Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5159U

Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

24 October 2017

 

BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company, held on 24 October 2017 at 09:30, the following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a show of hands.

Valid proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting as follows:

	Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Total number of shares for which proxy appointments validly made	Withheld
1	To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2017	9,557,509	96.98%	296,145	3.01%	9,853,654	0
3	To declare a final dividend of 26 pence per ordinary share	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
4	To re-elect Caroline Connellan as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
5	To re-elect Colin Harris as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
6	To re-elect Nicholas Holmes as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
7	To re-elect Simon Jackson as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
8	To re-elect Christopher Knight as a director	6,086,426	91.68%	552,620	8.32%	6,639,046	3,214,608
9	To re-elect Christopher Macdonald as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
10	To re-elect Richard Price as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
11	To re-elect Diane Seymour-Williams as a director	9,811,492	99.57%	42,162	0.43%	9,853,654	0
12	To re-elect Andrew Shepherd as a director	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
13	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
14	Ordinary resolution to give the directors authority to allot shares	9,853,654	100%	0	0%	9,853,654	0
15	Special resolution to give the directors power to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares	9,692,923	98.37%	160,731	1.63%	9,853,654	0
16	Special resolution to give the directors additional power to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments	9,692,563	98.37%	160,731	1.63%	9,853,294	360
17	Special resolution to give the company a general authority to purchase its own shares	8,244,154	83.67%	1,609,500	16.33%	9,853,654	0

As previously announced, Richard Spencer and Simon Wombwell did not seek re-election at this year's Annual General Meeting.

Notes:

1.   The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which can be found on the Company's website (www.brooksmacdonald.com).

2.   Any proxy appointments which gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the "for" total.

3.   A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

Enquiries to:

Brooks Macdonald Group plc Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive Simon Jackson, Finance Director Andrew Shepherd, Deputy Chief Executive	www.brooksmacdonald.com 020 7499 6424
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Guy Wiehahn / Adrian Haxby	020 7418 8900
MHP Communications Reg Hoare / Simon Hockridge / Charlie Barker	020 3128 8100

Notes to editors

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides wealth and investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had discretionary funds under management (FUM) of £11bn as at 30 September 2017.

The Group has eleven offices across the mainland UK and two in the Channel Islands including London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Hale, Hampshire, Jersey, Leamington Spa, Manchester, Taunton, Tunbridge Wells and York.

 

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