.99 | 5,065 | 0.01 | 75,213,449 | 81.70% | 22,802 |
20 | That the share premium account of the company be cancelled | 75,104,220 | 99.87 | 96,236 | 0.13 | 75,200,456 | 81.68% | 35,735 |
21 | To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice | 72,238,255 | 96.04 | 2,981,494 | 3.96 | 75,219,749 | 81.71% | 16,442 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 92,061,919 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.
Ali Johnson
Group Company Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07901 118456
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