Result of AGM

Chesnara PLC

12 May 2026

 

LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

12^th May 2026

CHESNARA plc

("Chesnara" or "the Company")

RESULT OF THE CHESNARA PLC 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Chesnara plc (CSN.L) announces that the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 12^th May 2026 were duly passed.

The results of the AGM, including the total number of votes received for each resolution, were as follows:

No.	Resolution	Votes 'for'	%	Votes 'against'	%	Total votes validly cast	Votes 'withheld'
1	To receive and adopt the audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025	122,260,763	99.99%	12,867	0.01%	122,273,630	139,370
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025	122,098,252	99.82%	217,763	0.18%	122,316,015	96,985
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	107,012,349	96.54%	3,829,594	3.46%	110,841,943	11,571,057
4	To declare a final dividend of 14.80 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2025	122,397,963	99.99%	7,749	0.01%	122,405,712	7,288
5	To re-appoint Steve Murray as a director	122,259,261	99.96%	47,910	0.04%	122,307,171	105,829
6	To re-appoint Carol Hagh as a director	121,066,065	98.98%	1,251,970	1.02%	122,318,035	94,965
7	To re-appoint Gail Tucker as a director	121,010,131	98.94%	1,291,354	1.06%	122,301,485	111,515
8	To re-appoint Luke Savage as a director	120,905,873	98.85%	1,410,272	1.15%	122,316,145	96,855
9	To re-appoint Eamonn Flanagan as a director	122,139,028	99.86%	177,117	0.14%	122,316,145	96,855
10	To re-appoint Tom Howard as a director	122,246,792	99.94%	69,353	0.06%	122,316,145	96,855
11	To appoint Sam Tymms as a director	122,185,248	99.92%	102,883	0.08%	122,288,131	124,869
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	121,859,348	99.58%	513,074	0.42%	122,372,422	40,578
13	To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	122,067,088	99.75%	310,793	0.25%	122,377,881	35,119
14	To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur limited political expenditure	121,281,460	99.12%	1,080,771	0.88%	122,362,231	50,769
15	To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount	121,399,225	99.20%	982,392	0.80%	122,381,617	31,383
16	Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general corporate purposes)	110,413,593	90.24%	11,938,347	9.76%	122,351,940	61,060
17	Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or other capital investment)	108,833,019	88.95%	13,518,921	11.05%	122,351,940	61,060
18	Special resolution - To give the Company limited authority to purchase its own shares	122,296,183	99.94%	71,850	0.06%	122,368,033	44,967
19	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in relation to an issue of Restricted Tier 1 Instrument up to a specified amount	122,212,144	99.89%	129,172	0.11%	122,341,316	71,684
20	Special resolution - To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Restricted Tier 1 Instruments	121,934,025	99.66%	409,980	0.34%	122,344,005	68,995
21	Special resolution - To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	120,891,681	98.78%	1,492,919	1.22%	122,384,600	28,400

The Board is pleased that all resolutions passed with a significant majority.

Other Matters

The Company's issued share capital on 12^th May 2026 consisted of 230,974,321 ordinary shares of 5p each with no shares held in Treasury. Each share carries one voting right and therefore the number of voting rights is 230,974,321.

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution or the total votes validly cast.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting available on the Company's website, www.chesnara.co.uk. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information, please contact:

Investor Enquiries

Sam Perowne

Head of Strategic Development & Investor Relations

Chesnara plc

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Media Enquiries

Misha Bayliss - [phone]

Oscar Burnett - [phone]

Teneo

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Notes to Editors

Chesnara plc (CSN.L) is a FTSE 250 European life, pensions and investment company with specialist expertise in consolidation. We now administer c1.4m policies across the Group's business units of Countrywide Assured and Chesnara Life (formerly HSBC Life (UK) Ltd) in the UK, Scildon in the Netherlands and Movestic in Sweden. Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by writing focused, profitable new business in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or portfolios. Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara to increase its dividend for 21 years in succession.

Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).

 

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