Result of AGM

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Rathbone Brothers PLC
06 May 2021
 

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')

 

RESULTS OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

 

At the fiftieth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 6 May 2021, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 6 April 2021) were passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 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 Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

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 2020

44,536,870

100.00

83

0.00

44,536,953

76.21%

117,843

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2020

44,313,656

99.96

17,439

0.04

44,331,095

75.86%

323,701

3

To approve the directors' remuneration policy

39,752,472

89.68

4,576,369

10.32

44,328,841

75.86%

325,955

4

To approve the Rathbone Brothers Plc Executive Share Performance Plan ('ESPP')

40,308,825

90.93

4,020,316

9.07

44,329,141

75.86%

325,655

5

To declare a final dividend of 47p per share for the year ended 31 December 2020

44,635,079

99.98

7,417

0.02

44,642,496

76.39%

12,300

6

To elect Clive Bannister as a director

44,633,607

99.99

3,392

0.01

44,636,999

76.38%

17,797

7

To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director

44,638,380

99.99

3,643

0.01

44,642,023

76.39%

12,773

8

To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director

44,615,050

99.95

22,538

0.05

44,637,588

76.38%

17,208

9

To re-elect Colin Clark as a director

41,333,009

92.62

3,292,237

7.38

44,625,246

76.36%

29,550

10

To re-elect James Dean as a director

44,489,668

99.81

83,923

0.19

44,573,591

76.28%

81,205

11

To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director

41,331,154

92.62

3,292,154

7.38

44,623,308

76.36%

31,488

12

To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director

40,663,645

91.13

3,959,663

8.87

44,623,308

76.36%

31,488

13

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company

44,326,688

99.30

311,447

0.70

44,638,135

76.39%

16,661

14

To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors

44,314,504

99.27

323,630

0.73

44,638,134

76.39%

16,662

15

To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure

43,783,614

98.11

842,747

1.89

44,626,361

76.37%

28,435

16

To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares

41,241,323

92.39

3,398,945

7.61

44,640,268

76.39%

14,528

17

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

44,512,211

99.74

114,969

0.26

44,627,180

76.37%

27,616

18

To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment

40,205,521

90.10

4,420,145

9.90

44,625,666

76.36%

29,130

19

To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares

44,291,600

99.25

333,996

0.75

44,625,596

76.36%

29,200

20

To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice

40,581,268

90.91

4,059,415

9.09

44,640,683

76.39%

14,113

 

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 58,437,697 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 Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.

 

 

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com

Tel: 07901 118456

 

 

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