4th Feb 2026 12:16
4 February 2026
AJ Bell plc
("AJ Bell" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The full text of each resolution can be found in the Notice of Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and also on the Company's website at ajbell.co.uk/group/investor-relations/agm.
The polling results for each resolution are set out below:
Resolution | For | Against | Total | Withheld* | |||
No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % of ISC voted | No. of votes | |
1. To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2025 | 315,766,113
| 99.97 | 92,056 | 0.03 | 315,858,169 | 78.91 | 2,312,191 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report | 308,919,480 | 98.27 | 5,443,621 | 1.73 | 314,363,101 | 78.53 | 3,807,259 |
3. To declare a final dividend for the financial year ended 30 September 2025 of 9.75 pence per ordinary share payable on 13 February 2026 | 318,052,355 | 99.97 | 90,864 | 0.03 | 318,143,219 | 79.48 | 27,141 |
4. To re-elect Fiona Clutterbuck as a director | 308,228,911 | 96.92 | 9,799,016 | 3.08 | 318,027,927 | 79.45 | 142,433 |
5. To re-elect Michael Summersgill as a director | 316,064,096 | 99.35 | 2,066,205 | 0.65 | 318,130,301 | 79.48 | 40,059 |
6. To re-elect Peter Birch as a director | 315,993,308 | 99.34 | 2,112,346 | 0.66 | 318,105,654 | 79.47 | 64,706 |
7. To re-elect Eamonn Flanagan as a director | 313,519,399 | 98.56 | 4,585,910 | 1.44 | 318,105,309 | 79.47 | 65,051 |
8. To re-elect Fiona Fry as a director | 316,589,331 | 99.52 | 1,542,498 | 0.48 | 318,131,829 | 79.48 | 38,531 |
9. To re-elect Margaret Hassall as a director | 312,462,014 | 98.23 | 5,645,168 | 1.77 | 318,107,182 | 79.47 | 63,178 |
10. To re-elect Les Platts as a director | 316,041,457 | 99.35 | 2,060,308 | 0.65 | 318,101,765 | 79.47 | 68,595 |
11. To re-elect Julie Chakraverty as a director | 317,423,156 | 99.81 | 596,072 | 0.19 | 318,019,228 | 79.45 | 151,132 |
12. To appoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 317,913,192 | 99.96 | 119,487 | 0.04 | 318,032,679 | 79.45 | 137,681 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration | 317,030,286 | 99.66 | 1,090,799 | 0.34 | 318,121,085 | 79.47 | 49,275 |
14. That the directors are authorised to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company | 307,852,612 | 96.78 | 10,257,017 | 3.22 | 318,109,629 | 79.47 | 60,731 |
15. To disapply pre-emption rights and authorise the directors to allot equity securities for cash up to an aggregate number of 20,242,296 ordinary shares** | 317,910,842 | 99.94 | 196,342 | 0.06 | 318,107,184 | 79.47 | 63,176 |
16. That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of its own shares up to an aggregate number of 40,242,295 ordinary shares** | 316,898,118 | 99.95 | 155,024 | 0.05 | 317,053,142 | 79.21 | 1,117,218 |
17. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice** | 309,318,956 | 97.24 | 8,783,194 | 2.76 | 318,102,150 | 79.47 | 68,210 |
* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
** Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, a copy of this document has been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
AJ Bell plc
Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director & Company Secretary | 0345 40 89 100 |
Mark Coxhead, Head of Investor Relations |
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