Result of AGM

Rathbones Group PLC
04 May 2023
 

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

 

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

 

At the fifty-second Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 4 May 2023, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 March 2023) were passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 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 Listing Rule 9.6.2, 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 2022

48,650,756

99.98

8,189

0.02

48,658,945

76.71%

419,279

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2022

42,929,247

87.99

5,860,651

12.01

48,789,898

76.92%

288,326

3

To declare a final dividend of 56p per share for the year ended 31 December 2022

48,417,321

99.19

393,987

0.81

48,811,308

76.95%

266,916

4

To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director

48,235,540

98.84

564,175

1.16

48,799,715

76.93%

278,509

5

To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director

48,795,319

99.98

8,346

0.02

48,803,665

76.94%

274,559

6

To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director

48,670,790

99.91

43,942

0.09

48,714,732

76.80%

363,492

7

To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director

45,676,599

93.76

3,038,133

6.24

48,714,732

76.80%

363,492

8

To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director

45,667,855

93.75

3,046,842

6.25

48,714,697

76.80%

363,527

9

To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director

44,252,915

90.84

4,462,917

9.16

48,715,832

76.80%

362,392

10

To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director

45,676,356

93.76

3,037,976

6.24

48,714,332

76.80%

363,892

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company

48,798,508

99.98

8,801

0.02

48,807,309

76.94%

270,915

12

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

48,802,590

99.98

8,826

0.02

48,811,416

76.95%

266,808

13

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

46,493,749

95.40

2,242,866

4.60

48,736,615

76.83%

341,609

14

To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares

44,130,121

90.41

4,680,720

9.59

48,810,841

76.95%

267,383

15

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

46,570,920

95.53

2,176,931

4.47

48,747,851

76.85%

330,373

16

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

42,786,946

87.77

5,961,243

12.23

48,748,189

76.85%

330,035

17

To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares

48,480,880

99.34

321,094

0.66

48,801,974

76.93%

276,250

18

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

45,454,599

93.12

3,356,145

6.88

48,810,744

76.95%

267,480

 

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 63,433,381 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

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com

Tel: 07901 118456

 

 

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