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30 January 2024
AJ Bell plc
("AJ Bell" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2024 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 AGM, 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 | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % of ISC Voted | Votes Withheld* |
1. | To receive and adopt the annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023 | 343,140,404 | 99.99 | 34,041 | 0.01 | 343,174,445 | 83.09 | 6,709,804 |
2. | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2023 | 327,282,166 | 96.13 | 13,165,554 | 3.87 | 340,447,720 | 82.43 | 9,436,529 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 7.25p for the year ended 30 September 2023 | 348,088,145 | 99.99 | 33,741 | 0.01 | 348,121,886 | 84.29 | 1,762,363 |
4. | To re-elect F Clutterbuck as a director | 344,904,062 | 99.08 | 3,216,827 | 0.92 | 348,120,889 | 84.29 | 1,763,360 |
5. | To re-elect M Summersgill as a director | 346,079,314 | 99.41 | 2,041,575 | 0.59 | 348,120,889 | 84.29 | 1,763,360 |
6. | To re-elect P Birch as a director | 342,815,582 | 99.40 | 2,062,635 | 0.60 | 344,878,217 | 83.50 | 5,006,032 |
7. | To re-elect R Stott as a director | 346,077,138 | 99.41 | 2,042,251 | 0.59 | 348,119,389 | 84.29 | 1,764,860 |
8. | To re-elect E Bourke as a director | 342,032,815 | 98.25 | 6,088,071 | 1.75 | 348,120,886 | 84.29 | 1,763,362 |
9. | To re-elect E Flanagan as a director | 343,837,991 | 98.77 | 4,282,895 | 1.23 | 348,120,886 | 84.29 | 1,763,362 |
10. | To re-elect F Fry as a director | 347,175,555 | 99.73 | 945,334 | 0.27 | 348,120,889 | 84.29 | 1,763,360 |
11. | To re-elect M Hassall as a director | 344,270,102 | 98.89 | 3,850,784 | 1.11 | 348,120,886 | 84.29 | 1,763,362 |
12. | To re-elect L Platts as a director | 345,202,578 | 99.16 | 2,916,811 | 0.84 | 348,119,389 | 84.29 | 1,764,060 |
13. | To re-elect S Turner as a director | 346,650,193 | 99.58 | 1,469,196 | 0.42 | 348,119,389 | 84.29 | 1,764,860 |
14. | To re-appoint BDO as auditor | 348,014,143 | 99.99 | 39,683 | 0.01 | 348,053,826 | 84.27 | 1,830,423 |
15 | To authorise the audit committee to fix the auditors' remuneration | 348,018,833 | 99.99 | 34,993 | 0.01 | 348,053,826 | 84.27 | 1,830,423 |
16 | To authorise the allotment of shares | 347,528,953 | 99.83 | 592,392 | 0.17 | 348,121,345 | 84.29 | 1,762,904 |
17. ** | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares | 348,053,429 | 99.98 | 56,452 | 0.02 | 348,109,881 | 84.29 | 1,774,368 |
18. ** | To make market purchases of Ordinary Shares of the Company | 343,759,449 | 99.03 | 3,353,480 | 0.97 | 347,112,929 | 84.04 | 2,771,320 |
19. ** | To permit the calling of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 341,476,646 | 98.09 | 6,644,557 | 1.91 | 348,121,203 | 84.29 | 1,763,046 |
* 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 LR 9.6.2, 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
Olubunmi Likinyo, Company Secretary +44 (0) 784 242 5845
Shaun Yates, Investor Relations Director +44 (0) 752 223 5898